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Data Science and Machine Learning: Mathematical and Statistical Methods Alice Y.C. Te (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Hong Kong) 9781138492530
RRP: $182.68$158.63"This textbook is a well-rounded, rigorous, and informative work presenting the mathematics behind modern machine learning techniques. It hits all the right notes: the choice of topics is up-to-date and perfect for a course on data science for... -
Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness Chris Argyris 9781555424466
RRP: $75.60$66.59"This book is a landmark in two fields. It is a practical guide tothe reform of professional education. It is also a beacon totheoretical thinking about human organizations, about theirinterdepAndence with the social structure of the professions,... -
How Learning Works – 8 Research–Based Principles for Smart Teaching, Second Edition by MC Lovett
RRP: $73.48$64.79Apply these eight learning principles for more effective teaching As educators in the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, we are continuously challenged to keep our courses effective, engaging, relevant, and inclusive. The updated and expanded... -
College Research Papers For Dummies Joe Giampalmi 9781394191109
RRP: $39.88$25.77Get ready to take on your first college research paper like a pro Just got assigned your first college research paper? Don't sweat it! College Research Papers For Dummies has your back with the perfect companion to these not-as-hard-as-they-look... -
Generation on a Tightrope: A Portrait of Today's College Student Arthur Levine 9780470376294
RRP: $67.18$38.01Today's college students feel as if they are crossing an abyss between their dreams and the reality of an uncertain future. They are a generation seeking stability in a time of profound and accelerating change. They want government and our other social... -
Rethinking University Teaching: A Conversational Framework for the Effective Use of Learning Technologies by Diana Laurillard 9780415256797
RRP: $94.48$82.49Teachers in higher education have had to become more professional in their approach to teaching, matching their professionalism in research. The first edition of this book prepares teachers to do and undergo quality audits and appraisals, and to achieve... -
Garlic and Other Alliums: The Lore and The Science Eric Block (University of Albany, USA) 9781849731805
RRP: $52.48$44.73The name "Allium" is said to come from the Greek word to avoid because of its offensive smell. The genus Allium includes more than 800 species of which only a few have been cultivated as foods. Many of the other members of this genus are popular with... -
The Secret Life of English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education: Examining Microphenomena in Context by David Block
RRP: $109.18$94.90This volume explores the inner-workings of English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education (HE) at two universities. After an introductory chapter that sets the scene and provides an essential background, there are four empirically based chapters... -
Alchemy of Teaching: The Transformation of Lives by Jeremiah Conway 9781591811817
RRP: $35.68$23.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591811817Author Jeremiah ConwayFormat PaperbackPage Count 163Imprint Sentient PublicationsPublisher Sentient PublicationsWeight(grams) 256g -
Online Teaching at Its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research Linda B. Nilson (Clemson University) 9781119765011
RRP: $73.48$47.94Bring pedagogy and cognitive science to online learning environments Online Teaching at Its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research, 2nd Edition, is the scholarly resource for online learning that faculty, instructional... -
Confident Assessment in Higher Education by Rachel Forsyth
RRP: $56.68$45.84Your perfect companion to building confident assessment in teaching and learning in higher education. Assessment is a central part of teaching and learning in higher education and an area in which many university teachers lack confidence. Designed to... -
Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus Jennifer S. Hirsch (Columbia University) 9781324001706
RRP: $46.18$39.80The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three women and almost one in six men will have been sexually assaulted. But why is sexual... -
Writing a Watertight Thesis: Structure, Demystification and Defence Professor Mike Bottery (University of Hull, UK) 9781350260597
RRP: $46.18$40.76Writing a doctoral thesis can be an arduous and confusing process. Writing a Watertight Thesis helps you to demystify many doctoral concerns and provides a clear framework for developing a sound structure for your thesis, making your thesis watertight,... -
Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education by Stephen M. Kosslyn
RRP: $60.90$41.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536196Author Stephen M. KosslynFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm -
Ten Steps to Complex Learning: A Systematic Approach to Four-Component Instructional Design by Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer
$63.69Ten Steps to Complex Learning presents a path from an educational problem to a solution in a way that students, practitioners, and researchers can understand and easily use. Students in the field of instructional design can use this book to broaden their... -
Teaching English and Maths in FE: What works for vocational learners? by David Allan 9781473992795
RRP: $58.78$47.42This book is a guide for all teachers in the FE and Skills Sector, regardless of their discipline. It explores how FE teachers can address the mathematics and English needs of all learners, to redress the skills gap that is a current focus. The text... -
University-Industry Partnerships for Positive Change: Transformational Strategic Alliances Towards UN SDGs Tim Bodley-Scott (University College London) 9781447364245
RRP: $41.98$33.10Robust university–industry partnerships are vital to achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create a better world for everyone. Developing the theory and practice of the ‘5th Generation University’, this book shows how cross-sector... -
Research Methods for Law by Michael McConville
RRP: $71.38$58.82Introduces students to legalistic, theoretical, empirical, comparative and cross-disciplinary research methods, grounded in working examples. Drawing on actual research projects, Research Methods for Law discusses how legal research as process impacts... -
Becoming an Outstanding Personal Tutor: Supporting Learners through Personal Tutoring and Coaching by Andrew Stork 9781910391051
RRP: $52.48$47.69How confident do you feel in your personal tutoring role? In the face of ever-increasing and demanding learner issues, do you feel equipped to provide the essential support to meet their needs? This timely book provides you with essential help in an area... -
Corpus Christi College, Oxford: A History by Thomas Charles-Edwards 9780198792475
$170.18Corpus Christi College, Oxford, is 500 years old in March 2017. This book is the first history of the College in over a century and covers the full chronological range from its foundation by Richard Fox in pre-Reformation Oxford to the present day... -
