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Quantitative Methods in Geography: A Lab Manual
Nathan Burtch and Caitlin Finlayson
Welcome to Quantitative Methods in Geography! This lab manual is designed to accompany undergraduate quantitative methods courses in geography and is designed to cover the most commonly used statistical techniques on a variety of software platforms. Within each section, you’ll find a brief discussion of the topic followed by lab exercises. We hope that you’ll find this text helpful!
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A Cool Brisk Walk Through Discrete Mathematics
Stephen Davies
The book in your hands is a quick guided tour of introductory-level discrete mathematics. It’s like a cool, brisk walk through a pretty forest. I point out the notable features of the landscape and try to instill a sense of appreciation and even of awe. I want the reader to get a feel for the lay of the land, and a little exercise. If the student acquires the requisite vocabulary, gets some practice playing with the toys, and learns to start thinking in terms of the concepts here described, I will count it as a success.
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All The Math
Stephen Davies
Welcome to All The Math, a free and open education resource dedicated to assisting computer science practitioners like yourself in mastering key mathematical topics!
Our resource collection includes free online computer science courses by award-winning lecturer Dr. Stephen Davies. Driven by a passion for teaching, Stephen has crafted these courses to provide you with a refreshing and innovative approach to learning math for computer science.
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Blueprints: Creating, Describing, and Implementing Designs for Larger-Scale Software Projects
Stephen Davies
Blueprints is a concise yet comprehensive coverage of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design concepts, suitable for a second programming course in Computer Science. It introduces and teaches application development in a command-line environment, and assumes basic expertise with the Java programming language.
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Setting the Stage for Learning: Equitable, Evidence-Based K-12 Instructional Design and Assessment
Janine S. Davis and Courtneay Kelly
This book is about how to teach well. While it draws on our personal experiences in education and will include anecdotes, it is grounded in research on classrooms and students in a wide variety of contexts. It may come as little surprise that teachers often tend to teach in the ways that they were taught (Lortie, 2002); that can be wonderful for learners who are similar to you, but terrible for students who did not have the same background, experiences, and interests.
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Introduction to Human Geography
Caitlin Finlayson
This is a story about us. You and me. It is a story about connections. To each other. To the land. To the world we inhabit. Human Geography is fundamentally about our human experience of being in the world. It is a study of the way we organize, inhabit, and utilize the earth. We humans haven’t always had an easy road. We grapple with pandemics and famine. We wrestle with personal decisions, everything from what to eat to how to dress to what to do with our lives – decisions that other animals seem to not have to consider. In an effort to make things simple and easier, we tend to make things more complicated and now face problems that often feel beyond our capacity to solve.
And yet. Here we are. We come from an unbroken chain of human ancestors connecting us back to the first few people to walk this Earth. People who overcame. People who solved seemingly insurmountable problems. And so Human Geography is our collective story.
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World Regional Geography
Caitlin Finlayson
World Regional Geography by Finlayson provides a concise and accessible introduction to the major concepts in Geography through an exploration of the world’s regions. This innovative textbook, which has been downloaded over 15,000 times in more than 30 countries, approaches geography as experts understand the discipline, focusing on connections between places and an in-depth understanding of core themes. This thematic approach provides students with an introduction to thinking geographically and an in-depth understanding of the geography of our world.
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Exploring Computer Science: An Introduction with Python
Ian Finlayson
This is the home page for my introductory computer science textbook. The book is intended for those with no experience with computer science at all. Its focus is on developing algorithms and solving problems. Python is used as the programming language.
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Principles of Economics - 3e
Steven A. Greenlaw, David Shapiro, Daniel MacDonald, and et al.
Principles of Economics 3e covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses. The third edition takes a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. The text uses conversational language and ample illustrations to explore economic theories, and provides a wide array of examples using both fictional and real-world scenarios. The third edition has been carefully and thoroughly updated to reflect current data and understanding, as well as to provide a deeper background in diverse contributors and their impacts on economic thought and analysis. For example, the third edition highlights the research and views of a broader group of economists. Brief references and deeply explored socio-political examples have been updated to showcase the critical – and sometimes unnoticed – ties between economic developments and topics relevant to students
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The Crystal Ball Instruction Manual - Volume One: Introduction to Data Science
Stephen Davies
A perfect introduction to the exploding field of Data Science for the curious, first-time student. The author brings his trademark conversational tone to the important pillars of the discipline: exploratory data analysis, choices for structuring data, causality, machine learning principles, and introductory Python programming using open-source Jupyter Notebooks. This engaging read will allow any dedicated learner to build the skills necessary to contribute to the Data Science revolution, regardless of background.
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Lessons from the Pivot: Higher Education's Response to the Pandemic
Janine S. Davis, Christy Irish, Ellen Watson, Rosemary Huff Arneson, Jennifer D. Walker, Tracey S. Hodges, Olivia Murphy, Lee Skallerup Bessette, and et al.
This text includes chapters from instructional designers, university faculty and staff, and undergraduate and graduate students, and the text has been divided into three sections to reflect these varied perspectives. Each section begins with research-based perspectives, but also contains more personal narratives at the end. While the context of most of the chapters is the United States, there are also chapters with a Canadian context. It is also important to note that, as of the first half of 2021, the pandemic rages on, and mentions of COVID-19 in the following chapters will be reflective of the state of affairs in North America in the spring and fall of 2020.
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Deutschwerkstatt: Lehrbuch für die Mittelstufe
Bettina Hoeninger and Marcel Rotter
This textbook is for the study of the German language with a goal of students achieving Intermediate-low competency at the university level (German 201-202).
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Foundations of American Education: A Critical Lens
Melissa Wells and Courtney Clayton
In this survey text, readers will explore the foundations of American education through a critical lens. Topics include the teaching profession, influences on student learning, philosophical and historical foundations, structures of schools, ethical and legal issues, curriculum, classroom environment, and the path forward.
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The Crystal Ball Instruction Manual - Volume Two: Foundations for Data Science
Stephen Davies
Welcome to Volume Two of the Crystal Ball series: Foundations for Data Science! I titled the first volume “Introduction to Data Science” because it led you through a dip-your-toes-in-the-water experience. You took a brief tour through the various elements in this diverse field and got a feel for what it was all about. Since you’re still reading, this means you’re still interested, and ready to explore the next level. In Foundations, we’ll solidify your growing knowledge so that you have a firm base on which to build everything else.
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Access for All: Creating Partnerships at the University of Mary Washington
Alison Grimes and Danielle Smith
This resource was created as additional support for our faculty, staff and students at the University of Mary Washington. The Access for All resource provides information and guidance around working with students who choose to self-disclose a disability. In addition, it provides direct information on finding and creating accessible materials, and the accessibility of commonly used online platforms.
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Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity
Jennifer Barry
Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were considered cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face, flight meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of faith and community. But by the fourth century, the terms of persecution changed as Christianity became the favored cult of the Roman Empire. Prominent Christians who fl ed and survived became founders and influencers of Christianity over time.