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Robert D. Reed Publishers Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks
Book SynopsisWho says math can't be funny? In Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks, Patrick Vennebush dispels the myth of the humorless mathematician. His quick wit comes through in this incredible compilation of jokes and stories. Intended for all math types, Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks provides a comprehensive collection of math humor, containing over 400 jokes. It's a book that all teachers from elementary school through college should have in their library. But the humor isn't just for the classroom-it also appeals to engineers, statisticians, and other math professionals searching for some good, clean, numerical fun. From basic facts (Why is 6 afraid of 7?) to trigonometry (Mathematical puns are the first sine of dementia) and algebra (Graphing rational functions is a pain in the asymptote), no topic is safe. As Professor Jim Rubillo notes, Math Jokes 4 Math Folks is an absolute gem for anyone dedicated to seeing mathematical ideas through puns, double meanings, and blatant bad jokes. Such perspectives help to see concepts and ideas in different and creative ways.
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Space at the Speed of Light: The History of 14
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Bridging Research and Practice in Science
Book SynopsisThis edited volume presents innovative current research in the field of Science Education. The chapter’s deal with a wide variety of topics and research approaches, conducted in a range of contexts and settings. Together they make a strong contribution to knowledge on science teaching and learning. The book consists of selected presentations from the 12th European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference, held in Dublin, Ireland from 21st to 25th August, 2017. The ESERA community is made up of professionals with diverse disciplinary backgrounds from natural sciences to social sciences. This diversity enables a rich understanding of cognitive and affective aspects of science teaching and learning. The studies in this book will stimulate discussion and interest in finding new ways of implementing and researching science education for the future. The twenty-two chapters in this book are presented in four parts highlighting innovative approaches to school science, emerging identities in science education, approaches to developing learning and competence progressions, and ways of enhancing science teacher education. This collection of studies showcases current research orientations in science education and is of interest to science teachers, teacher educators and science education researchers around the world with a commitment to bridging research and practice in science teaching and learning.Table of Contents1. Introduction; Eilish McLoughlin, Odilla E. Finlayson, Sibel Erduran and Peter E. Childs.- PART 1: Innovative Approaches to School Science.- 2. Science Education: A Balancing Act Between Research in University, Daily Instruction in Schools and Politics in Education Ministries; Peter Labudde.- 3. Energy teaching at high school based on history and philosophy of science; Manuel Bächtold and Valérie Munier.- 4. An explorative laboratory study: Changing representations of functional dependencies in physics class of lower secondary school; Marie-Annette Geyer and Gesche Pospiech.- 5. Multiple external representations (MER) as a component of special language in biology; Christina Beck and Claudia Nerdel.- 6. Heat angels and paper cups: Discovering pupils’ multimodal experiences of heat using thermal cameras; Andreas Larsson, Matilda Stafstedt and Konrad J. Schönborn.- 7. Science or magic? Reactions of 5 years old pupils to a counter-intuitive experiment; Estelle Blanquet and Eric Picholle.- PART 2: Emerging Identities in Science Education.- 8. Using theoretical and methodological triangulation to study motivation in the science classroom; Jenny M. Hellgren.- 9. Students’ Awareness of Working Life Skills in the UK, Finland and Germany; Anssi Salonen, Anu Hartikainen-Ahia, Tuula Keinonen, Inês Direito, John Connolly, Annette Scheersoi and Lara Weiser.- 10. Participation and Learner Trajectories in Computing; Anne-Kathrin Peters.- 11. Addressing Complexity in Science|Environment|Health Pedagogy; Albert Zeyer, Nuria Álvaro, Julia Arnold, J. Christian Benninghaus, Helen Hasslöf, Kerstin Kremer, Mats Lundström, Olga Mayoral, Jesper Sjöström, Sandra Sprenger, Valentín Gavidia, and Alla Keselman.