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Mathematics education in East Africa : towards harmonisation and enhancement …
This book is a valuable resource for policymakers and practitioners as it brings insights mainly from developing countries where relatively less research activity takes place. It is also a valuable resource for courses in mathematics education in the teacher education colleges, and departments of education in the sub-Saharan Africa region. In the increasingly global and technological world math…
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- 9783319272580
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- vii, 90 p. : ill.
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- 510.71 HAL m
Measuring Professional Competence for the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling …
This open access book presents a structural model and an associated test instrument designed to provide a detailed analysis of professional competences for teaching mathematical modelling. The conceptualisation is based on the COACTIV model, which describes aspects, areas and facets of professional competences of teachers. The manual provides an overview of the essential teaching skills in appl…
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- 9783030780715
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- viiii, 129 p. : ill.
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- 511.807 WES m
Digital towns : accelerating and measuring the digital transformation of rura…
This open access book explores the digital transformation of small and rural towns, in particular, how to measure the evolution and development of digital towns. In addition to access to resources, competition from urban and global markets, and population trends, rural communities present lesser access and use of digital technologies and have lower digital competencies and skills than their urb…
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- 9783030912475
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- xxv, 213 p. : ill.
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- 307.1412 LYN d
Multimodal Texts in Disciplinary Education : A Comprehensive Framework
This open access book provides an introduction to multimodality and the role of multimodal texts in today’s education. Presenting a comprehensive framework for analysing and working with multimodal texts in disciplinary education, it serves as a tool for researchers and teachers alike. The second part of the book focuses on sample analyses of a variety of educational texts for different age g…
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- 9783030639600
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- xiv, 132 p. : ill.
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- 371.3 DAN m
Pandemics: Insurance and Social Protection
This open access book collects expert contributions on actuarial modelling and related topics, from machine learning to legal aspects, and reflects on possible insurance designs during an epidemic/pandemic. Starting by considering the impulse given by COVID-19 to the insurance industry and to actuarial research, the text covers compartment models, mortality changes during a pandemic, risk-shari…
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- 9783030783341
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- 298p. ; ill.
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- 368.400 952 MAR p
Mathematical aspects of logic programming semantics
Covering the authors’ own state-of-the-art research results, Mathematical Aspects of Logic Programming Semantics presents a rigorous, modern account of the mathematical methods and tools required for the semantic analysis of logic programs. It significantly extends the tools and methods from traditional order theory to include nonconventional methods from mathematical analysis that depend on …
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- 9781439829615
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- xxx, 274 p. : ill.
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- 005.115 HIT m
Making up numbers : a history of invention in mathematics
Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics offers a detailed but accessible account of a wide range of mathematical ideas. Starting with elementary concepts, it leads the reader towards aspects of current mathematical research. The book explains how conceptual hurdles in the development of numbers and number systems were overcome in the course of history, from Babylon to Classi…
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- 9781800640979
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- ix, 267p. : ill.
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- 510.9 KOP m
Paul Lorenzen -- mathematician and logician
This open access book examines the many contributions of Paul Lorenzen, an outstanding philosopher from the latter half of the 20th century. It features papers focused on integrating Lorenzen's original approach into the history of logic and mathematics. The papers also explore how practitioners can implement Lorenzen’s systematical ideas in today’s debates on proof-theoretic semantics, dat…
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- 9783030658243
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- xii, 268p. : ill.
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- 510.1 PAU p
Research on teaching and learning mathematics at the tertiary level
Research in tertiary mathematics education is a fast growing field as evidenced by the success of the Topic Study Group on Mathematics Education at Tertiary Level in the International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME); the continued success of the Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education conference in the United States (RUME), now at its 19th annual conference; the university…
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- 9783319418148
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- vii, 32 p.; ill
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- 370 BIZ r
Gender equity in STEM in higher education : international perspectives on pol…
This timely volume brings together a range of international scholars to analyse cultural, political, and individual factors which contribute to the continued global issue of female underrepresentation in STEM study and careers. Offering a comparative approach to examining gender equity in STEM fields across countries including the UK, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Africa,…
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- 9780367512934
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- xxv, 227 p.; ill.
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- 378.008 GEN g
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