wyszukanych pozycji: 15
Reading- The Grand Illusion: How and Why People Make Sense of Print
ISBN: 9781138999299 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What is reading? In this groundbreaking book, esteemed researchers Ken Goodman, Peter Fries, and Steven Strauss, explain not only what reading really is but also why common sense makes it seem to be something quite different from that reality. How can this grand illusion be explained? That is the purpose of this book. As the authors show, unraveling the secrets of the grand illusion of reading teaches about far more than reading itself, but also about how remarkable human language is, how the brain uses language to navigate the world, what it means to be human. ...What is reading? In this groundbreaking book, esteemed researchers Ken Goodman, Peter Fries, and Steven Strauss, explain not only what reading real... |
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192,23 zł |
The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics, Politics, and Death in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780195399080 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The case of Terri Schiavo, a young woman who spent 15 years in a persistent vegetative state, has emerged as a watershed in debates over end-of-life care. While many observers had thought the right to refuse medical treatment was well established, this case split a family, divided a nation, and counfounded physicians, legislators, and many of the people they treated or represented. In renewing debates over the importance of advance directives, the appropriate role of artificial hydration and nutrition, and the responsibilities of family members, the case also became one of history's most...
The case of Terri Schiavo, a young woman who spent 15 years in a persistent vegetative state, has emerged as a watershed in debates over end-of-life c...
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282,01 zł |
Reading- The Grand Illusion: How and Why People Make Sense of Print
ISBN: 9781138999282 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What is reading? In this groundbreaking book, esteemed researchers Ken Goodman, Peter Fries, and Steven Strauss, explain not only what reading really is but also why common sense makes it seem to be something quite different from that reality. How can this grand illusion be explained? That is the purpose of this book. As the authors show, unraveling the secrets of the grand illusion of reading teaches about far more than reading itself, but also about how remarkable human language is, how the brain uses language to navigate the world, what it means to be human. ...What is reading? In this groundbreaking book, esteemed researchers Ken Goodman, Peter Fries, and Steven Strauss, explain not only what reading real... |
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779,55 zł |
The KBMT Project: A Case Study in Knowledge-Based Machine Translation
ISBN: 9781558601291 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 331 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Machine translation of natural languages is one of the most complex and comprehensive applications of computational linguistics and artificial intelligence. This is especially true of knowledge-based machine translation (KBMT) systems, which require many knowledge resources and processing modules to carry out the necessary levels of analysis, representation and generation of meaning and form. The number of real-world problems, tasks, and solutions involved in developing any realistic-size knowledge-based machine translation system is enormous. It is thus difficult for researchers in the... Machine translation of natural languages is one of the most complex and comprehensive applications of computational linguistics and artificial inte... |
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451,33 zł |
Ethics, Medicine, and Information Technology: Intelligent Machines and the Transformation of Health Care
ISBN: 9781107624733 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Information technology is transforming the practices of medicine, nursing, and biomedical research. Computers can now render diagnoses and prognoses more accurately than humans. The concepts of privacy and confidentiality are evolving as data moves from paper to silicon to clouds. Big data promises financial wealth, as well as riches of information and benefits to science and public health. Online access and mobile apps provide patients with an unprecedented connection to their health and health records. This transformation is as unsettling as it is exhilarating. This unique new book is...
Information technology is transforming the practices of medicine, nursing, and biomedical research. Computers can now render diagnoses and prognoses m...
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300,70 zł |
Reading in Asian Languages: Making Sense of Written Texts in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
ISBN: 9780415894760 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Reading in Asian Languages is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) used by hundreds of millions of people and refutes the common Western belief that such systems are hard to learn or to use. The contributors share a comprehensive view of reading as construction of meaning which they show is fully applicable to character-based reading. The book explains how and why non-alphabetic writing works well for its users; provides explanations for why it is no more difficult for children to learn than are alphabetic writing...
Reading in Asian Languages is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) used by...
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779,55 zł |
Making Sense of Learners Making Sense of Written Language: The Selected Works of Kenneth S. Goodman and Yetta M. Goodman
ISBN: 9780415820332 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ken and Yetta Goodman s professional work has been a lifelong collaboration, informed by shared philosophical strands. An overarching goal has been to provide access for all children to literacy and learning and to inform and improve teaching and learning. Each also is recognized for specific areas of focus and is known for particular concepts. This volume brings together a thoughtfully crafted selection of their key writings, organized around five central themes: research and theory on the reading process and written language development; teaching; curriculum and evaluation; the role of... Ken and Yetta Goodman s professional work has been a lifelong collaboration, informed by shared philosophical strands. An overarching goal has been... |
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779,55 zł |
Reading in Asian Languages: Making Sense of Written Texts in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
ISBN: 9780415894777 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This title is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems used by hundreds of millions of people and refutes the common Western belief that such systems are hard to learn or to use. The contributors share a comprehensive view of reading as construction of meaning.
