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Who's Afraid of Maths and Science

Author : Ken Burchett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781483336
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Who's Afraid of Maths and Science written by Ken Burchett and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you were flummoxed by fractions, confused by calculus or sedated by science then 'Who's Afraid of Maths & Science?' might be just the book for you. Written for those who were turned off maths and science at school but who now feel they have missed out, it takes the reader gently through some of the major scientific theories of the twentieth century, including the maths that underpins them. If that sounds scary, don't worry. The section on maths and statistics starts at primary school level, then explains in a step by step manner all those topics you never really mastered at school - negative numbers, fractions, algebra, geometry and even some simple calculus. This is followed by the history of the cosmos, the physics of relativity, quantum mechanics, basic chemistry, evolution, genetics, and chaos theory. Using the simplest algebra you will see why light travels at 300,000 km/sec. Pythagoras will explain why E = mc2. By the end you will understand more maths and science than you ever thought possible, and might even feel that they can be fun.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?

Author : Yong Zhao
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118487133
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? written by Yong Zhao and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secrets behind China's extraordinary educational system – good, bad, and ugly Chinese students' consistently stunning performance on the international PISA exams— where they outscore students of all other nations in math, reading, and science—have positioned China as a world education leader. American educators and pundits have declared this a "Sputnik Moment," saying that we must learn from China's education system in order to maintain our status as an education leader and global superpower. Indeed, many of the reforms taking hold in United States schools, such as a greater emphasis on standardized testing and the increasing importance of core subjects like reading and math, echo the Chinese system. We're following in China's footsteps—but is this the direction we should take? Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? by award-winning writer Yong Zhao offers an entertaining, provocative insider's account of the Chinese school system, revealing the secrets that make it both "the best and worst" in the world. Born and raised in China's Sichuan province and a teacher in China for many years, Zhao has a unique perspective on Chinese culture and education. He explains in vivid detail how China turns out the world's highest-achieving students in reading, math, and science—yet by all accounts Chinese educators, parents, and political leaders hate the system and long to send their kids to western schools. Filled with fascinating stories and compelling data, Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? offers a nuanced and sobering tour of education in China. Learn how China is able to turn out the world's highest achieving students in math, science, and reading Discover why, despite these amazing test scores, Chinese parents, teachers, and political leaders are desperate to leave behind their educational system Discover how current reforms in the U.S. parallel the classic Chinese system, and how this could help (or hurt) our students' prospects

Who's Afraid of Marie Curie?

Author : Linley Erin Hall
Publisher : Seal Press
ISBN 13 : 9781580052115
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Who's Afraid of Marie Curie? written by Linley Erin Hall and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2005, Larry Summers, former president of Harvard, sparked an outcry when he suggested that women might not be as innately gifted in scientific and mathematical ability as men. Since then, issues related to the lack of women in science and engineering have appeared in the news, but these sound bites tell only part of the story. Who's Afraid of Marie Curie? weaves together research and women's personal stories, presenting both the challenges and triumphs women experience in the sciences. Author Linley Erin Hall has interviewed more than one hundred women, including students of all ages, to uncover what sparked their interest in science, what they've experienced in their careers, and, in some cases, why they decided to leave their field. Her findings are that change is happening, but some women are being left behind while others shoot ahead. Written in accessible language rather than scholarly jargon,Who's Afraid of Marie Curie? explores the complexity behind the sound bites to present a real picture of women in science and technology.

Why be Afraid of Math?

Author : Queena N. Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789715690232
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Why be Afraid of Math? written by Queena N. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?

Author : Yong Zhao
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118585011
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? written by Yong Zhao and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secrets behind China's extraordinary educational system – good, bad, and ugly Chinese students' consistently stunning performance on the international PISA exams— where they outscore students of all other nations in math, reading, and science—have positioned China as a world education leader. American educators and pundits have declared this a "Sputnik Moment," saying that we must learn from China's education system in order to maintain our status as an education leader and global superpower. Indeed, many of the reforms taking hold in United States schools, such as a greater emphasis on standardized testing and the increasing importance of core subjects like reading and math, echo the Chinese system. We're following in China's footsteps—but is this the direction we should take? Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? by award-winning writer Yong Zhao offers an entertaining, provocative insider's account of the Chinese school system, revealing the secrets that make it both "the best and worst" in the world. Born and raised in China's Sichuan province and a teacher in China for many years, Zhao has a unique perspective on Chinese culture and education. He explains in vivid detail how China turns out the world's highest-achieving students in reading, math, and science—yet by all accounts Chinese educators, parents, and political leaders hate the system and long to send their kids to western schools. Filled with fascinating stories and compelling data, Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? offers a nuanced and sobering tour of education in China. Learn how China is able to turn out the world's highest achieving students in math, science, and reading Discover why, despite these amazing test scores, Chinese parents, teachers, and political leaders are desperate to leave behind their educational system Discover how current reforms in the U.S. parallel the classic Chinese system, and how this could help (or hurt) our students' prospects