The Mature Student’s Guide to Completing a Doctorate by Sinéad Hewson 9781032538006
RRP: $35.68$31.96Carefully structured to make it accessible and easy to follow, this thought-provoking book encourages the reader to facilitate a dialogue across disciplines so that mature and unconventional students are acknowledged and can discover a successful path... -
Mastering Academic Writing by Boba Samuels
RRP: $46.18$37.74Focusing on research-related assignments, this book helps you navigate the potential pitfalls of academic writing through the experience of students who face the same challenges you do. Packed with hands-on exercises and insightful feedback, this... -
Contemplative Practices in Higher Education: Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning Daniel P. Barbezat (professor of economics, Amherst University) 9781118435274
RRP: $69.30$61.28Contemplative pedagogy is a way for instructors to: * empower students to integrate their own experience into the theoretical material they are being taught in order to deepen their understanding; * help students to develop sophisticated problem-solving... -
The Making of the Modern University: Intellectual Transformation and the Marginalization of Morality by Julie A. Reuben
RRP: $69.30$67.31What is the purpose of higher education, and how should we pursue it? Debates over these issues were prevalent in the late 19th-century as reformers introduced a new kind of university - one dedicated to free inquiry and the advancement of knowledge. In... -
Knowledge Towns: Colleges and Universities as Talent Magnets by David J. Staley
RRP: $60.90$54.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421446271Author David J. StaleyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Johns Hopkins University PressPublisher Johns Hopkins University PressWeight(grams)... -
Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto by Kevin M. Gannon
RRP: $41.90$31.31Higher education has seen better days. Harsh budget cuts, the precarious nature of employment in colleague teaching, and political hostility to the entire enterprise of education have made for an increasingly fraught landscape. Radical Hope is an... -
Designing the Online Learning Experience: Evidence-Based Principles and Strategies Simone C. O. Conceicao 9781620368350
RRP: $67.18$59.49This book provides instructors with a holistic way of thinking about learners, learning, and online course design. The distinctive strategies derived from an integrated framework for designing the online learning experience help create an experience that... -
Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes Flower Darby (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ) 9781119619093
RRP: $50.40$33.12Find out how to apply learning science in online classes The concept of small teaching is simple: small and strategic changes have enormous power to improve student learning. Instructors face unique and specific challenges when teaching an online course... -
Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation by Roosevelt Montas 9780691200392
RRP: $63.00$48.91A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life-and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgroundsWhat is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the... -
Professor Mommy: Finding Work-Family Balance in Academia by Kristen Ghodsee 9781442208599
RRP: $52.50$45.76Professor Mommy is designed as a guide for women who want to combine the life of the mind with the joys of motherhood. The book provides practical suggestions from the authors' experiences together with those of other women who have successfully combined... -
What the Best College Students Do by Ken Bain 9780674066649
RRP: $58.70$46.52The author of the best-selling What the Best College Teachers Do is back with more humane, doable, and inspiring help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college-and every other educational enterprise, too.The first thing they should... -
Co-Creating Digital Curricula in Higher Education: An Instructor’s Guide to Team-Based Online Learning Design by Alain A. Noghiu 9781032343921
RRP: $67.18$59.49Co-Creating Digital Curricula in Higher Education is a step-by-step guide to the collaborative design of online and blended curricula in higher education using systematic yet flexible frameworks. While instructors charged with developing and delivering... -
Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education by Carol E. Kasworm 9781412960502
RRP: $178.50$159.71Drawing on the contributions of 75 leading authors in the field, this 2010 Edition of the respected Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education provides adult education scholars, programme administrators, and teachers with a solid foundation for... -
Engaging Imagination: Helping Students Become Creative and Reflective Thinkers Al James 9781118409473
RRP: $67.18$59.49How to nurture creativity in tomorrow's innovators-today's college students When asked what they want colleges to emphasize most, employers didn't put science, computing, math, or business management first. According to AAC&U's 2013 employer survey,... -
Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom John C. Bean (Seattle University, Seattle, WA) 9781119705406
RRP: $75.58$49.20Use your course's big ideas to accelerate students' growth as writers and critical thinkers The newly revised third edition of Engaging Ideas delivers a step-by-step guide for designing writing assignments and critical thinking activities that engage... -
Boys in White Howard S. Becker 9780878556229
RRP: $77.68$69.15The transition from young layman aspiring to be a physician to the young physician skilled in technique and confident in his dealings with patients is slow and halting. To study medicine is generally rated one of the major educational ordeals of American... -
Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students by Christopher Kaufman 9781598570946
RRP: $77.60$73.12Students with strong executive function skills hold the keys to school and social success--from attention and impulse control to time management and organization. Now K-12 teachers have a practical, highly readable guide to enhancing these critical... -
Designing Research for Publication by Anne Sigismund Huff 9781412940153
RRP: $159.60$141.20It is easy to be paralyzed by the possibilities and responsibilities of academic work or distracted into one fascinating alley after another without cumulative insight. Even when well underway too many scholars sink into necessary details and do not... -
A Fractured Profession: Commercialism and Conflict in Academic Science by David R. Johnson 9781421423531
RRP: $90.30$80.05The commercialization of research is one of the most significant contemporary features of US higher education, yet we know surprisingly little about how scientists perceive and experience commercial rewards. A Fractured Profession is the first book to... -
Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning by Susan Hrach 9781949199994
RRP: $52.40$44.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949199994Author Susan HrachFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint West Virginia University PressPublisher West Virginia University PressWeight(grams)...