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Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Coh-Metrix by McNamara, Danielle S, Graesser, Arthur C, McCarthy, Philip M, Cai, Zhiqiang

“…Coh-Metrix is among the broadest and most sophisticated automated textual assessment tools available today. Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with…”
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Multimedia Learning. Second Edition by Mayer, Richard E

“…For hundreds of years verbal messages such as lectures and printed lessons have been the primary means of explaining ideas to learners. Although verbal…”
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Causal Inference for Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences: An Introduction by Imbens, Guido W, Rubin, Donald B

“…Most questions in social and biomedical sciences are causal in nature: what would happen to individuals, or to groups, if part of their environment were…”
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Early Learning and Development: Cultural-historical Concepts in Play by Fleer, Marilyn

“…Early Learning and Development provides a unique synthesis of cultural-historical theory from Vygotsky, Elkonin and Leontiev in the twentieth century to the…”
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Global Capital Markets: Integration, Crisis, and Growth by Obstfeld, Maurice, Taylor, Alan M.

“…This book presents an economic survey of international capital mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present. The authors examine the theory and…”
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Modernising Legal Education by Denvir, Catrina, Ed

“…Over the last decade, cost pressures, technology, automation, globalisation, de-regulation, and changing client relationships have transformed the practice of…”
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Implementing Educational Reform: Cases and Challenges. Cambridge Education Research by McLaughlin, Colleen, Ed, Ruby, Alan, Ed

“…There is constant pressure on governments and policy makers to raise the standard of education, and to develop appropriate curriculum and pedagogies for…”
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Taxation without Representation in Contemporary Rural China by Bernstein, Thomas P., Lü, Xiaobo

“…The financial burden imposed upon the Chinese farmer by local taxes has become a major source of discontent in the Chinese countryside and a worrisome source…”
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Science in Early Childhood. 4th Edition by Campbell, Coral, Ed, Jobling, Wendy, Ed, Howitt, Christine, Ed

“…It is widely recognised that science explorations is vital in children's lives as they make sense of the world. Now in its fourth edition, Science in Early…”
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Voter Turnout and the Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Established Democracies since 1945 by Franklin, Mark N.

“…Voting is a habit. People learn the habit of voting, or not, based on experience in their first few elections. Elections that do not stimulate high turnout…”
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Multilevel network data facilitate statistical inference for curved ERGMs with geometrically weighted terms by Stewart, Jonathan, Schweinberger, Michael, Bojanowski, Michal, Morris, Martina

“…•Multilevel networks help estimate decay parameters of ERGM terms such as GWESP.•Estimating decay parameters can improve the in-sample performance of…”
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The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research. Cambridge Handbooks in Education by Mieg, Harald A., Ed, Ambos, Elizabeth, Ed, Brew, Angela, Ed, Galli, Dominique, Ed, Lehmann, Judith, Ed

“…Undergraduate Research (UR) can be defined as an investigation into a specific topic within a discipline by an undergraduate student that makes an original…”
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Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century by Lindert, Peter H.

“…Growing Public examines the question of whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth. Taxes and transfers have been…”
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Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World. 2nd Edition by Hannon, Valerie, Peterson, Amelia

“…Every generation faces challenges, but never before have young people been so aware of theirs. Whether due to school strikes for climate change, civil war, or…”
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The Questioning Child: Insights from Psychology and Education by Butler, Lucas Payne, Ed, Ronfard, Samuel, Ed, Corriveau, Kathleen H., Ed

“…Questioning others is one of the most powerful methods that children use to learn about the world. How does questioning develop? How is it socialized? And how…”
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The Dark Side of Creativity by Cropley, David H., Ed, Cropley, Arthur J., Ed, Kaufman, James C., Ed, Runco, Mark A., Ed

“…With few exceptions, scholarship on creativity has focused on its positive aspects while largely ignoring its dark side. This includes not only creativity…”
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The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville by Barney, Stephen A, Lewis, W. J, Beach, J. A, Berghof, Oliver

“…This work is a complete English translation of the Latin Etymologies of Isidore, Bishop of Seville (c.560–636). Isidore compiled the work between c.615 and the…”
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English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Asia: Global Challenges and Local Responses. Cambridge Education Research by Tsui, Amy Bik May, Ed

“…The spread of English is so much an integral part of globalization that it has become an essential global literacy skill. In Asia, this poses immense…”
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A Loud but Noisy Signal? Public Opinion and Education Reform in Western Europe. Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education by Busemeyer, Marius R, Garritzmann, Julian L, Neimanns, Erik

“…This path-breaking addition to the Comparative Politics of Education series studies the influence of public opinion on the contemporary politics of education…”
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The Business School of the Future by Lorange, Peter

“…Facing questions about the status and legitimacy of business schools, many of the world's leading institutions are now experimenting with new business models…”
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