Readability (2/2)


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This book is the second part of the two-part book Readability - Birth of the Cluster text, Introduction to the Art of learning, i.e. do not forget the first part! This book is the definitive guide to reading and learning - or to learn about philosophy, science, and pedagogy. After having read this book, you should have become a better reader and learner, and you should also know a little more about philosophy. Hence, this book could also be seen as a general introduction to philosophy. It can be seen in its content: Part One (524 pages). 1. Reading instructions (25). 2. Pedagogical psychology and pedagogical points (87). 3. Power analytics - an initial relationship to Foucault (52). 4. Phenomenology and the birth of the cluster text (81). 5. Critical hermeneutics and knowledge about reading (102). 6. Micro power learning (learn how to write cluster text) and techniques of discipline (29). 7. Deconstruction and the text in society (62). 8. Positivism and the scientific method (63). Part Two (516 pages). 9. Philosophy, Morality, Knowledge (220). 10. The non-history of the cluster text (30). 11. Ars Legendi - reading and learning (125). 12. Introduction to Ars Discendi - Are texts wrongly written? (60). Appendix I, II and III. (60). This two-part book (1040 pages) is part of a bundle of books that you can use to learn about texts and reading. The others are Are Texts Wrongly Written? (130 pages, 2018), Typographic Manual (170 pages, 2021) and Typographical Investigations (450 pages, 2022?). The two shorter books can be seen as summaries of the two longer ones. Note, for all these books, that the cluster text style is not reflowable and that you need a screen where you can read a line length of 95 characters (i.e. narrow screens are inappropriate).




Computing and Combinatorics


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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computing and Combinatorics, COCOON 2018, held in Qing Dao, China, in July 2018. The 62 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They deal with the areas of algorithms, theory of computation, computational complexity, and combinatorics related to computing.




Proceedings of the International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2022)


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This is an open access book.International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT) is an Annual conference hosted by English Department of Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Padang. It was firstly conducted in 2013 as International Seminar on English Language and Teaching (ISELT). This event consistently invites reputed speakers and having competence in English Language Teaching from around the world.




Handbook of Reading Assessment


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The Handbook of Reading Assessment, Second Edition, covers the wide range of reading assessments educators must be able to use and understand to effectively assess and instruct their students. Comprehensive and filled with numerous authentic examples, the text addresses informal classroom based assessment, progress monitoring, individual norm-referenced assessment, and group norm-referenced or ‘high-stakes’ testing. Coverage includes assessment content relevant for English language learners and adults. A set of test guidelines to use when selecting or evaluating an assessment tool is provided. New and updated in the Second Edition Impact on reading assessment of Common Core Standards for literacy; increased top-down focus on accountability and high stakes tests; innovations in computerized assessment of reading Latest developments in Response to Intervention (RTI) model, particularly as they impact reading assessment International Reading Association standards for reading educators and brief discussion of International Dyslexia Association standards Types of reading assessment, including discussion of formative versus summative assessment Expanded coverage of assessment of reading motivation Expanded coverage of writing assessment New and revised assessments across genres of reading assessment Companion Website: numerous resources relevant to reading and writing assessment; suggestions for evidence-based instructional practices that can be linked to assessment results; PowerPoint slides; test bank; study guides; application exercises




Forum


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A journal for the teacher of english outside the United States.




Bulletin


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