tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?commit=Go&page=103&term=Communication+Beginnings%3A+An+Introductory+Listening+and+Speaking+Text+for+English+Language+LearnersOpen Textbook Library - Search results for "Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners"2020-01-17T20:19:25Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png8022020-01-17T20:19:25Z2024-01-22T14:52:05ZIntroduction to Game Theory: a Discovery Approach<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Game Theory: a Discovery Approach" title="Introduction to Game Theory: a Discovery Approach cover image" class="cover " width="652" height="844" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzYxLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--22e6c8ab3f379147eef5812a1fec8b1f8a235c68/0000IntGamThe.png" />Game theory is an excellent topic for a non-majors quantitative course as it develops mathematical models to understand human behavior in social, political, and economic settings. The variety of applications can appeal to a broad range of students. Additionally, students can learn mathematics through playing games, something many choose to do in their spare time! This text also includes an exploration of the ideas of game theory through the rich context of popular culture. It contains sections on applications of the concepts to popular culture. It suggests films, television shows, and novels with themes from game theory. The questions in each of these sections are intended to serve as essay prompts for writing assignments. Ancillary material are available to verified course instructors by emailing jfirkins@linfield.edu8012020-01-07T00:45:49Z2023-08-31T14:10:14ZSoils Laboratory Manual - K-State Edition<img alt="Read more about Soils Laboratory Manual - K-State Edition" title="Soils Laboratory Manual - K-State Edition cover image" class="cover " width="571" height="739" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzYwLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--19cd3c48ac34121115bf597eb20fa8006b28fc32/978-1-944548-09-4.png" />The Soils Laboratory Manual, K-State Edition is designed for students in undergraduate, introductory soil science courses, and highlights the many aspects of soil science, including: soil genesis and classification, soil physical properties, soil-water interaction, soil biology, soil chemistry, and soil fertility. The lab manual includes 15 different laboratories, each one starting with an introduction and pre-lab assignment, followed by in-lab activities, and complimented by post-lab assignment. In-lab activities involve field trips, experiments, observation stations, or problem sets. Post-lab assignments include online quizzes, problem sets, or laboratory summary reports.7992019-12-27T18:11:41Z2024-01-22T14:52:23ZPhysical Geology - First University of Saskatchewan Edition<img alt="Read more about Physical Geology - First University of Saskatchewan Edition" title="Physical Geology - First University of Saskatchewan Edition cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="452" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzU4LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--5fda90adf7f6d326b397986754ad085a077b4395/0000PhyGeoSas.jpg" />Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada. It is adapted from "Physical Geology" written by Steven Earle for the BCcampus Open Textbook Program.7982019-12-27T17:34:32Z2024-01-22T18:59:37ZA Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology<img alt="Read more about A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology" title="A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="262" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzU3LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--2fb99edf5f8eca72566b77ec382e51b75c600373/0000TroMarBio.jpg" />A Student’s Guide to Tropical Marine Biology is written entirely by students enrolled in the Keene State College Tropical Marine Biology course taught by Dr. Karen Cangialosi.Our goal was to investigate three main aspects of tropical marine biology: understanding the system, identifying problems, and evaluating solutions. Each of the sections contains chapters that utilize openly licensed material and images, and are rich with hyperlinks to other sources. Some of the most pressing tropical marine ecosystem issues are broken up into five sections: Coral Reefs and Diversity, Common Fishes to the Coral Reef, Environmental Threats, Reef Conservation, and Major Marine Phyla. These sections are not mutually exclusive; repetition in some content between chapters is intentional as we expect that users may not read the whole book.7972019-12-27T17:00:35Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZIntroduction to Philosophy: Ethics<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics" title="Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzU2LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--15c59a537cdff7699ecafc9823dab71d94e5a941/978-1-989014-08-0.jpg" />We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical examination of these and other concepts central to how we evaluate our own and each others’ behavior and choices. This text examines some of the main threads of discussion on these topics that have developed over the last couple of millenia, mostly within the Western cultural tradition. It considers basic questions about moral and ethical judgment: Is there such a thing as something that is really right or really wrong independent of time, place and perspective? What is the relationship between religion and ethics? How can we reconcile self-interest and ethics? Is it ever acceptable to harm one person in order to