The Low Achievement Trap
The Low Achievement Trap

Author: Martin Carnoy

Publisher: HSRC Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780796923684

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"The Low Achievement Trap: Comparing schools in Botswana and South Africa is an empirical study of student mathematics learning in Grade 6 classrooms that is unique in its focus on two school systems shaped by different political histories on either side of the Botswana-South Africa border. The study provides a detailed examination of the capacity of teachers – how they teach, how much they teach, and what they teach. Because of this wealth of detail, The Low Achievement Trap gives us much greater insight than previous research into why students seem to be making larger gains in the classrooms of South Eastern Botswana than in those of North West Province, South Africa. Rather than identifying a single major factor to explain this difference, the study finds that a composite of inter-related variables revolving around teachers’ mathematics knowledge and their capacity to teach mathematics are crucial to improving education in both regions. The message is a hopeful one: good teachers can make a difference in student learning"--Publisher's website.

Cases on Quality Initiatives for Organizational Longevity
Cases on Quality Initiatives for Organizational Longevity

Author: Krishnan, Archana

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-06-20

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 1522552898

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Over the past decade, increasing competition has created immense opportunities for businesses globally. As such, it important to research new methods and systems for creating optimal business cultures. Cases on Quality Initiatives for Organizational Longevity is a scholarly publication that examines cases on practices in organizations and how they have facilitated transformation over the years. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as customer loyalty, benchmarking, and employee training, this book is geared toward business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, professionals, researchers, and students seeking current and relevant research on contemporary cases in the field of business quality management.

Networks of Contact
Networks of Contact

Author: Grace Anderson

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Published: 1974-06

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0889200076

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“We are making an interesting break with conventional sociology.... In recent years sociologists, anthropologists, and other students of social behaviour have made considerable use of the network metaphor ... as a peg, as a witching wand, and as a blueprint.” –from the Preface by Charles Tilly

Emerging Devices for Low-Power and High-Performance Nanosystems
Emerging Devices for Low-Power and High-Performance Nanosystems

Author: Simon Deleonibus

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-12-13

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0429858612

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The history of information and communications technologies (ICT) has been paved by both evolutive paths and challenging alternatives, so-called emerging devices and architectures. Their introduction poses the issues of state variable definition, information processing, and process integration in 2D, above IC, and in 3D. This book reviews the capabilities of integrated nanosystems to match low power and high performance either by hybrid and heterogeneous CMOS in 2D/3D or by emerging devices for alternative sensing, actuating, data storage, and processing. The choice of future ICTs will need to take into account not only their energy efficiency but also their sustainability in the global ecosystem.

Beating the Commodity Trap
Beating the Commodity Trap

Author: Richard A. D'Aveni

Publisher: Harvard Business Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1422103153

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In this book, Richard D'Aveni provides a radical new framework for fighting commoditization. Drawing on an in-depth study of more than 30 industries, he provides a tool for diagnosing your competitive position and shows you how to strengthen it.

Improving Primary Mathematics Education, Teaching and Learning
Improving Primary Mathematics Education, Teaching and Learning

Author: Mellony Graven

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-19

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1137529806

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This book focuses on how to improve the teaching and learning of primary level mathematics education within resource-constrained contexts. It builds on two large numeracy projects within South Africa which speak to broader, global concerns and highlight how research and development not only enables one to meet ethical imperatives but also explore how further interventions can be developed. Teacher and research communities must work together to create mutually beneficial relationships and establish a cohesive understanding of the requirements of primary mathematics education.

Beyond the Knowledge Trap
Beyond the Knowledge Trap

Author: Thomas Menkhoff

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 9814343684

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Based on the success of the World Scientific publication OC Governing and Managing KnowledgeOCO edited by Thomas Menkhoff, Hans-Dieter Evers and Chay Yue Wah in 2005, this unique volume presents 16 new theoretical-practical papers on the strategic aspects of developing knowledge-based economies with case studies from South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Uzbekistan. A key question which the book seeks to answer is what Asian policy-makers and leaders in government, economy and society can do to further enhance learning and capability formation so as to foster sustainable development in an increasingly globalized world. It addresses the politico-cultural and socio-economic challenges of effectively managing both knowledge resources and coping with the great digital divide created by globalization, continuous technology innovations and rapid external change. A key objective of the publication is to enable latecomers in the knowledge race to understand some of the critical success factors of sustainable knowledge-based development and what it takes to build a resilient knowledge-based economy.

High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Phytochemical Analysis
High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Phytochemical Analysis

Author: Monika Waksmundzka-Hajnos

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2010-11-08

Total Pages: 998

ISBN-13: 1420092618

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The powerful, efficient technique of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is essential to the standardization of plant-based drugs, identification of plant material, and creation of new herbal medicines. Filling the void in this critical area, High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Phytochemical Analysis is the first book to give a comp

Britain's Economic Performance
Britain's Economic Performance

Author: Tony Buxton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-08

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1134751842

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This new and substantially revised edition of Britain's Economic Performance provides a unique assessment of the current state of the supply-side of the economy. Written by a team of highly experienced, policy oriented applied economists, this volume will be a valuable source of reference, analysis and guidance for students and policy-makers.