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Mathematics Teacher Education in the Andean Region and Paraguay : a comparati…
This Open Access book is an excellent synthesis of the initial and continuing preparation for Mathematics Teaching in Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, from which comparative analyses can be made that show similarities and differences, and highlight various perspectives. In February 2016, the 5th Capacity and Networking Project (CANP) workshop of the International Commission on Mathematic…
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- 9783319975443
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- xxx, 106p. : ill.
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- 370 MAT m
Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education : the 19th ICMI study
One of the most significant tasks facing mathematics educators is to understand the role of mathematical reasoning and proving in mathematics teaching, so that its presence in instruction can be enhanced. This challenge has been given even greater importance by the assignment to proof of a more prominent place in the mathematics curriculum at all levels. Along with this renewed emphasis, the…
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- 9789400721296
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- xii, 475p. : ill.
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- 511.36071 PRO p
The Legacy of Felix Klein
This open access book provides an overview of Felix Klein’s ideas, highlighting developments in university teaching and school mathematics related to Klein’s thoughts, stemming from the last century. It discusses the meaning, importance and the legacy of Klein’s ideas today and in the future, within an international, global context. Presenting extended versions of the talks at the Themati…
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- 9783319993867
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- vi, 226p. : ill.
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- 510. 92 THE t
Putting PIRLS to Use in Classrooms Across the Globe : evidence-based contribu…
This open access book provides teachers with approaches to strengthen reading comprehension instruction based on scientific research and evidence-based didactic principles. In this volume, the Progress in International Reading Study (PIRLS) framework is used to inform teachers about the skills and knowledge that students need to comprehend certain texts. The book gives practical guidance on how…
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- 9783030952662
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- xv, 110p. : ill.
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- 372.41 BRU b
Interdisciplinarity in the Scholarly Life Cycle : learning by example in huma…
This open access book illustrates how interdisciplinary research develops over the lifetime of a scholar: not in a single project, but as an attitude that trickles down, or spirals up, into research. This book presents how interdisciplinary work has inspired shifts in how the contributors read, value concepts, critically combine methods, cope with knowledge hierarchies, write in style, and coll…
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- 9783031111082
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- xvi, 337p. : ill.
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- 820.90001 INT i
Culture and content in French : frameworks for innovative curricula
Instructors in today’s language classrooms face the challenge of preparing globally competent and socially responsible students with transcultural aptitude. As classroom content shifts toward communication, collaboration, and problem solving across cultural, racial, and linguistic boundaries, the teaching of culture is an integral part of foreign language education. This volume offers nontrad…
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- 9781643150253
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- viii, 376p ;ill.
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- 448.0071 CHE c
Go online! : reconfiguring writing courses for the new, virtual world
COVID-19’s impacts revealed that teaching writing online was no longer merely an issue of convenience or economic necessity—it was critical to public health and equity concerns as well. Now higher education faces one of its greatest historical challenges, expanding online offerings to fully engage and support students around the world. Gathering together educators who teach writing at colle…
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- 9781433187971
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- ix, 226p ; ill.
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- 808.0420785 GRA g
A Key to Dutch History : The Cultural Canon of the Netherlands
Many people know the stories behind the tulip mania in the 17th century and the legacy of the Dutch East India Company, but what basic knowledge of Dutch history and culture should be passed on to future generations? A Key to Dutch History and its resulting overview of historical highlights, assembled by a number of specialists in consultation with the Dutch general public, provides a thought-p…
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- 9789048508068
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- 228p : ill.
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- 949.2 SLI k
Dissecting the criminal corpse : staging post-execution punishment in early m…
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliché of corpses dangling from the hangman’s rope in crim…
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- 9781137582492
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- 312p. : ill.
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- 364.66094209033 ELI d
Seeing the city digitally
This book explores what's happening to ways of seeing urban spaces in the contemporary moment, when so many of the technologies through which cities are visualised are digital. Cities have always been pictured, in many media and for many different purposes. This edited collection explores how that picturing is changing in an era of digital visual culture. Analogue visual technologies like film …
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- 9789048551927
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- 307.76 SEE
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