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Dialogue and Learning in Mathematics Education is concerned with communication in mathematics class-rooms. In a series of empirical studies of project work, we follow students' inquiry cooperation as well as students' obstructions to inquiry cooperation. Both are considered important for a theory of learning mathematics. Special attention is paid to the notions of `dialogue' and `critique'. A central idea is that `dialogue' supports `critical learning of mathematics'. The link between dialogue and critique is developed further by including the notions of `intention' and `reflection'. Thus a theory of learning mathematics is developed which is resonant with critical mathematics education.
This book will address the discussion on online distance education, teacher education, and how the mathematics is transformed with the Internet, based on examples that illustrate the possibilities of different course models and on the theoretical construct humans-with-media. We will attempt to give the reader the sensation of experiencing one of the various distance courses in which we have participated, or a virtual community that does not have the structure of a course. And if the reader has not yet participated in any of these possibilities, we believe that the book may help, but not substitute, the experience of participating in a discussion list, a course, or a virtual community constit...
Top Grammar is a reference book for learners of English at all levels, from basic to upper intermediate (A2 to B2). Top Grammar covers all the main grammatical areas of the language. Top Grammar has a special lexical focus for each of its sections. Top Grammar is made up of a Student's Book and CD-ROM, and has a Teacher's Guide including tests. Top Grammar can be used: for individual study, for exam preparation, or whenever the teacher thinks the class needs specific training on grammar included in the syllabus. By learners in a flexible way, to reinforce specific grammar points. Autonomously like other reference materials - dictionaries or the Internet. 'Go and check in your grammar book' should be a constant reminder of the teacher to the students. The Teacher's Guide contains: tips about how Top Grammar could be used in the classroom or for individual study; a set of 25 tests, one for each of the chapters; keys to all the exercises and tests.
In his serious, challenging, and accessible new book, Fearn moves deftly from pop culture to the writings of Plato to take readers on a fascinating tour of where philosophy is today and what it can tell us about where we as humans are going.
Geomorphological Mapping: a professional handbook of techniques and applications is a new book targeted at academics and practitioners who use, or wish to utilise, geomorphological mapping within their work. Synthesising for the first time an historical perspective to geomorphological mapping, field based and digital tools and techniques for mapping and an extensive array of case studies from academics and professionals active in the area. Those active in geomorphology, engineering geology, reinsurance, Environmental Impact Assessors, and allied areas, will find the text of immense value. - Growth of interest in geomorphological mapping and currently no texts comprehensively cover this topic - Extensive case studies that will appeal to professionals, academics and students (with extensive use of diagrams, potentially colour plates) - Brings together material on digital mapping (GIS and remote sensing), cartography and data sources with a focus on modern technologies (including GIS, remote sensing and digital terrain analysis) - Provides readers with summaries of current advances in methodological/technical aspects - Accompanied by electronic resources for digital mapping
Over 68,000 words, phrases, and examples, and 78,000 translations. Up-to-date headwords, phrases, and examples in English and Portuguese. User-friendly design with Oxford 3000™ key words to help students prioritize their learning. Full-colour photo pages for vocabulary development. Usage notes designed to help Brazilian students of English.
What "Guns, Germs, and Steel" did for colonial history, this book will do for modern anthropology, telling the explosive story of how ruthless journalists, self-serving anthropologists, and obsessed scientists placed the Yanomami, one of the Amazon basin's oldest tribes, on the cusp of extinction. A "New York Times" Notable Book. of photos.
This book provides grammar exercises for students working with a teacher. The book can be used in any order depending on the personal needs of the students and the exercises are not arranged in order of increasing difficulty, but are marked with asterisks to indicate their relative degree of difficulty.