Microworlds and mathematics: what shape is that?

The author provides ways to explore and use MicroWorlds to enhance mathematics teaching and learning. The procedures given randomly choose a shape from the specified list, draw the shape and require the user to type the name of the shape.

Using spreadsheets in chemical education to avoid symbolic mathematics.

Traditionally, quantum theory has traditionally relied heavily on the use of  mathematics. However, there is a significant cohort of students who are  weak in mathematics, for example, students who are majoring in   biochemistry, biological sciences, etc. This paper reports on the use of  spreadsheets to generate approximate numerical solutions and visual  (graphical) descriptions as a method of avoiding or minimizing symbolic  manipulations, mathematical derivations and numerical computation. A  specific example from quantum theory is provided. Some aspects of  educational pedagogy of spreadsheet usage are discussed.

New world orders in contemporary children's literature : utopian transformations

"New World Orders shows how texts for children and young people have responded to the cultural, economic, and political movements of the last 15 years. With a focus on international children's text produced between 1988 and 2006, the authors discuss how utopian and dystopian tropes are pressed into service to project possible futures to child readers. The book considers what these texts have to say about globalisation, neocolonialism, environmental issues, pressures on families and communities, and the idea of the posthuman."--BOOK JACKET.