- 12. Promoting Students’ Critical and Active Engagement in Socio-scientific Problems: Inter/Trans-national Perspectives; Larry Bencze, Lyn Carter, Audrey Groleau, Mirjan Krstovic, Ralph Levinson, Jenny Martin, Isabel Martins, Chantal Pouliot and Matthew Weinstein.- 13. Understandings of Scientific Inquiry: An International Collaborative Investigation of Grade Sseven Students; Judith S. Lederman, Norman G. Lederman, Selina L. Bartels and Juan P. Jimanez.- PART 3: Learning Progressions and Competences.- 14. Frantic Standstill and Lack of Future: how can Science education take care of students’ distopic Perceptions of time?; Giulia Tasquier, Laura Branchetti and Olivia Levrini.- 15. What does it mean to understand a physics equation? A study of undergraduate answers in three countries; John Airey, Josefine Grundström Lindqvist, and Rebecca Lippmann Kung.- 16. Affordances and constraints of learning progression designs in supporting formative assessment; Erin Marie Furtak and Kelsey Tayne.- 17. Learning progressions and competence models – a comparative illustration through models and modeling in science education; Annette Upmeier zu Belzen, Alicia C. Alonzo, Moritz Krell and Dirk Krüger.- 18. Sciences teaching through the lenses of students - lower secondary school; Eva Pennegård.- 19. Change in first graders’ science-related competence beliefs during digitally intensive science workshops; Anni Loukomies, Kalle Juuti, Jari Lavonen and Katariina Salmela-Aro.- PART 4: Enhancing Science Teacher Education.- 20. The value of school partnerships in improving primary science teaching; Irina Kudenko, Pauline Hoyle and Ben Dunn.- 21. A Design-based Process in Characterizing Experienced Teachers’ Formative Assessment Enactment in Science Classrooms; Hannah Sevian and Vesal Dini.- 22. Teachers' training in developing nanoscience and nanotechnology teaching module in the context of a community of learners; Giannis Sgouros and Dimitris Stavrou.- 23. Developing pre-service teachers' competencies of students' allergies management in school environment; Iztok Devetak, Sonja Posega Devetak and Tina Vesel.-
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Nature of Science in Science Instruction:
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive introduction to Nature of Science (NOS), one of the most important aspects of science teaching and learning, and includes tested strategies for teaching aspects of the NOS in a variety of instructional settings. In line with the recommendations in the field to include NOS in all plans for science instruction, the book provides an accessible resource of background information on NOS, rationales for teaching these targeted NOS aspects, and – most importantly – how to teach about the nature of science in specific instructional contexts. The first section examines the why and what of NOS, its nature, and what research says about how to teach NOS in science settings. The second section focuses on extending knowledge about NOS to question of scientific method, theory-laden observation, the role of experiments and observations and distinctions between science, engineering and technology. The dominant theme of the remainder of the book is a focus on teaching aspects of NOS applicable to a wide variety of instructional environments.Table of Contents1.Forward to Series; Kostas Kampourakis.- 2.Preface to Book; Richard Duschl.- 3.Introduction; William McComas.- 4.Acknowledgements; William McComas.- SECTION ONE: Nature of Science in Science Teaching and Learning: Introduction.- 5. Nature of Science in the Science Curriculum: Meaning, History of Advocacy and Rationales; William McComas and Michael Clough.- 6. Considering a Consensus View of Nature of Science Content for School Science; William McComas.- 7. Principal Elements of NOS: Informing Science Teaching While Dispelling the Myths; William McComas.- 8. Nature of Science and Classroom Practice: A Review of the Literature with Implications for Effective NOS Instruction; William McComas, Michael Clough, and Noushin Nouri.- SECTION TWO: Nature of Science Instruction: Foundation Knowledge for Nature of Science Instruction.- 9. Beyond Experiments: Exploring Valid and Reliable Methods in Science; Sandra West-Moody and Susan Schwinning.- 10. Exchanging the Myth of the Scientific Method for a More Authentic Description of Science; Rebecca Reiff-Cox.- 11. Challenges and Opportunities of Theory-Laden Observation and Subjectivity; William McComas.