tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?commit=Go&page=4&term=political+scienceOpen Textbook Library - Search results for "political science"2021-04-27T22:33:00Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png9962021-04-27T22:33:00Z2024-01-22T14:52:25ZComputer Science I - Version 1.3.7<img alt="Read more about Computer Science I - Version 1.3.7" title="Computer Science I - Version 1.3.7 cover image" class="cover " width="596" height="774" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjI2NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--bebe5324704b51479b38acdcc4bd61ba239dd0b8/CSI%201.JPG" />This textbook covers the traditional introductory Computer Science I topics but takes a unique approach. Topics are covered in a language-agnostic manner in the first part with supplemental parts that cover the same concepts in a specific language. The current version covers C, Java, and PHP. This textbook as been used in several Computer Science I sections over multiple years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln10052021-05-27T19:52:00Z2024-03-11T15:18:59ZFoundations of Neuroscience<img alt="Read more about Foundations of Neuroscience" title="Foundations of Neuroscience cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjM4MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--c8a45dc8b8ba92c1cea23771ba199f30a8f413ce/Foundations_of_Neuroscience_Cover-683x1024.jpg" />Foundations of Neuroscience is aimed at undergraduate students new to the field of neuroscience. The first edition specifically targets students enrolled in Neurobiology at Michigan State University and primarily contains topics covered in that course.10122021-06-26T18:59:59Z2024-01-22T14:52:26ZHistory and Science of Cultivated Plants<img alt="Read more about History and Science of Cultivated Plants" title="History and Science of Cultivated Plants cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjQ0OSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--172a41162f1cdd5c4f1d5524bae37a1ac75748f6/History-and-Science-of-Cultivated-Plants-350x453.png" />History and Science of Cultivated Plants narrates how humans transitioned from foragers to farmers and have arrived at present-day industrial agriculture-based civilization. It entails myths, historical accounts, and scientific concepts to describe how human efforts have shaped and produced easier to grow, larger, tastier, and more nutritious fruits, vegetables, and grains from wild plants. Using examples of various economically and socially important crops central to human civilization, the book describes the origin of crop plants, the evolution of agricultural practices, fundamental concepts of natural selection vs. domestication, experimental and methodical plant breeding, and plant biotechnology.10362021-08-16T04:18:34Z2024-01-22T14:52:26ZKnowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science Book 1<img alt="Read more about Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science Book 1" title="Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science Book 1 cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjczMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1d07e835e4254cae304d7136bbad30d3cff8e31a/KH_cover-350x453.jpg" />Knowing Home attempts to capture the creative vision of Indigenous scientific knowledge and technology that is derived from an ecology of a home place. The traditional wisdom component of Indigenous Science—the values and ways of decision-making—assists humans in their relationship with each other, the land and water, and all of creation. Indigenous perspectives have the potential to give insight and guidance to the kind of environmental ethics and deep understanding that we must gain as we attempt to solve the increasingly complex problems of the 21st century. Braiding Indigenous Science and Western Science is a metaphor used to establish a particular relationship. Linked by braiding, there is a certain reciprocity. Each strand remains a separate entity, but all strands come together to form the whole. When we braid Indigenous Science with Western Science we acknowledge that both ways of knowing are legitimate forms of knowledge. The book provides a window into the vast storehouse of innovations and technologies of the Indigenous peoples who live in Northwestern North America. It is our hope that the Indigenous Science examples, research and curriculum models will inspire deep reflection regarding the under-representation of Aboriginal students in the sciences. It is intended that the rich examples and cases, combined with the resources listed in the appendices, will enable teachers and students to explore Indigenous Science examples in the classroom, and in addition, support the development of curriculum projects in home places.10372021-08-16T15:51:57Z2024-01-22T14:52:26ZOptimal, Integral, Likely Optimization, Integral Calculus, and Probability for Students of Commerce and the Social Sciences<img alt="Read more about Optimal, Integral, Likely Optimization, Integral Calculus, and Probability for Students of Commerce and the Social Sciences" title="Optimal, Integral, Likely Optimization, Integral Calculus, and Probability for Students of Commerce and the Social Sciences cover image" class="cover " width="501" height="649" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjczMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1b53df3c71e355ecebf13e96d9872405e54035bf/new%20boosask.JPG" />Optimal, Integral, Likely is a free, open-source textbook intended for UBC’s course MATH 105: Integral Calculus with Applications to Commerce and Social Sciences. It is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.10382021-08-16T16:37:13Z2024-01-22T14:55:08ZPSYC 2200: Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences<img alt="Read more about PSYC 2200: Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences" title="PSYC 