Who's Afraid of AAC?

Author : Alison Battye
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351699296
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Who's Afraid of AAC? written by Alison Battye and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's Afraid of AAC? is a clear and concise guide to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in the UK and will be an essential resource for all Speech and Language Therapists, educators, parents and carers supporting children with non-verbal communication. This book sets out to demystify AAC by demonstrating that you already have the skills necessary to use AAC successfully. Key features include: an overview of the different types of AAC analysis of the best available approaches tools to give you the context you need to make specific recommendations and choices thorough sections on different settings including Home, Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools so that guidance is relevant to individual needs numerous practical examples, templates and activities to help you implement AAC in all settings summaries of recent research and hot topics including eye-gaze technology, using AAC in exams, and internet safety so that you have the most up-to-date guidance at your fingertips. Created by a Speech and Language Therapist who specialises in AAC training for therapists, educators, and individuals with communication needs, as well as parents and carers, this is the only book of its kind written for a UK audience.

Math with Bad Drawings

Author : Ben Orlin
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 0316509027
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Math with Bad Drawings written by Ben Orlin and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world. In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its myriad uses, its strange symbols, and the wild leaps of logic and faith that define the usually impenetrable work of the mathematician. Truth and knowledge come in multiple forms: colorful drawings, encouraging jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin shows us how to think like a mathematician by teaching us a brand-new game of tic-tac-toe, how to understand an economic crises by rolling a pair of dice, and the mathematical headache that ensues when attempting to build a spherical Death Star. Every discussion in the book is illustrated with Orlin's trademark "bad drawings," which convey his message and insights with perfect pitch and clarity. With 24 chapters covering topics from the electoral college to human genetics to the reasons not to trust statistics, Math with Bad Drawings is a life-changing book for the math-estranged and math-enamored alike.

Fear of Math

Author : Claudia Zaslavsky
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813520995
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Fear of Math written by Claudia Zaslavsky and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author offers a host of methods, drawn from many cultures, for tackling real-world math problems and explodes the myth that women and minorities are not good at math.

Choke

Author : Sian Beilock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416596186
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Choke written by Sian Beilock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published in hardcover: New York: Free Press, 2010.

Mathaphobia

Author : Olympia LePoint
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988537637
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Mathaphobia written by Olympia LePoint and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ace math without doing more math problems! Mathaphobia®: How You Can Overcome Your Math Fears and Become a Rocket Scientist by Olympia LePoint, M.S. is an empowering, thought-provoking, self-help book exposing the emotional struggles individuals face, while learning to read and use math. Using her own challenges and educational triumph as a backdrop, Olympia LePoint discovers the crippling learning disability Mathaphobia®, and does a superior examination into the reasoning behind math fear, through the exploration of distinct Mathaphobia® personalities. With a uniquely innovative three-step strategy, Olympia LePoint shares the method to eliminate math fear for good. The award-winning rocket scientist also offers excellent self-help tools and leadership strategies in creating successful learning habits. As a supplemental education resource guide to create math and real-life solutions, this manual helps adults and pre-college students to ace math -- all without doing more math problems!

Who's Afraid of the Welfare State Now?