- 12. Distinguishing Science, Engineering and Technology; Gerry Rau and Allision Antink-Meyer.- SECTION THREE: Teaching about Nature of Science: Generalized Instructional Perspectives.- 13. Using Metacognitive Prompts to Foster Nature of Science Learning; Erin Peters Burton and Stephen R. Burton.- 14. Teaching Nature of Science through a Critical Thinking Approach; Hagop Yacoubian.- 15. The Nature of Science Card Exchange: Introducing the Philosophy of Science; William Cobern and Cathleen Loving.- 16. Reflecting on Nature of Science through the Philosophy of Science; Lynda Dunlop and Jelle DeSchrijver.- 17. Preparing Science Teachers to Overcome Obstacles to Teach Nature of Science; Michael Clough, Benjamin Herman and Joanne Olson.- 18. Perspectives for Teaching about How Science Works; Fred J.J.M. Janssen, H.B. Westbroek, I. Landa, Britt van der Ploeg, and Jacqueline Muijlwijk-Koezen.- 19. Framing and Teaching Nature of Science as Questions; Michael Clough.- 20. Real and Imagined Cases to Communicate Aspects of Nature of Science; David Boersema.- 21. Avoiding De-Natured Science: Integrating Nature of Science into Science Instruction; Norman Lederman, F. Abd-El-Khalick & Judith Lederman.- 22. Blending Nature of Science with Science Content Learning; Irene Neumann, Hanno Michel and Nikos Papdouris.- 23. Using Digital Technology to Enhance Learners’ Conceptions of Nature of Science; Isha DeCoito.- 24. Using Exemplars to Improve Nature of Science Understanding; Jennifer Parrish, Grant Gardner and Cindi Smith-Walters.- 25. Practical Learning Resources and Teacher Education Strategies for Understanding Nature of Science; Sibel Erduran, Ebru Kaya, Alison Cullinane, Onur Imren & Sila Kaya.- 26. Arguing to Learn and Learning to Argue with Elements of Nature of Science; Hasan Deniz, Lisa Borgerding and Elif Adibelli-Sahin.- 27. New Frontiers in Classroom NOS Assessment; Deborah Hanuscin, Mojtaba Khajeloo and Benjamin Herman.- SECTION FOUR: Teaching Aspects of the Nature of Scienc: Specific Instructional Strategies and Settings.- 28. Using Core Science Ideas to Teach Aspects of Nature of Science in the Elementary Grades; Meredith Park Rogers, Ranu Roy and Alexander Gerber.- 29. Improving Nature of Science Instruction in Elementary Classrooms with Modified Trade Books and Educative Curriculum Materials; Jeanne Brunner and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick.- 30. Using a Problem Based Learning Approach to Teach Nature of Science; Charbel El-Hani, Nei de Freitas Nunes-Neto and Pedro Luís Bernardo da Rocha.- 31. Storytelling as a Pedagogical Tool in Nature of Science Instruction; Nausica Kapsala and Evangelia Mavrikaki.- 32. The Story Behind the Science; Michael Clough.- 33. A Typology of Approaches for Using History of Science in Science Instruction; William McComas.- 34. Using Anecdotes from the History of the Sciences to Illustrate General Aspects of Nature of Science; William McComas and Kostas Kampourakis.- 35. Using the Pendulum to Teach Elements of Nature of Science; Michael Matthews.- 36. Using Historical Inquiry Cases to Learn Nature of Science Analytical Skills; Douglas Allchin.- 37. Teaching the Limits of Science with Card Sorting Activities; Lena Hansson.- 38. Supporting Science Teachers’ Nature of Science Understanding through a Specially Designed Philosophy of Science Course; Kostas Kampourakis.- 39. Learning Aspects of Nature of Science through Authentic Research Experiences; Elizabeth Edmondson, Stephen Burgin, Dina Tsybulsky and Jennifer Maeng.- 40. Embedded Research Experiences to Enhance Nature of Science Understanding for Preservice Teachers; Julie Angle.- 41. Introducing Human Elements of Science through a Context-Rich Thematic Project; Lotta Leden and Lena Hansson.- 42.Informal Learning Environments and their Potential Role in Communicating Nature of Science; Michael Reiss and William McComas.-
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De Gruyter Chemistry of High-Energy Materials
Book SynopsisChemistry of High-Energy Materials continues in this new and revised 6th edition to provide fundamental scientifi c insights into primary and secondary explosives, propellants, rocket fuels and pyrotechnics. It expands with new research developments, including new melt casts, reactive structure materials, a computational study on the detonation velocity of mixtures of solid explosives with non-explosive liquids, calculation of craters after explosions. This work is of interest to advanced students in chemistry, materials science and engineering, as well as to all those working in military and defense technology.
