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  • Planning and Analyzing Teaching

    Using the Variation Theory of Learning

    Series series WALS-Routledge Lesson Study Series
    Using illustrative teaching case studies, this book demonstrates how teaching informed by a learning theory, specifically Variation theory, can equip teachers to facilitate possibilities for students’ learning in effective and powerful ways.For a long period of time teaching has been “black-boxed”, in favour of other explanations of why students learn or not, such as motivation and social ... Read more

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  • Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories

    Analysing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

    Series series Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment
    This Open Access book presents the results of an interdisciplinary research program to utilize data from the multicohort German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), which included over 100.000 participants in six nationally representative panel studies. Renowned researchers from the fields of sociology, psychology, educational science, economics, and survey methodology have used the ... Read more

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  • Early Geometrical Thinking in the Environment of Patterns, Mosaics and Isometries

    Series series ICME-13 Topical Surveys
    This book discusses the learning and teaching of geometry, with a special focus on kindergarten and primary education. It examines important new trends and developments in research and practice, and emphasizes theoretical, empirical and developmental issues. Further, it discusses various topics, including curriculum studies and implementation, spatial abilities and geometric reasoning, as well as ... Read more

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  • Research on Teaching and Learning Mathematics at the Tertiary Level

    State-of-the-art and Looking Ahead

    Series series ICME-13 Topical Surveys
    This topical survey focuses on research in tertiary mathematics education, a field that has experienced considerable growth over the last 10 years. Drawing on the most recent journal publications as well as the latest advances from recent high-quality conference proceedings, our review culls out the following five emergent areas of interest: mathematics teaching at the tertiary level; the role of ... Read more

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  • Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education

    A State of the Art

    Series series ICME-13 Topical Surveys
    This book provides an essential introduction to the state-of the-art in interdisciplinary Mathematics Education. First, it begins with an outline of the field’s relevant historical, conceptual and theoretical backgrounds, what “discipline” means and how inter-, trans-, and meta-disciplinary activities can be understood. Relevant theoretical perspectives from Marx, Foucault and Vygotsky are ... Read more

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  • Open and Distance Education in Asia, Africa and the Middle East

    National Perspectives in a Digital Age

    Series series SpringerBriefs in Education
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: China, India, Russia, Turkey, South Africa and South Korea. It describes how open and distance education is evolving in a digital age to reflect the needs and circumstances of the national higher education systems in these countries. It ... Read more

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  • Inquiry-Based Learning - Undergraduate Research

    The German Multidisciplinary Experience

    Edited by Harald A. Mieg ...
    This open access book provides a systematic overview of experiences with Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) and undergraduate research (UR) in German universities, covering both research universities (Universitäten) and universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen). Divided into three parts, the book starts with the principles and common practices of IBL/UR at all universities. Part Two discusses ... Read more

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  • Life Skills and Adolescent Mental Health

    Can Kids Be Taught to Master Life?

    Series series Routledge Focus on Mental Health
    Can school teach us to master life? This book confronts what the author sees as an ongoing trend in many Western democracies where citizens are increasingly being held accountable for their health and happiness.The author believes that the introduction of life skills in school shows a tendency to place more responsibility on the individual rather than address fundamental societal flaws that really ... Read more

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  • Sex Differences in Reading and Math Test Scores of Children

    A Heterodoxical Model

    by Hoben Thomas ...
    Series series Monographs in the Psychology of Education
    This open access book examines why reading and math test scores for boys and girls have differed since the origins of testing in the United States. It details the pattern of differences that have remained largely unchanged for more than 100 years in the United States and worldwide. The book explores why boys have modestly larger math test score means than girls, and why girls have far larger ... Read more

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  • Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention

    Best Practices and Policy Implications

    Series series Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice
    This open access book focuses on the public health crisis of youth suicide and provides a review of current research and prevention practices. It addresses important topics, including suicide epidemiology, suicide risk detection in school and medical settings, critical cultural considerations, and approaches to lethal means safety. This book offers cutting-edge research on emerging discoveries in ... Read more

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  • Validation of Score Meaning for the Next Generation of Assessments

    The Use of Response Processes

    Despite developments in research and practice on using examinee response process data in assessment design, the use of such data in test validation is rare. Validation of Score Meaning in the Next Generation of Assessments Using Response Processes highlights the importance of validity evidence based on response processes and provides guidance to measurement researchers and practitioners in ... Read more

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  • The Thinking Toolkit

    by Ralf Fletcher ...
    This book resembles a tool stash, brimming with various types of devices you can use for various reasoning errands. Similarly, as you utilize the wrench in a normal tool kit to fix the sink, so you can utilize the devices I give you in this book to take care of reasoning issues.- At the point when it is idiotic to contend- Utilizing the logical strategy- Unique standards of conceptualizing- Who ... Read more

