Perfect for new teachers and pre-service educators, this resource provides up-to-date, research-based theory and practical applications to help teachers effectively develop ways to teach English language learners through a deeper understanding of these students' needs. Featuring best practices based on solid research and proven methodology, this indispensable resource is packed with background information, underlying principles, and ideas-making it ideal for staff development sessions.
At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked library of books. Unended Quest recounts these moments and many others in the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Popper witnessed two World Wars and the collapse of Communism in the Eastern bloc, and provides here an indispensable account of the ideas that influenced him most, in particular his early fascination with science and philosophy.
Each entry begins with a short summary statement about the test’s purpose, and contains details of the test objective, the limitations (or assumptions) involved, a brief outline of the method, a worked example, and the numerical calculation. 100 Statistical Tests, Third Edition is the one indispensable guide for users of statistical materials and consumers of statistical information at all levels and across all disciplines. is the one indispensable guide for users of statistical materials and consumers of statistical information at all levels and across all disciplines.
Concrete Mathematics
This book introduces the mathematics that supports advanced computer
programming and the analysis of algorithms. The primary aim of its
well-known authors is to provide a solid and relevant base of
mathematical skills - the skills needed to solve complex problems, to
evaluate horrendous sums, and to discover subtle patterns in data. It
is an indispensable text and reference not only for computer scientists
- the authors themselves rely heavily on it! - but for serious users of
mathematics in virtually every discipline.