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De Gruyter Nietzsche und der französische Existenzialismus
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De Gruyter Literarische Herrschersakralität - Erzählen von
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De Gruyter Popliteratur 3.0
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De Gruyter Ein Blick Zurück Nach Vorn: Frühe Deutsche
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De Gruyter Sammler deutscher Denkmäler: Johann Schilter
Book Synopsis Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts erhielten volkssprachige Texte des Mittelalters im Heiligen Römischen Reich eine bislang unerreichte Aufmerksamkeit. Gelehrte wie Johann Schilter (1632–1705) sammelten und edierten das älteste deutsche Schriftgut aus einer neuen integrativen und polyhistorisch ausgerichteten Perspektive, die sich für juristische, historiographische und sakrale Texte zugleich interessierte. Am Beispiel der Editionen Schilters untersucht die vorliegende Studie diese Umbruchszeit einer frühneuzeitlichen Germanistik, die deutschrechtliche Studien, Mittelalterhistoriographie und germanische Sprachgeschichte miteinander verband. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Auswirkungen des Entstehungskontexts frühneuzeitlicher Editionen auf ihr Erscheinungsbild, welche in der Forschung bislang erst in Ansätzen berücksichtigt wurden. Mit Blick auf die begünstigenden oder einschränkenden Faktoren, welche den Herstellungsprozess frühneuzeitlicher Editionen prägten, wird Schilter so als lange Zeit zu Unrecht verkannter Protagonist der germanistischen Mittelalterphilologie um 1700 mit seinen Vorläufern ebenso wie mit seinen Nachfolgern in Beziehung gesetzt.
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www.Militarybookshop.Co.UK Coastal Engineering Manual Part II: Coastal
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Hachette Livre - BNF Extrait Des Registres de l'Académie Royale Des
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Science by Women: Stories From Careers in STEM
Book SynopsisThis book provides a roadmap for those embarking on a career in STEM, whether in the research or industry realms. Focusing on paths taken by women, the contributors lend their stories, tips and tricks, and hardships they faced entering into fields historically dominated by men. The authors provide practical advice, highlighting soft skills that are not often taught as modules in the classroom. Topics include research collaborations, performance enhancement, the gender lens in research design and development, imposter syndrome felt by many women in science, ethics in science, scaling feminine leadership, being an influencer as a science leader, and time and resources optimization for career advancement in science from resource-poor settings. Others interested in science and its impacts on society will also find the book informative and timely. As an important part of the Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD), University of Port Harcourt Branch Book project, the work hopes to inspire women and men, girls and boys to enter and apply themselves to secure the future in STEM.Trade Review“Science by Women is a collection inspired by presentations made by women at monthly seminars … . I was struck by the generality of the book's title, Science by Women: Stories From Careers in STEM, but I appreciate the title more now having read the book. … The target audience of this book is women from ‘underdeveloped, developing countries,’ as the book states, but the book provides many practical tools any woman in STEM would find useful.” (Louise Stevenson, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Vol. 18 (4), 2022)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Taking Research Outcomes to Target Beneficiaries: Research Uptake, meaning and benefits.- Understanding and utilizing research collaborations to enhance performance and visibility of women scientists.- Science education: a veritable tool for development.- Wearing our gender lens in research design and development.- Imposter Syndrome with Women in Science.- Ethics in Science through the Lens of COVID-19 Pandemic.- The Beauty of Research Data in an Information-Driven World.- The urgent need to scale Enlightened Feminine Leadership for Conscious Evolution.- The Secret to Being an Influencer as a Science Leader.- Archiving: a Useful Tool for Science and Scientists.- Time and Resources Optimization for Career Advancement for Women Scientists from Resource-Poor Settings.- Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Science and Drama: Contemporary and Creative
