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Mathematical Tools for Real-World Applications: A Gentle Introduction for Students and Practitioners
Draganov, Alexandr – MIT Press, 2022
Techniques for applying mathematical concepts in the real world: six rarely taught but crucial tools for analysis, research, and problem-solving. Many young graduates leave school with a solid knowledge of mathematical concepts but struggle to apply these concepts in practice. Real scientific and engineering problems are different from those found…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Relevance (Education), College Mathematics, Engineering
Vern Jones; Al William Greenwood – Brookes Publishing Company, 2022
Students who experience serious emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBD) are at risk for a wide range of negative outcomes, from limited academic progress to problems with employment and community life after they leave school. Positive educational experiences can help, and this textbook fully prepares educators, school psychologists, and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Trauma Informed Approach
National Academies Press, 2016
Ethical practice in engineering is critical for ensuring public trust in the field and in its practitioners, especially as engineers increasingly tackle international and socially complex problems that combine technical and ethical challenges. This report aims to raise awareness of the variety of exceptional programs and strategies for improving…
Descriptors: Ethics, Engineering Education, Social Problems, Consciousness Raising
Mosrur, Ridwanul – Online Submission, 2011
Word Problems those are also named as "Story Problems" which are well known to the students around the world. In this book there are 26 chapters which encompass diversified problems of four basic mathematical rules--addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. These problems may help students to practice more and more as well as…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Word Problems (Mathematics), Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills
Allen, Jeanne, Ed.; White, Simone, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2017
"Learning to Teach in a New Era" prepares preservice teachers to embrace the opportunities and meet the challenges of teaching in the twenty-first century. Closely aligned with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) and the Australian Curriculum, this book is an invaluable resource for early childhood, primary and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Academic Standards
Enders, Craig K. – Guilford Press, 2010
Walking readers step by step through complex concepts, this book translates missing data techniques into something that applied researchers and graduate students can understand and utilize in their own research. Enders explains the rationale and procedural details for maximum likelihood estimation, Bayesian estimation, multiple imputation, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Error of Measurement, Research Problems, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Strom, Adam – Facing History and Ourselves, 2009
This resource gives students and teachers a greater understanding of identity, membership, citizenship, and belonging in the UK. In a time when debates about national identity and integration have taken on increased urgency, Facing History and Ourselves introduces, "Identity and Belonging in a Changing Great Britain". It reveals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nationalism, Identification, Immigrants
Handley, Bill – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2007
This book is about playing with mathematics, teaching: (1) How to multiply and divide large numbers mentally; (2) Making addition and subtraction easy; (3) Tricks for understanding fractions and decimals; and (4) How to quickly check answers for each calculation. Described as a foolproof way to do multiplication, division, factoring estimating,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Subtraction, Numbers, Mathematics
Woodburn, W., Ed. – W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1914
This textbook is an arithmetic exercise book. It is the first in a series of five volumes and contains 45 exercises with problems to solve.
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Word Problems (Mathematics), Textbooks
Woodburn, W., Ed. – W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1914
This textbook is an arithmetic exercise book. It is the second in a series of five volumes and contains 49 exercises with problems to solve. [For "Chambers's Practical Concentric Arithmetics: Book I," see ED623160.]
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Word Problems (Mathematics), Textbooks
Woodburn, W., Ed. – W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1914
This textbook is an arithmetic exercise book. It is the third in a series of five volumes and contains 48 exercises with problems to solve. [For "Chambers's Practical Concentric Arithmetics: Book II," see ED623161.]
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Word Problems (Mathematics), Textbooks
Woodburn, W., Ed. – W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1914
This textbook is an arithmetic exercise book. It is the fourth in a series of five volumes and contains 59 exercises with problems to solve. [For "Chambers's Practical Concentric Arithmetics: Book III," see ED623162.]
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Word Problems (Mathematics), Textbooks
Woodburn, W., Ed. – W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1914
This textbook is an arithmetic exercise book. It is the fifth in a series of five volumes and contains 69 exercises with problems to solve. [For "Chambers's Practical Concentric Arithmetics: Book IV," see ED623163.]
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Word Problems (Mathematics), Textbooks
Aiello, Barbara; Shulman, Jeffrey – 1989
One of a series of children's books written from the point of view of an elementary grade child and concerning disabilities or other problems, the stories emphasize the similarities in childhood experience while providing information specific to the disability or problem. In this book, fifth grader Brenda comes to grips with her parents' divorce…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Meierding, Loren – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
This is a step-by-step guidebook that is designed to help students on the quantitative section of the SAT. This guidebook produces an understanding of key mathematical concepts as the various topics are covered by the text, and, unlike other SAT guides, lists skills and capabilities, that if mastered will result in well-prepared students. More…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Guides, Standardized Tests, Test Wiseness