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  • Portable Technologies

    Science Learning in Context

    Edited by Robert Tinker, Joseph Krajcik ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Education has traditionally studied the world by bringing it into the classroom. This can result in situated learning that appears to students to have no relevance outside the classroom. Students acquire inert, decontextualized knowledge that they cannot apply to real problems. The obvious solution to this shortcoming is to reverse the situation and bring the classroom to the phenomena: to learn ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • WORDS FIRST: Mastering Unit Conversion

    by Richard Ignace ...
    Unit conversions refer to the sometimes annoying, occasionally tricky, but ultimately necessary process of attaching proper words with proper numbers to get right solutions in science and engineering tasks. For students taking courses in science, getting these right translates to points and grades. This short "how to" manual leads readers through the process of doing unit conversions correctly. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Amuse Yourself with New iPad

    by ace kiwi ...
    This book falls into six chapters and each chapter has its main focus.The first chapter teaches you how to entertain with camera of iPad from taking photos, photo booth to editing photos and taking high-definition videos. As long as you follow the instruction in the book, you will grasp skills and enjoy itThe second chapter focuses on video of iPad. Since the new iPad provide videos in mp4 or MOV ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Challenge of Reframing Engineering Education

    by Dennis Sale ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The Challenge of Reframing Engineering Education is the first book to document the experience of implementing the CDIO Engineering Educational Framework in a large educational institution in the Asian context. It focuses on how to successfully implement and manage the key stages, activities and inevitable challenges that have to be negotiated in any large scale curriculum innovation. Its main ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Simulations as Scaffolds in Science Education

    by Maggie Renken, Kathrin Otrel-Cass, Melanie Peffer, Isabelle Girault, Augusto Chiocarriello ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book outlines key issues for addressing the grand challenges posed to educators, developers, and researchers interested in the intersection of simulations and science education. To achieve this, the authors explore the use of computer simulations as instructional scaffolds that provide strategies and support when students are faced with the need to acquire new skills or knowledge. The ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Small Spacecraft Development Project-Based Learning

    Implementation and Assessment of an Academic Program

    by Ronald Arthur Marsh, Jeremy Straub, David J. Whalen ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides the information that is required to start a small spacecraft program for educational purposes. This will include a discussion of multiple approaches to program formation and build / buy / hybrid decision considerations. The book also discusses how a CubeSat (or other small spacecraft program) can be integrated into course and/or program curriculum and the ancillary benefits that ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Planning and Implementing your Final Year Project — with Success!

    A Guide for Students in Computer Science and Information Systems

    by Mikael Berndtsson, Jörgen Hansson, B. Olsson, Björn Lundell ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    "Don't wait for someone to write a book you want to read, write it yourselfl" This was the message we received when we asked around for a book that described final year projects for computer science and information systems. In this book, we have gathered our experiences of conducting and supervising final year projects in computer science and information systems. In this book, we present a process ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Teaching Science and Investigating Environmental Issues with Geospatial Technology

    Designing Effective Professional Development for Teachers

    Edited by James MaKinster, Nancy Trautmann, Michael Barnett ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The emerging field of using geospatial technology to teach science and environmental education presents an excellent opportunity to discover the ways in which educators use research-grounded pedagogical commitments in combination with their practical experiences to design and implement effective teacher professional development projects. Often missing from the literature are in-depth, explicit ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Informatics in Schools: Improvement of Informatics Knowledge and Perception

    9th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2016, Münster, Germany, October 13-15, 2016, Proceedings

    Edited by Andrej Brodnik, Françoise Tort ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2016, held in Münster, Germany, in October 2015.The 17 full papers presented together with 1 invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The focus of the conference was on following topics: sustainable education in ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • STEM Education in the Junior Secondary

    The State of Play

    Edited by Robyn Jorgensen, Kevin Larkin ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book brings together a collection of internationally renowned authors in the STEM field to share innovations in the teaching of STEM. It focuses on the junior secondary years of education (students aged 11-15), since this is the age range in which students choose whether or not to formally opt out of STEM education. It is here that the book makes a significant contribution to the field by ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Issues and Challenges in Science Education Research

    Moving Forward

    Edited by Kim Chwee Daniel Tan, Mijung Kim ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    In contemporary society, science constitutes a significant part of human life in that it impacts on how people experience and understand the world and themselves. The rapid advances in science and technology, newly established societal and cultural norms and values, and changes in the climate and environment, as well as, the depletion of natural resources all greatly impact the lives of children ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • New Developments in Science and Technology Education

    Edited by Zacharoula Smyrnaiou, Martin Riopel ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores the beneficial impact of pedagogically updated practices and approaches in the teaching of science concepts as well as elaborates on future challenges and emerging issues that address Science and Technology Education. By pointing out new research directions it informs educational practices and bridges the gap between research and practice providing information, ideas and new ... Read more

    $89.09 USD