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Four Words for Friend: Why Using More Than One Language Matters Now More Than Ever

Yale University Press, 2019

A compelling argument about the importance of using more than one language in today’s world

In a world that has English as its global language and rapidly advancing translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to use more than one language will diminish—but Marek Kohn argues...

Connecting Mathematics and Mathematics Education: Collected Papers on Mathematics Education as a Design Science

Springer, 2020

This open access book features a selection of articles written by Erich Ch. Wittmann between 1984 to 2019, which shows how the “design science conception” has been continuously developed over a number of decades. The articles not only describe this conception in general terms, but also demonstrate various substantial...

Information Warfare and Organizational Decision-Making

Artech House Publishers, 2006

Organizations are among the most valuable and yet most fragile structures of our civilization. We rely on organizations to obtain information, to comprehend and process information, to accumulate and internalize information, to make decisions based in part on that information, and to execute those decisions. Organizations are ubiquitous because...

Human Machine Interaction: Research Results of the MMI Program

Springer, 2009

Human Machine Interaction, or more commonly Human Computer Interaction, is the study of interaction between people and computers. It is an interdisciplinary field, connecting computer science with many other disciplines such as psychology, sociology and the arts.

The present volume documents the results of the MMI research program...

Excel 2010 for Educational and Psychological Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems

Springer, 2011

Excel has become an important and nearly ubiquitous classroom and office resource for students and practitioners who are faced with solving statistical problems on an everyday basis. Despite this, there has yet to emerge a truly practical, “how-do-I-do-it” manual that teaches the various applications and...

Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals

MIT Press, 2003

For hundreds of years, the field of game design has drifted along under the radar of culture, producing timeless masterpieces and masterful time-wasters without drawing much attention to itself-without, in fact, behaving like a "field" at all. Suddenly, powered by the big bang of computer technology, game design has...

The Human Central Nervous System: A Synopsis and Atlas

Steinkopff, 2007

The human central nervous system or neuraxis consists of the brain (encephalon) and the spinal cord (medulla spinalis). The brain is encased by the skull; the spinal cord lies within the spinal canal, extending from the foramen magnum to the level of the second lumbar vertebra. Globally, the brain can be subdivided into...

The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

Basic Books, 2013

Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive...

Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste

Flatiron Books, 2019

From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love.

Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful effect on us?

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The Psychological Foundations of Culture

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003

Why do beliefs spread? traditions persist? customs survive? This collection proposes clever and thoughtful answers and it should inspire lively discussion as sociologists, anthropologists, and organizational scholars welcome their psychologist colleagues to the ongoing debate about culture.

—Chip Heath,...

Developing Cultural Adaptability: How to Work Across Differences (Center for Creative Leadership)

Pfeiffer, 2007

Being able to communicate effectively across cultural differences, understanding how to negotiate complex social situations, and being familiar with the customs and norms of many cultures are important skills in organizations today. Perhaps even more important than possessing those essential pieces of cultural knowledge is the skill of cultural...

Computer Science and Educational Software Design: A Resource for Multidisciplinary Work in Technology Enhanced Learning

Springer, 2011

Developing educational software requires thinking, problematizing, representing, modeling, implementing and analyzing pedagogical objectives and issues, as well as conceptual models and software architectures. Computer scientists face the difficulty of understanding the particular issues and phenomena to be taken into account in...

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