A good understanding of the mathematical processes solving first-order linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is foundation for undergraduate students in science and engineering programs to progress smoothly advanced ODEs and/or partial (PDEs) later. However, different methods are presented various textbooks resources, which often confuses their choice method...

Hypermedia systems have enabled authors to break free from the linear presentation structure enforced by the world of physical (paper) books. The Web has further enabled authors to bring hypermedia documents on-line, so that they can reach a much wider audience. As a consequence, documents also reach an audience with widely varying interests, background, (hypermedia) experience, etc. In order t...

Book details 2nd edition. Oxford University Press . ISBN-13: 978-0-19856757-8. 212 pages, blue and black layout, with numerous numbers of tables, pictures, key boxes. 1 June 2006 Review This is the 'Oncology' theme book from the popular collection of core textbooks of various medical specialties published by the Oxford University Press (the others include 'Endocrinology', 'Neurology' and 'Haema...

This article has as its starting point two central ideas: textbooks as a means of production and dissemination of knowledge and narrative as an approach. After a brief review of studies on health/medical sociology textbooks, I analyze a few of these textbooks from the 1900-2012 period, produced in the United States and England. I have selected eleven textbooks which I thought were representativ...

Textbooks are an integral part of school classroom teaching. Their use has been researched for the past few decades with a focus on a wide variety of aspects. This paper is focused on the published literature relative to textbooks with a special focus on the pedagogical use of textbooks within school classroom of informatics. Sixty two papers of various topics related to textbooks have been ana...

Elementary School Teachers’ Life Experience with the Challenges of Teaching in Farsi in Bilingual Areas   M. Ghaaderi, Ph.D.* K. Bolandhemmataan, Ph.D.** F. Havaasbeigi*** S. Babakaani****   To identify the challenges facing elementary school teachers in teaching bilingual students in Farsi, a group of 31 such teachers (14 of them men) ages 28-43 and 5-29 years of teachin...

Background: ISLE project aims Project ISLE (Interactive Spoken Language Education) aimed to exploit available speech recognition technology to improve the performance of computerbased English language learning systems, specifically for adult German and Italian learners of English. The English language teaching industry is showing increasing interest in and awareness of the relevance and potenti...

This initial study is concerned with the behavior of engineering students in Kuwait University which became a concern due to the global issues of education in all levels. A survey has been conducted to identify academic and societal issues affecting the engineering student performance. The study is drawing major conclusions with regard to private tutoring and the online availability of textbook...

Philip Newsome BChD PhD MBA FDS RCS (Ed) MRD RCS (Ed) is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry of Hong Kong University and he is on the Specialist Prosthodontist Registers of both Hong Kong and the UK. He graduated from Leeds University Dental School in 1976. In 1986 he joined Hong Kong University where he is currently an Associate Professor. He holds the Fellowship in De...

Many college students and their families are concerned about the high costs of textbooks. E–books have been proposed as one potential solution; open source textbooks have also been explored. A company called Flat World Knowledge produces and gives away open source textbooks in a way they believe to be financially sustainable. This article reports an initial study of the financial sustainability...