Inside the black box

Inside the black box
Author: Paul Black
Publisher: Granada Learning
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780708713815

Offers practical advice on using and improving assessment for learning in the classroom.

Working Inside the Black Box

Working Inside the Black Box
Author: Paul Black
Publisher: Granada Learning
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780708713792

Offers practical advice on using and improving assessment for learning in the classroom.

Inside the FFT Black Box

Inside the FFT Black Box
Author: Eleanor Chu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1999-11-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9781420049961

Are some areas of fast Fourier transforms still unclear to you? Do the notation and vocabulary seem inconsistent? Does your knowledge of their algorithmic aspects feel incomplete? The fast Fourier transform represents one of the most important advancements in scientific and engineering computing. Until now, however, treatments have been either brief, cryptic, intimidating, or not published in the open literature. Inside the FFT Black Box brings the numerous and varied ideas together in a common notational framework, clarifying vague FFT concepts. Examples and diagrams explain algorithms completely, with consistent notation. This approach connects the algorithms explicitly to the underlying mathematics. Reviews and explanations of FFT ideas taken from engineering, mathematics, and computer science journals teach the computational techniques relevant to FFT. Two appendices familiarize readers with the design and analysis of computer algorithms, as well. This volume employs a unified and systematic approach to FFT. It closes the gap between brief textbook introductions and intimidating treatments in the FFT literature. Inside the FFT Black Box provides an up-to-date, self-contained guide for learning the FFT and the multitude of ideas and computing techniques it employs.

The Power of Assessment for Learning

The Power of Assessment for Learning
Author: Margaret Heritage
Publisher: Corwin
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2019-11-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1544394217

The future of Assessment for Learning 20 years after Inside the Black Box Twenty years after the publication of Inside the Black Box, the landmark review of formative classroom assessment, international education experts Christine Harrison and Margaret Heritage tackle assessment for learning (AfL) anew, with fresh insights gained from two decades of research, theory, and classroom practice. The Power of Assessment for Learning: Twenty Years of Research and Practice in UK & US Classrooms examines the practices and processes of formative assessment over time in both countries, evaluates the benefits accrued to teaching and learning, and considers future developments in growing and sustaining AfL practice. It features: Key AfL ideas, approaches, and supports Vignettes of classroom practice that illustrate AfL in action in the U.K. and U.S. Practice-based evidence to enrich understanding of AfL from both the teacher’s and the student’s perspective Focused on student-centeredness and rich with classroom examples, this book is a ‘sounding board’ for educators to explore and reflect on their own AfL practices and beliefs.

English Inside the Black Box

English Inside the Black Box
Author: Bethan Marshall
Publisher: Granada Learning
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780708716861

English Inside the Black Box is an easy-to-follow booklet offering great advice and guidance on how to develop formative assessment in English.

The Brilliance of Black Children in Mathematics

The Brilliance of Black Children in Mathematics
Author: Jacqueline Leonard
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1623960819

This book is a critically important contribution to the work underway to transform schooling for students who have historically been denied access to a quality education, specifically African American children. The first section of the book provides some historical perspective critical to understanding the current state of education in the U.S., specifically for the education of African American children. The following sections include chapters on policy, learning, ethnomathematics, student identity, and teacher preparation as it relates to the mathematical education of Black children. Through offering “counternarratives” about mathematically successful Black youth, advocating for a curriculum that is grounded in African American culture and ways of thinking, providing shining examples of the brilliance of Blacks students, and promoting high expectations for all rather than situating students as the problem, the authors of this book provide powerful insights related to the teaching and learning of mathematics for African American students. As is made evident in this book, effective teaching involves much more than just engaging students in inquiry-based pedagogy (Kitchen, 2003). The chapters offered in this book demonstrate how mathematics instruction for African American students needs to take into account historical marginalization and present-day policies that do harm to Black students (Kunjufu, 2005). Empowering mathematics instruction for African American students needs to take into consideration and promote students’ cultural, spiritual, and historical identities. Furthermore, mathematics instruction for African American students should create opportunities for students to express themselves and the needs of their communities as a means to promote social justice both within their classrooms and communities.

Principles of Harmonic Analysis

Principles of Harmonic Analysis
Author: Anton Deitmar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2014-06-21
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319057928

This book offers a complete and streamlined treatment of the central principles of abelian harmonic analysis: Pontryagin duality, the Plancherel theorem and the Poisson summation formula, as well as their respective generalizations to non-abelian groups, including the Selberg trace formula. The principles are then applied to spectral analysis of Heisenberg manifolds and Riemann surfaces. This new edition contains a new chapter on p-adic and adelic groups, as well as a complementary section on direct and projective limits. Many of the supporting proofs have been revised and refined. The book is an excellent resource for graduate students who wish to learn and understand harmonic analysis and for researchers seeking to apply it.

Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization

Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization
Author: Charles Audet
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2017-12-02
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319689134

This book is designed as a textbook, suitable for self-learning or for teaching an upper-year university course on derivative-free and blackbox optimization. The book is split into 5 parts and is designed to be modular; any individual part depends only on the material in Part I. Part I of the book discusses what is meant by Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization, provides background material, and early basics while Part II focuses on heuristic methods (Genetic Algorithms and Nelder-Mead). Part III presents direct search methods (Generalized Pattern Search and Mesh Adaptive Direct Search) and Part IV focuses on model-based methods (Simplex Gradient and Trust Region). Part V discusses dealing with constraints, using surrogates, and bi-objective optimization. End of chapter exercises are included throughout as well as 15 end of chapter projects and over 40 figures. Benchmarking techniques are also presented in the appendix.