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  • Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Higher Education

    Opportunities, Challenges, and Looking Forward

    Edited by Jungwoo Ryoo, Kurt Winkelmann ...
    Series series SpringerBriefs in Statistics
    As explored in this open access book, higher education in STEM fields is influenced by many factors, including education research, government and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and acceptance of innovations by faculty and students. In 2018, Drs. Ryoo and Winkelmann explored the opportunities, challenges, and future research initiatives of innovative learning ... Read more

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  • Research on Teaching and Learning Probability

    Series series ICME-13 Topical Surveys
    This book summarizes the vast amount of research related to teaching and learning probability that has been conducted for more than 50 years in a variety of disciplines. It begins with a synthesis of the most important probability interpretations throughout history: intuitive, classical, frequentist, subjective, logical propensity and axiomatic views. It discusses their possible applications, ... Read more

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  • Research On and Activities For Mathematically Gifted Students

    Series series ICME-13 Topical Surveys
    This open access Topical Survey offers a brief overview of the current state of research on and activities for mathematically gifted students around the world. This is of interest to a broad readership, including educational researchers, research mathematicians, mathematics teachers, teacher educators, curriculum designers, doctoral students, and other stakeholders. It first discusses research ... Read more

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  • Testing in the Professions

    Credentialing Policies and Practice

    Testing in the Professions focuses on current practices in credentialing testing as a guide for practitioners. With a broad focus on the key components, issues, and concerns surrounding the test development and validation process, this book brings together a wide range of research and theory—from design and analysis of tests to security, scoring, and reporting. Written by leading experts in the ... Read more

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  • Dialogue for Intercultural Understanding

    Placing Cultural Literacy at the Heart of Learning

    Edited by Fiona Maine, Maria Vrikki ...
    This open access book is a result of an extensive, ambitious and wide-ranging pan-European project focusing on the development of children and young people’s cultural literacy and what it means to be European in the 21st century prioritising intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding. The Horizon 2020 funded, 3-year DIalogue and Argumentation for cultural Literacy Learning (DIALLS) project ... Read more

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  • Radical Solutions and Open Science

    An Open Approach to Boost Higher Education

    Edited by Daniel Burgos ...
    Series series Lecture Notes in Educational Technology
    This open access book presents how Open Science is a powerful tool to boost Higher Education. The book introduces the reader into Open Access, Open Technology, Open Data, Open Research results, Open Licensing, Open Accreditation, Open Certification, Open Policy and, of course, Open Educational Resources. It brings all these key topics from major players in the field; experts that present the ... Read more

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  • 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 groups ... Read more

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  • The Guide To Rational Thinking

    by Bezil Sire ...
    The Guide To Rational Thinking is based on the belief that if one can understand what drives him then he can be able to control himself.This book shows the mental flaws or cognitive biases that affect our thoughts. Many people seem to think they are more rational than they really are.This guide can help people understand the mental glitches that affect the decisions they make and their judgmental ... Read more

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  • Fairness in Educational Assessment and Measurement

    Edited by Neil J. Dorans, Linda L. Cook ...
    The importance of fairness, validity, and accessibility in assessment is greater than ever as testing expands to include more diverse populations, more complex purposes, and more sophisticated technologies. This book offers a detailed account of fairness in assessment, and illustrates the interplay between assessment and broader changes in education. In 16 chapters written by leading experts, this ... Read more

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  • Uses of Technology in Lower Secondary Mathematics Education

    A Concise Topical Survey

    Series series ICME-13 Topical Surveys
    This topical survey provides an overview of the current state of the art in technology use in mathematics education, including both practice-oriented experiences and research-based evidence, as seen from an international perspective. Three core themes are discussed: Evidence of effectiveness; Digital assessment; and Communication and collaboration.The survey’s final section offers suggestions for ... Read more

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  • Invited Lectures from the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education

    Series series ICME-13 Monographs
    The book presents the Invited Lectures given at 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-13). ICME-13 took place from 24th- 31st July 2016 at the University of Hamburg in Hamburg (Germany). The congress was hosted by the Society of Didactics of Mathematics (Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik - GDM) and took place under the auspices of the International Commission on ... Read more

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  • Theories in and of Mathematics Education

    Theory Strands in German Speaking Countries

    Series series ICME-13 Topical Surveys
    This survey provides an overview of German meta-discourse on theories and mathematics education as a scientific discipline, from the 1970s to the 1990s. Two theory strands are offered: a semiotic view related to Peirce and Wittgenstein (presented by Willibald Dörfler), and the theory of learning activity by Joachim Lompscher (presented by Regina Bruder and Oliver Schmitt). By networking the two ... Read more

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