2200: Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences cover image" class="cover " width="605" height="768" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjczNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3a4ed5000b8dd17fbb069eabae36bc787fb7e8e8/pschy.JPG" />Welcome to behavioral statistics, a statistics textbook for social science majors!10402021-08-22T06:33:25Z2024-01-22T14:52:26ZDigging into Canadian Soils: An Introduction to Soil Science<img alt="Read more about Digging into Canadian Soils: An Introduction to Soil Science" title="Digging into Canadian Soils: An Introduction to Soil Science cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="457" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjc4NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2942b1d3f9e226a9ba20408532f7bd2a0958befa/Cover-Photo-1-350x457.png" />Written entirely by members of the Canadian Society of Soil Science, "Digging into Canadian Soils: An Introduction to Soil Science" provides an introduction to the core disciplines of soil science, and introduces the concepts and vocabulary needed by students just beginning their soil science journey. The textbook provides supplementary materials that are specific to regions in Canada, or may be of specific interest beyond what might be considered introductory soil science material. Importantly, the textbook also is intended to introduce students to the Canadian System of Soil Classification by providing examples from across the length and breadth of the world’s second largest country, and to the Canadian Society of Soil Science, whose members share a common passion for soil science and are keen to share and instill this passion with students across Canada.10652021-09-18T06:10:04Z2024-01-22T14:52:27ZBasic Engineering Science - A Systems, Accounting, and Modeling Approach<img alt="Read more about Basic Engineering Science - A Systems, Accounting, and Modeling Approach" title="Basic Engineering Science - A Systems, Accounting, and Modeling Approach cover image" class="cover " width="611" height="771" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjg3MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--c0126cc42cc1163c747b5415024f956cdcf44c9e/adsf.JPG" />This textbook is based on a different paradigm for organizing an engineering science core --- a systems, accounting and modeling approach --- that emphasizes the common, underlying concepts of engineering science. Although this approach is not new, as most graduate students have been struck by this idea sometime during their graduate education, its use as the organizing principle for an undergraduate curriculum is new. By focusing on the underlying concepts and stressing the similarities between subjects that are often perceived by students (and taught by faculty) as unconnected topics, this approach provides engineering students a foundational framework for recognizing and building connections as they travel through their education.10952021-10-16T17:34:18Z2024-01-22T14:52:28ZHumanizing Science through STEAM Challenges<img alt="Read more about Humanizing Science through STEAM Challenges" title="Humanizing Science through STEAM Challenges cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjk4MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1a2cc07551f9cc519ffc1c9ef5f966c4aa646fbe/HumanizingScience-cover-350x453.png" />In a science methods course during the Covid19 pandemic, 51 future elementary teachers authored children's books and then read them aloud as part of a giving-back, service-learning activity as Open Educational Resources (OER). The 51 children's stories and their accompanying audiobooks aim to integrate STEM and the Arts to humanize science and scientific inquiry with history and philosophy of science in mind.11132022-02-02T18:48:41Z2024-01-22T19:12:44ZNeuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students<img alt="Read more about Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students" title="Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students cover image" class="cover " width="494" height="637" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzM1MSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e85b110e38480e4d13453983353567e12c8b9c2f/Cover-Neuroscience%20(thumbnail)2.JPG" />Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students covers neuroenergetics, neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and selected amino acid metabolism and degradation. This USMLE-aligned text is designed for a first-year undergraduate medical course and is meant to provide the essential biochemical information from these content areas in a concise format to enable students to engage in an active classroom. Hence, it does not cover neurophysiology and neuroanatomy; and clinical correlates and additional application of content are intended to be provided in the classroom experience. The text assumes that the students will have completed medical school prerequisites (including the MCAT) in which they will have been introduced to the most fundamental concepts of biology and chemistry that are essential to understand the content presented here. With its focus on high-yield concepts, this resource will assist the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation. The 49-page text was created specifically for use by pre-clinical students at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and was based on faculty experience and peer review to guide development and hone important topics. Instructors reviewing, adopting, or adapting parts or the whole of the text are requested to register their interest at: https://bit.ly/interest-preclinical. Instructors and subject matter experts interested in and sharing their original course materials relevant to pre-clinical education are requested to join the instructor portal at https://www.oercommons.org/groups/pre-clinical-resources/10133.
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