Product Description: This special issue derived from a workshop aimed to encourage active discussion about statistical education through the open sharing of current practice, thinking, and resources. It begins by providing a framework for improving statistical education by looking at curriculum development, pedagogical practices, reflective practice, learning frameworks, and online learning support...read more

Product Description: Research in semantics is conducted in a wide variety of disciplines, and the strength of this book is in bringing those areas together in one volume. Contributions come from an international group of applied researchers. Models of semantics are being influenced by research on the development of semantic processing in children, and by work on the disruption of  semantic processing in brain damage such as stroke and Alzheimer’s disease...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A practical guide to developing and practicing top-quality supervisory skills. This user-friendly and thought-provoking manual draws from all the major theoretical approaches, and is packed with stimulating suggestions and insightful discussions...read more

Product Description: Pesticides covers the latest developments in pesticide usage, with particular emphasis on the regulations that safeguard users, consumers and the environment. It provides a comprehensive guide to the whole "story" of the pesticide business, from the efforts of manufacturers to produce products that are both effective and environmentally benign; the difficulties and hazards associated with the application of these substances; their environmental effects, particularly in water; and the control of storage, use and residue levels in non-agricultural habitat and in foodstuffs...read more