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  • The Book and the Knife

    Part One: Thegn of Berewic

    by Paul Cobb ...
    Series Book 1 - The Book and the Knife
    In 1031, an Arab scientist, a Jewish astronomer and a Christian monk gather under the dome of an observatory in Spain.A foretelling written on the blade of a knife tells of a new ruler, whose power will come from the knowledge in a centuries old book. As its guardians begin to covet this knowledge for themselves, the book is drawn into the conflict between the houses of Wessex and Godwin, and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Big Bang and the Holy Trinity

    by Paul Cobb ...
    The Big Bang and the Holy Trinity explores how science and Christianity together provide an explanation of the story of humankind to date and a vision for our future. Biblical accounts of the creation of the universe and the nature of God are used to show how science has shone a new light on the truths they contain.The Big Bang and the Holy Trinity takes the stance that the disciplines of science ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Measuring to Improve

    Practical Measurement to Support Continuous Improvement in Education

    by Anthony S. Bryk ...
    Series series Continuous Improvement in Education Series
    A first-in-field compilation of best practices for the design and implementation of practical measurement for improvement in K-12 education ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Systems for Instructional Improvement

    Creating Coherence from the Classroom to the District Office

    by Paul Cobb, Kara Jackson, Erin Henrick, Thomas M. Smith, Michael Sorum ...
    In Systems for Instructional Improvement, Paul Cobb and his colleagues draw on their extensive research to propose a series of specific, empirically grounded recommendations that together constitute a theory of action for advancing instruction at scale. The authors outline the elements of a coherent instructional system; describe productive practices for school leaders in supporting teachers’ ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Construction of Arithmetical Meanings and Strategies

    by Ernst v. Glasersfeld, Paul Cobb, Leslie P. Steffe ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The studies presented in this book should be of interest to anybody concerned with the teaching of arithmetic to young children or with cognitive development in general. The 'eaching experiment· was carried out with half a dozen children entering first grade over two years in biweekly sessions. Methodologically the authors' research is original. It is a longitudinal but not a naturalistic study, ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Theories of Mathematical Learning

    Edited by Leslie P. Steffe, Pearla Nesher, Paul Cobb, Bharath Sriraman, Brian Greer ...
    Chemists, working with only mortars and pestles, could not get very far unless they had mathematical models to explain what was happening "inside" of their elements of experience -- an example of what could be termed mathematical learning.This volume contains the proceedings of Work Group 4: Theories of Mathematics, a subgroup of the Seventh International Congress on Mathematical Education held at ... Read more

    $132.99 USD

  • Learning Mathematics

    Constructivist and Interactionist Theories of Mathematical Development

    Edited by Paul Cobb ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The first five contributions to this Special Issue on Theories of Mathematical Learning take a cognitive perspective whereas the sixth, that by Voigt, takes an interactionist perspective. The common theme that links the six articles is the focus on students' inferred experiences as the starting point in the theory-building process. This emphasis on the meanings that objects and events have for ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • A Journey in Mathematics Education Research

    Insights from the Work of Paul Cobb

    by Paul Cobb ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Our objective is to publish a book that lays out the theoretical constructs and research methodologies within mathematics education that have been developed by Paul Cobb and explains the process of their development. We propose to do so by including papers in which Cobb introduced new theoretical perspectives and methodologies into the literature, each preceded by a substantive accompanying ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • The Emergence of Mathematical Meaning

    interaction in Classroom Cultures

    Edited by Paul Cobb, Heinrich Bauersfeld ...
    Series series Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
    This book grew out of a five-year collaboration between groups of American and German mathematics educators. The central issue addressed accounting for the messiness and complexity of mathematics learning and teaching as it occurs in classroom situations. The individual chapters are based on the view that psychological and sociological perspectives each tell half of a good story. To unify these ... Read more

    $265.99 USD

  • Symbolizing and Communicating in Mathematics Classrooms

    Perspectives on Discourse, Tools, and Instructional Design

    Edited by Paul Cobb, Erna Yackel, Kay McClain ...
    This volume grew out of a symposium on discourse, tools, and instructional design at Vanderbilt University in 1995 that brought together a small international group to grapple with issues of communicating, symbolizing, modeling, and mathematizing, particularly as these issues relate to learning in the classroom. The participants invited to develop chapters for this book--all internationally ... Read more

    $86.99 USD

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    A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity

    by Steven Strogatz ...
    “Delightful . . . easily digestible chapters include plenty of helpful examples and illustrations. You'll never forget the Pythagorean theorem again!”—Scientific AmericanMany people take math in high school and promptly forget much of it. But math plays a part in all of our lives all of the time, whether we know it or not. In The Joy of x, Steven Strogatz expands on his hit New York Times series ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things

    What Categories Reveal about the Mind

    by George Lakoff ...
    A critique of the assumptions the mind makes, of how humans tend to categorize objects and ideas, and of the implications of these modes of thought." Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things presents some of the most stimulating ideas on mind and meaning that I have ever read. It . . . has far-reaching consequences and is sure to rattle the foundations of thinking and research in the cognitive sciences. ... Read more

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