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Discrete Mathematics Course Supported by CAS MATHEMATICA
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Ivanov, O. A.; Ivanova, V. V.; Saltan, A. A. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2017
In this paper, we discuss examples of assignments for a course in discrete mathematics for undergraduate students majoring in business informatics. We consider several problems with computer-based solutions and discuss general strategies for using computers in teaching mathematics and its applications. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of our…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Computer Uses in Education
What Makes a Good Reader: International Findings from PIRLS 2016
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International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2016
Fifty countries from around the world participated in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 international assessment of reading comprehension at the fourth grade, and in every country there was a wide range of reading achievement from basic skills to advanced comprehension. This report presents international findings…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, International Assessment
Adults, Computers and Problem Solving: "What's the Problem?" OECD Skills Studies
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Chung, Ji Eun; Elliott, Stuart – OECD Publishing, 2015
The "OECD Skills Studies" series aims to provide a strategic approach to skills policies. It presents OECD internationally comparable indicators and policy analysis covering issues such as: quality of education and curricula; transitions from school to work; vocational education and training (VET); employment and unemployment; innovative…
Descriptors: Adults, Problem Solving, Computer Literacy, Computer Use
Higher Education Reform in Russia: Democratization or Bureaucratization?
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Panfilova, T. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2011
Recent reforms have increased the level of administrative oversight, and also of interference of the structure and content of university education in Russia. This is leading to a weakening of Russian higher education. In this article, the author talks about the reform of the system of higher education in Russia and the bureaucratization of higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Administrative Organization
Open and Distance Education in Russia: "Thoughts about Russian Distance Education from the American Perspective"
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Daletskaya, Tatyana – Educational Technology, 2008
The beginning of the 21st century is characterized by globalization--the integration of national economies and the development of technology and information technology--and by a new type of society--the knowledge-based society. Changes in society require changes in education, the mission of higher education institutions, and traditional ways of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Global Approach, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
The Place of the Textbook in the Didactic System
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Khutorskoi, A. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
There have been a great many good and varied textbooks in the history of education. For example, there was L.F. Magnitskii's "Arithmetic," L.N. Tolstoy's "Primer," and the Bible, which can also be thought of as a textbook. None of them is like the others at all. Each one is suitable for dealing with its own objectives in the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, Textbook Preparation, Theory Practice Relationship
Chapter 3: The Computer in School
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Russian Education and Society, 2004
The present chapter includes three sections. In the first section the authors touch on general matters that have to do with the array of problems of the use of the new information technologies in the school education process. In the second section, drawing on empirical materials obtained in their sociological survey, the authors look at the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Information Technology, Information Science