Book SynopsisThis edited volume presents interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to drama and science in education. Drawing on a solid basis of research, it offers theoretical backgrounds, showcases rich examples, and provides evidence of improved student learning and engagement. The chapters explore various connections between drama and science, including: students’ ability to engage with science through drama; dramatising STEM; mutuality and inter-relativity in drama and science; dramatic play-based outdoor activities; and creating embodied, aesthetic and affective learning experiences. The book illustrates how drama education draws upon contemporary issues and their complexity, intertwining with science education in promoting scientific literacy, creativity, and empathetic understandings needed to interpret and respond to the many challenges of our times. Findings throughout the book demonstrate how lessons learned from drama and science education can remain discrete yet when brought together, contribute to deeper, more engaged and transformative student learning.Table of Contents1. Setting the stage.- 2. Responding to climate change: developing primary students’ capability to engage with science through drama.- 3. Using dramatic inquiry to mediate pre-service teachers’ conceptualization of sustainable development.- 4. Dramatising the S and the M in STEM.- 5. Veg-in? A Copernican shift in our dreams? Making ornaments from human parts? A small island counselling session?.- 6. Mutuality and inter-relativity in drama and science.- 7. Ice Age is approaching: Triggering students’ interest in gamified outdoor rough play activities.- 8. The role of embodied metaphor in art (drama)/science education.- 9. “This is the funniest lesson”: The production of positive emotions during role play in the middle years science classroom.- 10. Dramatic and Undramatic Emotional Energy: Creating aesthetic and emotive learning experiences in science classrooms.- 11. Exploring Contemporary and Controversial issues in Science: The question of stem cell therapies and tourism.- 12. School is everywhere: the pedagogical possibilities of imaginative scientific inquiry.- 13. Does being positioned in an expert scientist role enhance 11-13 year-old students’ perceptions of themselves as scientists?.- 14. Meaning in the Middle: Middle School Science and Drama.- 15. Stories from History.- 16. Australian Women in Science.- 17. Science, Drama and the Aesthetic.
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De Gruyter Albertus: Von Falken, Hunden und Pferden. Teil 1
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Book Tree,US The Odic Force: Letters on Od and Magnetism
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Gorgias Press The Plagues of Egypt: Archaeology, History and Science Look at the Bible
Book SynopsisMolecular biologist Siro Trevisanato assembles data gleaned from a variety of ancient texts and a wide range of scientific disciplines to assist in a reconsideration of the ten plagues recorded in the Biblical book of Exodus.
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Book Jungle The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath (1903)
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Universal Publishers Multiple Solution Methods for Teaching Science in the Classroom: Improving Quantitative Problem Solving Using Dimensional Analysis and Proportional Re
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Cosimo Classics The Theory of Electrons and Its Applications to the Phenomena of Light and Radiant Heat
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Pickwick Publications All Things New
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Benediction Classics Of Natural and Supernatural Things, Also, Of the First Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals and Minerals, Of the Medicine or Tincture of Antimony and A Work of Saturn
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Modern Humanities Research Association Richard Carew, 'The Examination of Men's Wits'
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College Publications A Journey Through the Systems Landscape
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Well Red Publications Dialectics of Nature
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Academy of Light Ltd Insect Remedies and one spider
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Luniver Press The Silence of Slime Mould
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Minkowski Institute Press Unsolvable Problems: 1990 Lecture Notes
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Minkowski Institute Press The Theory of Relativity and its Influence on Scientific Thought: Selected Works on the Implications of Relativity
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The Blackburn Press The Statistical Analysis of Compositional Data
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The Blackburn Press The Art of Scientific Investigation
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Wilder Publications Very Truly Yours, Nikola Tesla
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Gadflower Press Science Myths Unmasked
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Real Science-4-Kids 21 Super Simple Physics Experiments
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Real Science-4-Kids Exploring the Building Blocks of Science Book 2 Teacher's Manual
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