This title is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems used by hundreds of millions of people and refutes ...
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270,19 zł |
Ethics and Evidence-Based Medicine: Fallibility and Responsibility in Clinical Science
ISBN: 9780521819336 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The growth of evidence-based medicine has occurred against a backdrop of health care reform, managed care, cost containment, and quality improvement. Clinicians have been urged to adopt the rigors of science while remaining true to their 'clinical judgment'. This incisive book reviews the history and conceptual origins of evidence-based practice and discusses key ethical issues that arise in clinical practice, public health, and health policy. It is essential reading for all physicians, and practitioners in epidemiology and public health.
The growth of evidence-based medicine has occurred against a backdrop of health care reform, managed care, cost containment, and quality improvement. ...
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734,97 zł |
Whose Knowledge Counts in Government Literacy Policies?: Why Expertise Matters
ISBN: 9780415858007 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Accountability, in the form of standardized test scores, is built into many government literacy policies, with severe consequences for schools and districts that fail to meet ever-increasing performance levels. The key question this book addresses is whose knowledge is considered in framing government literacy policies? The intent is to raise awareness of the degree to which expertise is being ignored on a worldwide level and pseudo-science is becoming the basis for literacy policies and laws. The authors, all leading researchers from the U.S., U.K., Scotland, France, and Germany, have a... Accountability, in the form of standardized test scores, is built into many government literacy policies, with severe consequences for schools and ... |
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753,56 zł |
Whose Knowledge Counts in Government Literacy Policies?: Why Expertise Matters
ISBN: 9780415858014 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Accountability, in the form of standardized test scores, is built into many government literacy policies, with severe consequences for schools and districts that fail to meet ever-increasing performance levels. The key question this book addresses is whose knowledge is considered in framing government literacy policies? The intent is to raise awareness of the degree to which expertise is being ignored on a worldwide level and pseudo-science is becoming the basis for literacy policies and laws. The authors, all leading researchers from the U.S., U.K., Scotland, France, and Germany, have a... Accountability, in the form of standardized test scores, is built into many government literacy policies, with severe consequences for schools and ... |
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223,42 zł |
Ethics and Evidence-Based Medicine: Fallibility and Responsibility in Clinical Science
ISBN: 9780521796538 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The growth of evidence-based medicine has occurred against a backdrop of health care reform, managed care, cost containment, and quality improvement. Clinicians have been urged to adopt the rigors of science while remaining true to their 'clinical judgment'. This incisive book reviews the history and conceptual origins of evidence-based practice and discusses key ethical issues that arise in clinical practice, public health, and health policy. It is essential reading for all physicians, and practitioners in epidemiology and public health.
The growth of evidence-based medicine has occurred against a backdrop of health care reform, managed care, cost containment, and quality improvement. ...
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380,44 zł |
Letters to Kennedy
ISBN: 9780674528376 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith. In an early letter, Galbraith mentions his "ambition to be the most reticent adviser in modern political history." But as a respected intellectual and author of the celebrated The Affluent Society, he was not to be positioned so lightly, and his letters are replete with valuable advice about economics, public policy, and the federal bureaucracy. As the United States' ambassador to India... A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and o... |
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224,02 zł |
Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading
ISBN: 9780805849905 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides research-based insights that deepen and broaden current understandings of the nature of reading. Informed by psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic views of reading-as-meaning-construction, the studies build on principles of scientific realism an approach to inquiry that incorporates and values a wide variety of methods of observation to find the most inclusive, ecologically valid description of the reading process as it is observed in a variety of contexts from a wide range of perspectives. Focusing on how facts are discovered, developed, and used in the construction... This book provides research-based insights that deepen and broaden current understandings of the nature of reading. Informed by psycholinguistic an... |
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140,27 zł |
Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading
ISBN: 9780805849899 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides research-based insights that deepen and broaden current understandings of the nature of reading. Informed by psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic views of reading-as-meaning-construction, the studies build on principles of "scientific realism"— an approach to inquiry that incorporates and values a wide variety of methods of observation to find the most inclusive, ecologically valid description of the reading processes as it is observed in a variety of contexts from a wide range of perspectives.
Focusing on how facts are discovered, developed, and used... This book provides research-based insights that deepen and broaden current understandings of the nature of reading. Informed by psycholinguistic and s...
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452,09 zł |