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Using a scientific calculator
Science, Maths & Technology

Using a scientific calculator

...in Pexels made available under Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0 Licence. Figure 1: © Casio Electronics Co Ltd. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...Open University course E219 Psychology of childhood and youth...Attachment in the early years: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe attachment classifications and how they are assessed describe the features of caregiving that influence attachment, and the significance of attachment for lifespan development discuss why the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...Open University course DD102 Introducing the social sciences...Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: compare and contrast two different approaches to studying juvenile delinquency understand psychological approaches to studying juvenile delinquency such as Eysenck’s personality theory...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...Don't miss out: Course image: Thomas Hawk in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Licence. If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...Education in association with The Open University. This text forms part of the course material for MA290 Topics in the history of mathematics. Copyright © in the editorial selection The Open University. Reading 1 – Nicolas Chuquet on exponents: tr. and ed. H.G. Flegg, C.M. Hay, B. Moss, Nicolas Chuquet Renaissance Mathematician, Reidel, 1985, p. 144, 151-153, published...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Why you shouldn't sniff at Winnie The Pooh
History & The Arts

Why you shouldn't sniff at Winnie The Pooh

...education, and a figure of loss and nostalgia for the adult. This was very much the landscape of Winnie’s home in Hundred Acre Wood. As cultural theorist Stefan Herbrechter said: “Children are supposed to live in a world of their own, which is clearly defined and marked out as the space and time for play and in which toys are the main objects and controlling devices...
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Article 5 mins
What do tests tell us?
Education & Development

What do tests tell us?

...while the UK is looking eastwards, China is looking to the west – and turning to British-style education because Chinese parents find it more creative. Part 2, to be posted after Episode 3 of the series is shown, looks in detail at the results of the tests which were taken by Year 9 at Bohunt School to see if more can be learned than who ‘won’ and who ‘lost’....
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Article 10 mins
Who is Theresa May?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Theresa May?

...Education in June 1999, when the Conservative Party was the party of opposition. When then leader William Hague departed, his successor Iain Duncan Smith appointed May as shadow Secretary of State for transport. Then in 2002, she became chairman of the Conservative Party. Her style was calm, collected and, as the “nasty party” reference suggests, not afraid to point...
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Article 5 mins