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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “alexandre cavalcante”
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  • Financial Numeracy in Mathematics Education

    Research and Practice

    Edited by Annie Savard, Alexandre Cavalcante ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book presents the important role of mathematics in the teaching of financial education. Through a conceptualization of financial numeracy as a social practice, it focuses on the teaching practices, resources, and needs of secondary mathematics teachers (grades 7-12) to incorporate financial concepts in their classes. The editors and authors bring forth a novel perspective regarding ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • Multicriteria and Multiobjective Models for Risk, Reliability and Maintenance Decision Analysis

    by Adiel Teixeira de Almeida, Marcelo Hazin Alencar, Adiel Teixeira de Almeida-Filho, Thalles Vitelli Garcez, Cristiano Alexandre Virgínio Cavalcante, Rodrigo José Pires Ferreira ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book integrates multiple criteria concepts and methods for problems within the Risk, Reliability and Maintenance (RRM) context. The concepts and foundations related to RRM are considered for this integration with multicriteria approaches. In the book, a general framework for building decision models is presented and this is illustrated in various chapters by discussing many different decision ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

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  • Bilingual Families

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  • Landscape Architectural Research

    Inquiry, Strategy, Design

    by M. Elen Deming, Simon Swaffield ...
    A practical, single-source guide to successful strategies for landscape architecture researchAs the scope of landscape architecture expands to engage with other disciplines, and streams of information directing this field continue to grow and diversify, it becomes increasingly important for landscape architects to be able to implement a range of effective research strategies when seeking, creating ... Read more

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  • A Journey Through Qualitative Research

    From Design to Reporting

    by Stéphanie Gaudet, Dominique Robert ...
    This hands-on guide takes students from start-to-finish through the research process while showcasing the complexities and interrelationships of different methods, schools of thought, and associated analytical strategies.Encouraging students to think of qualitative research as a flexible, cyclical process rather than a linear one, this book offers a panoramic strategy and dynamic approach to ... Read more

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  • Social and Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education

    Current Thinking

    by Murad Jurdak, Renuka Vithal, Elizabeth de Freitas, Peter Gates, David Kollosche ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines the current thinking on five critical social and political areas in mathematics education. It focuses on material conditions in teaching and learning, and details features of social life and their influence on mathematics teaching, learning and achievement. Following an introduction, the first section addresses equitable access and participation in quality mathematics education. ... Read more

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    $29.99 CAD

  • How to Be a Researcher

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    by Jonathan Evans ...
    How to be a Researcher provides a strategic guide to the conduct of a successful research career within a university environment. Based on the author’s extensive personal experience, it offers down-to-earth advice, philosophical guidance, and discussions of the political context of academic research.This is not a research methods book, and the topics it covers are rarely discussed elsewhere. The ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology

    Edited by Peter Bearman, Peter Hedström ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
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  • Doing Research in Business and Management

    An Introduction to Process and Method

    by Dan Remenyi, Brian Williams, Arthur Money, Ethne Swartz ...
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    by Phil Benson, Peter Voller ...
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