Reading, Writing, Mathematics and the Developing Brain: Listening to Many Voices
Reading, Writing, Mathematics and the Developing Brain: Listening to Many Voices

Author: Zvia Breznitz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 9400740867

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This valuable addition to the literature offers readers a comprehensive overview of recent brain imaging research focused on reading, writing and mathematics—a research arena characterized by rapid advances that follow on the heels of fresh developments and techniques in brain imaging itself. With contributions from many of the lead scientists in this field, a number of whom have been responsible for key breakthroughs, the coverage deals with the commonalities of, as well as the differences between, brain activity related to the three core educational topics. At the same time, the volume addresses vital new information on both brain and behavior indicators of developmental problems, and points out the new directions being pursued using current advances in brain imaging technologies as well as research-based interventions. The book is also a tribute to a new Edmund, J Safra Brain center for the study of learning Disabilities at the University of Haifa-Israel.

African Languages in a Digital Age
African Languages in a Digital Age

Author: Don Osborn

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0796922497

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With increasing numbers of computers and diffusion of the internet around the world, localisation of the technology, and the content it carries, into the many languages people speak is becoming an ever more important area for discussion and action. Localisation, simply put, includes translation and cultural adaptation of user interfaces and software applications, as well as the creation and translation of internet content in diverse languages. It is essential in making information and communication technology more accessible to the populations of the poorer countries, increasing its relevance to their lives, needs, and aspirations, and ultimately in bridging the 'digital divide'.

Language in Zambia
Language in Zambia

Author: Sirarpi Ohannessian

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-20

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 135160516X

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Originally published in 1978, this volume is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 presents an overview of the linguistic situation in Zambia: who speaks which languages, where they are spoken, what these languages are like. Special emphasis is given to the extensive survey of the languages of the Kafue basin, where extensive changes and relocations have taken place. Part 2 is on language use: patterns of competence and of extension for certain languages in urban settings, configurations of comprehension across language boundaries, how selected groups of multilinguals employ each of their languages and for what purposes, what languages are used in radio and television broadcasting and how decisions to use or not use a language are made. Part 3 involves language and formal education: what languages, Zambian and foreign, are used at various levels int he schools, which are taught, with what curricula, methods, how teachers are trained, how issues such as adult literacy are approached and with what success.

The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia
The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia

Author: Shiyanthi Thavapalan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-10-21

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 9004415416

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"In The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia, Shiyanthi Thavapalan offers the first in-depth study of the words and expressions for colors in the Akkadian language (c. 2500-500 BCE). By combining philological analysis with the technical investigation of materials, she debunks the misconception that people in Mesopotamia had a limited sense of color and convincingly positions the development of Akkadian color language as a corollary of the history of materials and techniques in the ancient Near East"--

Booksellers and Printers in Provincial France 1470–1600
Booksellers and Printers in Provincial France 1470–1600

Author: Malcolm Walsby

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-11-04

Total Pages: 911

ISBN-13: 9004324143

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Booksellers and Printers in Provincial France presents short biographies for over 2700 booksellers, printers and bookbinders active outside Paris and Lyon in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Diversity Dimensions in Mathematics and Language Learning
Diversity Dimensions in Mathematics and Language Learning

Author: Annemarie Fritz

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 3110661942

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Wie hängen sprachliche und mathematische Entwicklung zusammen? Dieser Frage wird derzeit mit großem Interesse aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven nachgegangen. Dieser Sammelband vereint Erkenntnisse aus Psychologie, Neurowissenschaften, Mathematikdidaktik, (Psycho-)Linguistik und Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung. Der interdisziplinäre Ansatz bietet einen umfassenden Blick auf den aktuellen Forschungsstand, dargestellt von national und international renommierten Forschenden. Das Buch gliedert sich in drei Teile. Der erste Teil „Modelle und Theorien“ fasst theoretische Überlegungen zusammen und stellt Strukturen für Forschung und Praxis bereit. Dieser Teil dient dazu, den Grundstein für die anderen Teile sowie für zukünftige Forschung zu legen. Der zweite Teil „Kindergartenalter“ sowie der dritte Teil „Grundschulalter“ decken empirische Befunde über die Korrelation zwischen Sprache und mathematischem Lernen in der jeweiligen Altersgruppe ab. Ein besonderer Fokus liegt hierbei auf dem Aspekt der Mehrsprachigkeit. Damit bietet dieser Sammelband eine große Bandbreite fachspezifischen Wissens für Bildungswissenschaftler*innen, Lehramtsstudierende, Psycholog*innen und Forschende zur Mehrsprachigkeit.