help others? What do recent discussions in evolutionary biology or have to say about human moral systems? What is the relation between gender and ethics? The authors invite you to participate in their exploration of these and many other questions in philosophical ethics.7942019-11-17T17:26:23Z2024-03-04T14:18:53ZBad Ideas About Writing<img alt="Read more about Bad Ideas About Writing" title="Bad Ideas About Writing cover image" class="cover " width="576" height="864" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzUxLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--df5b0df79ff6418ffb094b9b3bec1701273ac9d4/978-0-9988820-0-0.png" />We intend this work to be less a bestiary of bad ideas about writing than an effort to name bad ideas and suggest better ones. Some of those bad ideas are quite old, such as the archetype of the inspired genius author, the five-paragraph essay, or the abuse of adjunct writing teachers. Others are much newer, such as computerized essay scoring or gamification. Some ideas, such as the supposed demise of literacy brought on by texting, are newer bad ideas but are really instances of older bad ideas about literacy always being in a cycle of decline. Yet the same core questions such as what is good writing, what makes a good writer, how should writing be assessed, and the like persist across contexts, technologies, and eras. The project has its genesis in frustration, but what emerges is hope: hope for leaving aside bad ideas and thinking about writing in more productive, inclusive, and useful ways.7902019-11-09T16:43:05Z2024-01-22T14:52:05ZTout un Monde: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Intermediate French<img alt="Read more about Tout un Monde: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Intermediate French" title="Tout un Monde: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Intermediate French cover image" class="cover " width="614" height="793" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzQ5LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--a606ff133ce3b550729024b0a92a9f55b9f41cf7/0000ToutunMon.png" />This book is intended for use with intermediate level college French classes. Its multidisciplinary approach introduces students to topics and vocabulary associated with fields such as medicine, advertising, travel, business, agriculture, and relationships.7892019-10-27T03:08:33Z2023-09-25T13:10:39ZBusiness Law I Essentials<img alt="Read more about Business Law I Essentials" title="Business Law I Essentials cover image" class="cover " width="571" height="739" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzQ2LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--24147339ab2df9981a16a66d2d21fb1c04601f51/978-1-947172-78-4.jpg" />Business Law I Essentials is a brief introductory textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business. The concepts are presented in a streamlined manner, and cover the key concepts necessary to establish a strong foundation in the subject. The textbook follows a traditional approach to the study of business law. Each chapter contains learning objectives, explanatory narrative and concepts, references for further reading, and end-of-chapter questions. Business Law I Essentials may need to be supplemented with additional content, cases, or related materials, and is offered as a foundational resource that focuses on the baseline concepts, issues, and approaches.7882019-10-19T04:05:11Z2024-01-29T14:17:35ZHuman Anatomy Lab Manual<img alt="Read more about Human Anatomy Lab Manual" title="Human Anatomy Lab Manual cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzQ1LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--5f3ec26845123ec0793a9deaaaf8d1e5602ed7c9/978-0-9898878-2-3.jpg" />This is a lab manual for a college-level human anatomy course. Mastery of anatomy requires a fair amount of memorization and recall skills. The activities in this manual encourage students to engage with new vocabulary in many ways, including grouping key terms, matching terms to structures, recalling definitions, and written exercises. Most of the activities in this manual utilize anatomical models, and several dissections of animal tissues and histological examinations are also included. Each unit includes both pre- and post-lab questions and six lab exercises designed for a classroom where students move from station to station. The vocabulary terms used in each unit are listed at the end of the manual and serve as a checklist for practicals.7872019-10-19T04:00:31Z2024-01-22T14:52:11ZPsychology: The Science of Human Potential<img alt="Read more about Psychology: The Science of Human Potential" title="Psychology: The Science of Human Potential cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="524" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzQ0LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--de4f3f6a83b90cc0e0f7739eec47bf051dc42b4e/0000PsySciHum.jpg" />The first chapter provides an overview of the textbook and reviews the history of psychology and its methodology. Psychology is described as a science studying how hereditary (nature) and experiential (nurture) variables interact to influence the thoughts, feelings, and behavior of individuals. The remainder of the text will be organized in sections entitled “Mostly Nature” (Biological Psychology; Sensation & Perception; Motivation & Emotion), “Mostly Nurture” (Direct Learning; Indirect Learning (i.e., observational learning and language); Cognition), and “Nature/Nurture” (Human Development; Personality; Social Psychology; Maladaptive Behavior; Professional Psychology and Human Potential).
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