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Multimedia in education : adaptive learning and testing

In this book, we review many examples of multimedia item types for testing. We also outline how games can be used to test physics concepts ?discuss designing chemistry item types with interactive graphics; study how culture-specific linguistics can help inner-city kids and new immigrants learn better; suggest approaches for automatically adjusting difficulty level in interactive graphics-based questions; and propose strategies for giving partial marks for incorrect answers. We also study how to test different cognitive skills, such as music, using multimedia interfaces and also evaluate the effectiveness of our model. Methods for estimating difficulty levels of mathematical item types using Item Response Theory (IRT) will be discussed. Examples of item shells for human computer interaction and cell phones will be shown.

Chaotic pendulum, the

Pendulum is the simplest nonlinear system, which, however, provides the means for the description of different phenomena in Nature that occur in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, communications, economics and sociology. The chaotic behavior of pendulum is usually associated with the random force acting on a pendulum (Brownian motion). Another type of chaotic motion (deterministic chaos) occurs in nonlinear systems with only few degrees of freedom. This book presents a comprehensive description of these phenomena going on in underdamped and overdamped pendula subject to additive and multiplicative periodic and random forces. No preliminary knowledge, such as complex mathematical or numerical methods, is required from a reader other than undergraduate courses in mathematical physics. A wide group of researchers, along with students and teachers will, thus, benefit from this definitive book on nonlinear dynamics.

Global environmental politics : concepts, theories and case studies

A major new textbook for students of environmental politics.

Descriptive inorganic chemistry

This book covers the synthesis, reactions, and properties of elements and inorganic compounds for courses in descriptive inorganic chemistry. It is suitable for the one-semester (ACS-recommended) course or as a supplement in general chemistry courses. Ideal for major and non-majors, the book incorporates rich graphs and diagrams to enhance the content and maximize learning.

Includes expanded coverage of chemical bonding and enhanced treatment of Buckminster Fullerenes

Incorporates new industrial applications matched to key topics in the text

Features an instructor website with PowerPoint slides for lecture use and solutions to problems

Colloquial Korean: the complete course for beginners

COLLOQUIAL KOREAN�is easy to use and completely up to date!

This second edition of the popular course, specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Korean. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes COLLOQUIAL KOREAN your best choice in personal language learning?

Interactive ??? lots of exercises for regular practice
Clear ??? concise grammar notes
Practical ??? useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
Complete ??? including answer key and reference section

Whether you're a business traveller, or about to take up�a daring�challenge in�adventure tourism, you may be studying to teach or even looking forward to a holiday - if you'd like to�get up and running with Korean this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations.

The pack contains the paperback and 120 minutes of audio material, recorded on CDs. These complement the book and will help you with your pronunciation and listening skills.

Accelerated reliability and durability testing technology

Reliability Testing is expensive and engineers and managers require new techniques and equipment to rapidly determine the reasons of product degradation and failure as well as to design products that do not fail. The first book to describe both the methodology and equipment for such testing, Accelerated Reliability and Durability Testing Technology provides professional engineers and managers, researchers, graduate students, and professionals with an overview of the author's accelerated testing technology for reliability and durability of products which will reduce cost, time, product recalls, and customer complaints.

New racial missions of policing : international perspectives on evolving law-enforcement politics

This book identifies new formations of race, racism and ethnicity at the intersection of neoliberalism, security, urban governance and the law through a comparative, international analysis of police organizations and practices.

This book was published as a special issue of Race and Ethnic Studies.

Up and running with autocad 2011: 2d and 3d drawing and modeling

Gindis introduces AutoCAD with step by step instructions, stripping away complexities to begin working in AutoCAD immediately. All concepts are explained first in theory, and then shown in practice, helping the reader understand what it is they are doing and why, before they do it.

Divided into three parts, the book covers beginning through advanced AutoCAD, including 3D features.

Also included is an extensive Appendix

for each part, detailing additional useful CAD-related information not often found

in other text books

The book contains supporting graphics (screen shots) and a summary with a self-test section at the end of each chapter. Also included are drawing examples and exercises, and two running projects that the student works on as he/she progresses through the chapters .

1) Strips away complexities, both real and perceived and reduces AutoCAD to easy-to-understand basic concepts.

2) Teaches only what is essential to operating AutoCAD first, thereby immediately building student confidence.

3) All basic commands are documented step-by-step, meaning that what the student needs to type in and how AutoCAD responds is all spelled out in discrete and clear steps with screen shots added as needed.

4) Using the author s extensive multi-industry knowledge of what is important and widely used in practice versus what is not, the material is presented by immediately immersing the student in practical, critically essential knowledge, with no padding of text or filler material.

5) All concepts are explained first in theory, and only then is AutoCAD introduced and the actual button pushing discussed. This is one of the key concepts in having students understand exactly what it is they are doing and why, before they do it.

The legal guide for religious institutions

Remembering the road to world war two : international history, national identity, collective memory

Remembering the Road to World War Two is a broad and comparative, international survey of the historiography of the origins of the Second World War. It explores how, in the case of each of the major combatant countries, historical writing on the origins of the Second World War has been inextricably linked with conceptions of national identity and collective memory.