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Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...maths. While there is some truth that lawyers and laypeople can be uncomfortable with the numbers often used in expert evidence, there are ways of overcoming this problem. In Box 4, you will be reminded about probabilities, a mathematical idea that underpins much of expert evidence. Box 4 About probabilities Much expert evidence is discussed in terms of numerical...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...maths teacher was receptive and showed his willingness and considerable involvement with the project. In contrast, resistance was perceived from some of the language teachers. (Traver-Marti et al, 2023, p568) All the schools care about here is how good they look on paper to the outside world, and pretty much it is just run like a business. In my opinion, they are more...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...maths here, but you do need to total your scores. If maths isn’t your strong point, it’s probably easiest to add up all your pluses first and then take each of your minuses off in turn. (In this example, it comes to 14 – 7 = 7.) Or you can work out each column as shown below. If your final score is positive, it is fair to say that your goal looks promising. If...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...maths in school, the chances are you use numeracy skills on a daily basis when undertaking tasks around the house, travelling to and from work, in your job and, of course, when you are involved in sport. You might have seen the film Moneyball, based on a true story about Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. Faced with a limited budget,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...maths program is mentioned; the children play music, which involves manipulating sound files...Introducing ICT systems: 15 Computers and communication systems working together - The combination of communication systems and computers has produced powerful new systems not possible when these technologies are used separately. In section 15–19, I'll be using an ICT system...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...math. We're going to be looking at the power of mistakes and struggle, rich mathematical tasks, and assessment for a growth mindset. Learning walk participants' role is to observe what's happening and know that they're going to get an opportunity to talk about those things later, but to avoid making judgments and to reframe any kind of thinking along those lines into...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting
Money & Business

Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting

...maths, you should find this material helpful. The directions and symbols used will be those found on most standard calculators. (If you find that any of the instructions contained in this material do not produce the answer you expected, please follow the instructions of your calculator.) There are four basic operations between numbers, each of which has its own notation:...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...maths activity which also enhances employability. The teacher filmed a property that was for sale by auction. The teacher walked around the property and filmed room by room. The film was then uploaded to Padlet (an online noticeboard tool) (Padlet, 2021). Pupils were asked to work together to renovate the property using Padlet as a collaborative tool to share resources...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs