OCR AS/A level Geography Student Guide 4: Investigative geography; Geographical and fieldwork skills

OCR AS/A level Geography Student Guide 4: Investigative geography; Geographical and fieldwork skills

Author: Peter Stiff

Publisher: Philip Allan

Published: 2017-11-20

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 147186541X

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Exam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: Geography First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: Summer 2017 Reinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best. Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide: - Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level - Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions - Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions - Develops independent learning and research skills - Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes


Essential Math for AI

Essential Math for AI

Author: Hala Nelson

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2023-01-04

Total Pages: 1128

ISBN-13: 1098107586

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Companies are scrambling to integrate AI into their systems and operations. But to build truly successful solutions, you need a firm grasp of the underlying mathematics. This accessible guide walks you through the math necessary to thrive in the AI field such as focusing on real-world applications rather than dense academic theory. Engineers, data scientists, and students alike will examine mathematical topics critical for AI--including regression, neural networks, optimization, backpropagation, convolution, Markov chains, and more--through popular applications such as computer vision, natural language processing, and automated systems. And supplementary Jupyter notebooks shed light on examples with Python code and visualizations. Whether you're just beginning your career or have years of experience, this book gives you the foundation necessary to dive deeper in the field. Understand the underlying mathematics powering AI systems, including generative adversarial networks, random graphs, large random matrices, mathematical logic, optimal control, and more Learn how to adapt mathematical methods to different applications from completely different fields Gain the mathematical fluency to interpret and explain how AI systems arrive at their decisions


Essential Maths Skills for AS/A Level Economics

Essential Maths Skills for AS/A Level Economics

Author: Tracey Joad

Publisher:

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781471863509

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If you struggle with index numbers or calculations of elasticity, this is the book for you. This textbook companion will help improve your essential maths skills for economics, whichever awarding body specification you're following. If you struggle with index numbers or calculations of elasticity, this is the book for you. This textbook companion will help improve your essential maths skills for economics, whichever awarding body specification you're following. You can use it throughout your course, whenever you feel you need some extra help.- Develop your understanding of both maths and economics with all worked examples and questions within a economics context- Improve your confidence with a step-by-step approach to every maths skill- Measure your progress with guided and non-guided questions to see how you're improving- Understand where you're going wrong with full worked solutions to every question - Feel confident in expert guidance from experienced teacher Peter Davis and examiner Tracey Joad, reviewed by Colin Bamford, Professor of Transport and Logistics at University of Huddersfield and former Chief Examiner.


Essential Maths Skills for AS/A Level Design and Technology

Essential Maths Skills for AS/A Level Design and Technology

Author: Peter Warne

Publisher: Philip Allan

Published: 2018-08-06

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1510417044

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Don't let your students miss out on easy marks, prepare them for those Maths questions with this essential guide. Written specifically to build students' confidence in maths and to prepare them for the more challenging mathematical requirements which make up 15% of the new DT specifications. - Improve confidence with structured progression of worked examples, guided and non-guided questions, and worked solutions for every question - Strengthen students' maths skills and subject understanding with worked examples and practice questions all embedded in the subject context - Develop exam confidence with exam-style maths questions - An essential tool throughout the AS and A Level course with every maths skill mapped to subject topics, and applicable to every major exam board - Reviewed by subject and maths expert Glyn Granger (former D&T chief examiner)


Mathematics for Earth Science and Geography

Mathematics for Earth Science and Geography

Author: Cyril Fleurant

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-09-19

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 3319692429

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This undergraduate textbook presents a unique comprehensive overview on Mathematics in Earth Sciences and Geography. It deals with fundamental theoretical and applied mathematics, needed by bachelor students in a wide range of subjects. The book is illustrated with many examples and over a hundred practical exercises, with solutions included in the book. In addition, this textbook highlights numerical resources by using two free software packages (R and Xcas) and introducing their use.


Essential Maths Skills for AS/a Level Computer Science

Essential Maths Skills for AS/a Level Computer Science

Author: Victoria Ellis

Publisher:

Published: 2016-05-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781471863578

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If you struggle with binary multiplication, or Big O Notation, this is the book for you. This textbook companion will help improve your essential maths skills for computer science, whichever awarding body specification you're following. You can use it throughout your course, whenever you feel you need some extra help. - Develop your understanding of both maths and computer science with all worked examples and questions within a computer science context - Improve your confidence with a step-by-step approach to every maths skill - Measure your progress with guided and non-guided questions to see how you're improving - Understand where you're going wrong with full worked solutions to every question - Feel confident in expert guidance from experienced teachers and examiners Victoria Ellis and Gavin Craddock, reviewed by Dr Kathleen Maitland, Senior Lecturer in Computing and Director of the SAS Student Academy at Birmingham City University


Essential Maths Skills for AS/A Level Business

Essential Maths Skills for AS/A Level Business

Author: Mike Pickerden

Publisher:

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781471863479

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The worked examples and guided questions are invaluable, and are a particular strength of this text, as they help to prepare the students to tackle the practice questions. Having exam-style questions (at the end) is another very good feature of this book. All of the examples and questions use appropriate and relevant business-related scenarios ... I am confident that this book will achieve the aim of helping A/AS Business students develop their maths skills and enhance their understanding of the subject. Michaela Cottee, Principal Lecturer in Statistics, Hertfordshire Business School. If you struggle with calculating profit or working out unit costs, this is the book for you. This textbook companion will help improve your essential maths skills for business, whichever awarding body specification you're following. You can use it throughout your course, whenever you feel you need some extra help. - Develop your understanding of both maths and business with all worked examples and questions within a business context - Improve your confidence with a step-by-step approach to every maths skill - Measure your progress with guided and non-guided questions to see how you're improving - Understand where you're going wrong with full worked solutions to every question - Feel confident in expert guidance from experienced teacher Charlotte Wright and Principal Examiner Mike Pickerden; reviewed by Dr Michaela Cottee, Principal Lecturer in Statistics at Hertfordshire Business School.


A/AS Level Geography for AQA Student Book

A/AS Level Geography for AQA Student Book

Author: Ann Bowen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-08-11

Total Pages: 617

ISBN-13: 1316606325

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A new series of full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2016 A/AS Level Geography specification. This full-colour Student Book covers all core and optional units for the AQA AS and A Level Geography specification for first teaching from September 2016. Students are encouraged to develop links between physical and human topics, understand systems, processes, and acquire geographical skills. Helping to bridge the gap from GCSE to A Level, it also provides support for fieldwork skills and for the geographical investigation at A Level. A 'Maths for geographers' feature helps students develop and apply their mathematical and statistical skills, and a range of assessment-style questions support students in developing their exam skills.