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Exploring Public Speaking 4e
Kris Barton & Barbara G. Tucker · Florida State University & University of Georgia
In the contents: 1.05: Getting Started in Public Speaking · 4.01: Getting Started with Your Topic · 16.04: Appendix D- Funny Talk- The Art and Craft of Using Humor in Public Address
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Math 4A: Multivariable Calculus
Zoya Kravets · Mission College
In the contents: 3.04: Partial Derivatives
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Advanced Algebra
Anonymous · LibreTexts
Intermediate Algebra is the second part of a two-part course in Algebra that builds on the basics learned in Elementary Algebra and introduces the more advanced topics required for further study of applications found in most disciplines. Used as a standalone textbook, it offers plenty of review as well as something new to engage the student in each chapter. This textbook introduces functions early and stresses the geometry behind the algebra.
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Foundations of Education
SUNY Oneonta Education Department · LibreTexts
Pre-service teachers require a strong foundation that includes an understanding of the student’s motivation for becoming a teacher, reflection on the ethics of an educator, awareness of and identification of their own philosophies of education, and an understanding of twenty-first-century skills and literacies.
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Stand up, Speak out - The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking
LibreTexts
Stand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking features two key themes. First it focuses on helping students become more seasoned and polished public speakers, and second is its emphasis on ethics in communication. It is this practical approach and integrated ethical coverage that sets Stand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking apart from the other texts in this market. COMPILE DATE: 11/2024
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Astronomy for Educators
Daniel E. Barth · University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
In the contents: 01: Starting our Journey of Discovery · 03: Modeling Earth and Moon Together · 3.01: Making a Scale Model of the Earth-Moon System
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MTH 65: Algebra 2
Math Department · Clackamas Community College
TThis book builds a strong algebra foundation. You’ll review core skills like order of operations, fractions, and linear equations, then expand into polynomials, exponents, roots, and radicals. Finally, you’ll explore absolute value to model distance, tolerance, and precision. These connected skills form a toolkit to solve problems confidently and prepare you for advanced math and real-world applications.
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Thermodynamics
Andrea Allgood Carter · Meredith College
In the contents: 9.01: Partial Differentiation · 18.01: Partial Molar Quantities
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Shared Voices - An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Demetrios Brellas and Vanessa Martinez · Remixing Open Textbooks with an Equity Lens (ROTEL)
Shared Voices is a student-centered cultural anthropology mini textbook built with an equity lens. This text aims to be accessible, interesting, accurate, and centered on marginalized voices. This text is a starting point for any introductory anthropology course recognizing that cultural change is constant and the familiar is cousin to the weird and unusual.
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World Geography A/B
Nina Sprouse · Mizzou Academy
In the contents: 7.03: The Religious Hearths of North Africa and Southwest Asia
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Infant and Toddler Care and Development 2e
Amanda Taintor, Todd LaMarr, Wendy Ruiz, Martina Marquez, Emily Elam, Amy Carnahan, and Adrienne Seegers · ASCCC OERI Program
Infant and Toddler Care and Development 2e offers a comprehensive guide to nurturing children from birth to age three, covering physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. It emphasizes responsive caregiving, brain development, language growth, and inclusive, culturally sensitive practices. The text also explores observation, assessment, curriculum planning, and regulatory guidelines, equipping caregivers to support healthy, holistic early development.
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Lab Manual: Synthetic Biology Protocols
Nathan Reyna, Ruth Plymale, & Kristine Johnson · Ouachita Babtist University & University of New Hampshire
The protocols included in this lab manual are part of a Synthetic Biology undergraduate research course (CURE) designed by the authors. The lab presented in this manual is designed for a Genetics or Biotechnology class and has been used at both two-year and four-year institutions.
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OERI Contemporary World Geographies
Aline Gregorio, Jason Scogtt, Nazanin Naaghi, Waverly Ray · OERI
In the contents: 1.02: Where on Earth The Geographic Grid · 4.03: Cultural Hearths of Writing and Abrahamic Religions · 4.05: Contemporary Art and Culture in SWANA
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GEL 98-16: Geobiology
Dawn Sumner · University of California, Davis
GEL 53: Introduction to Geobiology is required for Geology majors at UCD. This course is designed to be fully interactive. Geobiology is a new and growing field with an emphasis on how life and especially microbial communities interact with Earth throughout Earth history. This course provides students with a conceptual framework for how environments on Earth have shaped the evolution of life and how metabolic and other cellular processes have influenced Earth.
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Introduction to Fluid Motions and Sediment Transport
John Southard · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In the contents: 7.02: The Coriolis Effect on the Earth's Surface · 8.03: Particle Motions vs. Turbulence · 9.02: Forces on Bed Particles
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Acoustics
Wikipedia · LibreTexts
Acoustics is the science that studies sound, in particular its production, transmission, and effects. The science of acoustics has many applications which are dependent upon the nature of the sound that is to be produced, transmitted or controlled. In the case of a desirable sound, such as music, the main application of acoustics is to make the music sound as good as possible.
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The Ends and Means of Education
Kevin Johnstun · Brigham Young University
This book provides a brief introduction into some of the persistent challenges and quandaries facing educators by drawing upon snippets from some of the great philosophers in history, such as Aristotle, Descartes, Rousseau, Dewey, and others.
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Introduction to Climate Science
Andreas Schmittner · Oregon State University
This book describes how Earth's climate is changing, how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation, Earth's energy balance, the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized.
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Physical Geology
Anne Huth · Achieving the Dream
In the contents: 01: Earths Origin and an Introduction to Topographic Maps · 02: Earths Interior · 2.02: Assignment- Exploring Earths layers and seismic-wave travel times
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Biological Statistics
John H. McDonald · University of Delaware
The goal in that class is to teach biology students how to choose the appropriate statistical test for a particular experiment, then apply that test and interpret the results. In my class and in this textbook, I spend relatively little time on the mathematical basis of the tests; for most biologists, statistics is just a useful tool, like a microscope, and knowing the detailed mathematical basis of a statistical test is as unimportant to most biologists as knowing which kinds of glass were used