Author : Anton Hemerijck
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198875487
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Who's Afraid of the Welfare State Now? written by Anton Hemerijck and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book primarily explores the welfare-policy responses to the Great Recession, reform trajectories that swept across Europe over the last decade, with a final chapter that focuses on Covid-19 welfare management. The 2008 crash marked a critical stress test for European welfare states with dramatic repercussions, including a massive surge in unemployment, a widening in wage and income disparities, and rising poverty. Hikes in fiscal deficits and public debt, required to pre-empt an economic meltdown, forced policymakers to make painful cuts in welfare services to shore up public finances, thereby jeopardizing welfare support for vulnerable groups. The overall scope of welfare-policy responses is heterogeneous, disparate, and uneven. In some cases, the response to the Great Recession was accompanied by deep social conflicts, while in others unpopular crisis-management measures received broad consent from opposition parties, trade unions, and employer organizations. Alongside serious retrenchments, there have been assertive attempts to rebuild social programmes and institutions, to accommodate policy repertoires-not merely domestically but also at the EU level-to the new realities of the knowledge economy and an ageing society. Overall, the long 2010s showed that the future of work and welfare is in our hands: it is perfectly possible to shape this future in such a way as to provide inclusive social security, achieve high employment, advance and maintain human capabilities across the life-course, and fight poverty and inequality.

Who's Afraid of Political Education?

Author : Henry Tam
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447366956
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Who's Afraid of Political Education? written by Henry Tam and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts on learning for democracy come together to explore why and how the gap in civic competence should be bridged.

Who's Afraid of Adam Smith?

Author : Peter J. Dougherty
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471471771
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Who's Afraid of Adam Smith? written by Peter J. Dougherty and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-04-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Peter Dougherty does the near-impossible in this brilliant book .. . [he] makes economics engaging and accessible." --Professor Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia In this spirited and timely book, Peter Dougherty shows howeconomists are drawing on Adam Smith's civic writings to illuminatehow the market creates not only fiscal capital, but "socialcapital." Dougherty demonstrates how Smith's ideas are currentlyexperiencing a renaissance. He then explores several impressiveinitiatives to demonstrate what today's theoretical and practicingeconomists are accomplishing in the spirit of Adam Smith's moralsentiments: the institutional reform of transitional and developingeconomies; the financing of new technological, medical, andeducational initiatives; and the economic revival of cities.Capitalism pervades every aspect of our daily life. Peter Doughertynow offers a fascinating peek at its hidden soul.

Delusions of Gender

Author : Cordelia Fine
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848313969
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Delusions of Gender written by Cordelia Fine and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BRILLIANT AND HUGELY INFLUENTIAL BOOK BY THE WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOKS PRIZE 'Fun, droll yet deeply serious.' New Scientist 'A brilliant feminist critic of the neurosciences ... Read her, enjoy and learn.' Hilary Rose, THES 'A witty and meticulously researched exposé of the sloppy studies that pass for scientific evidence in so many of today's bestselling books on sex differences.' Carol Tavris, TLS Gender inequalities are increasingly defended by citing hard-wired differences between the male and female brain. That's why, we're told, there are so few women in science, so few men in the laundry room – different brains are just suited to different things. With sparkling wit and humour, Cordelia Fine attacks this 'neurosexism', revealing the mind's remarkable plasticity, the substantial influence of culture on identity, and the malleability of what we consider to be 'hardwired' difference. This modern classic shows the surprising extent to which boys and girls, men and women are made – not born.

How the Body Knows Its Mind

Author : Sian Beilock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145162669X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book How the Body Knows Its Mind written by Sian Beilock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Takes you inside the amazing science of how the body affects the mind, and shows how to use that wisdom to live smarter and maximize what your body teaches your mind"--

All You Wanted to Know about Mathematics But Were Afraid to Ask

Author : Louis Lyons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book All You Wanted to Know about Mathematics But Were Afraid to Ask written by Louis Lyons and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat

Author : Ian Marshall
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780688161071
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat written by Ian Marshall and published by William Morrow Paperbacks. This book was released on 1998-06-17 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantum theorist Erwin Schrvdinger invented his now-famous cat to illustrate the apparently impossible conundrums associated with quantum physics. The cat lives in an opaque box with a fiendish device that randomly feeds it either food, allowing it to live, or poison, which kills it. But in the quantum world, all possibilities coexist and have a reality of their own, and they ensure that the cat is both alive and dead, simultaneously. Who's Afraid of Schrvdinger's Cat? is a clear, concise explanation of the new sciences of quantum mechanics, chaos and complexity theory, relativity, new theories of mind, and the new cosmology. It studies worlds beyond the realm of common sense, and the new kinds of thinking that we need to understand ourselves, our minds, and our human place in the larger scheme of things.