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1. Arguing to Better Conclusions

   A Human Odyssey

   By W Peter Robinson

   This book was written to try to integrate various strands of concern about communication, language, and thinking. There are two related questions that have served to initiate the enquiries that resulted in this book: Why do people hold false beliefs? And why do they accept and use inadequate...

   To Be Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Tourism: The Key Concepts

   Edited by Peter Robinson

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Tourism: The Key Concepts offers a comprehensive collection of the most frequently used and studied concepts in the subject of tourism. Within the text key terms, concepts, typologies and frameworks are examined in the context of the broader social sciences, blending together theory and practice to...

   Published July 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition

   Edited by Peter Robinson

   The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition offers a user-friendly, authoritative survey of terms and constructs that are important to understanding research in second language acquisition (SLA) and its applications. The Encyclopedia is designed for use as a reference tool by students...

   Published July 19th 2012 by Routledge
4. Introduction to Bio-Ontologies

   By Peter N. Robinson, Sebastian Bauer

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical & Computational Biology

   Introduction to Bio-Ontologies explores the computational background of ontologies. Emphasizing computational and algorithmic issues surrounding bio-ontologies, this self-contained text helps readers understand ontological algorithms and their applications. The first part of the book defines...

   Published June 21st 2011 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
5. Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

   Edited by Peter Robinson, Nick C. Ellis

   This cutting-edge volume describes the implications of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). The first two sections identify theoretical and empirical strands of Cognitive Linguistics, presenting them as a coherent whole. The third section discusses the relevance...

   Published February 24th 2008 by Routledge
6. Making Sense of Secondary Science

   Research into Children's Ideas

   Edited by Rosalind Driver, Peter Rushworth, Ann Squires, Valerie Wood-Robinson

   When children begin secondary school they already have knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world from their experiences both in primary classes and outside school. These ideas, right or wrong, form the basis of all they subsequently learn. Research has shown that teaching is...

   Published November 10th 2004 by Routledge
7. Secure Internet Practices

   Best Practices for Securing Systems in the Internet and e-Business Age

   By Patrick McBride, Jody Patilla, Craig Robinson, Peter Thermos, Edward P. Moser

   Is your e-business secure? Have you done everything you can to protect your enterprise and your customers from the potential exploits of hackers, crackers, and other cyberspace menaces? As we expand the brave new world of e-commerce, we are confronted with a whole new set of security problems....

   Published September 9th 2001 by Auerbach Publications
8. Making Sense of Secondary Science

   By Rosalind Driver, Ann Squires, Peter Rushworth, Valerie Wood-Robinson

   What ideas do children hold about the naturl world? How do these ideas affect their learning of science? When children begin secondary school they already have knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world from their experiences both in primary classes and outside school. These...

   Published March 9th 1994 by Routledge
9. Making Sense of Secondary Science

   Support Materials for Teachers

   Edited by Rosalind Driver, Peter Rushworth, Ann Squires, Valerie Wood-Robinson

   When children begin secondary school, they already have knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world from their experiences both in primary classes and outside school. This collection of support materials is designed especially for teachers of the early years in secondary school to...

   Published March 9th 1994 by Routledge