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• Adult Literacy Fundamentals Mathematics: Book 6 – 2nd Edition

  Author(s): Liz Girard, Wendy Tagami

  Updated: Apr 5, 2022

  Description: This is book six in a six-book series on fundamental mathematics for adult learners. These books include glossaries, self tests, practice requests, grades records, and unit tests. Ancillary Resources include the Instructor's Manual. Topics in this book include: ratio, rate, and proportion; percent; and statistics. These books align with the learning outcomes for Adult Fundamental Math as outlined in the BC ABE Articulation Handbook.

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• Adult Literacy Fundamentals Mathematics: Book 6

  Author(s): Liz Girard, Wendy Tagami

  Updated: Apr 5, 2022

  Description: THIS BOOK WILL BE ARCHIVED ON OCTOBER 1, 2022 AS IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW EDITION. This is book six in a six-book series on fundamental mathematics for adult learners. These books include glossaries, self tests, practice requests, grades records, and unit tests. Ancillary Resources include the Instructor's Manual.

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• Canadian History: Post-Confederation - 2nd Edition

  Author(s): John Douglas Belshaw, Thompson Rivers University

  Updated: Apr 1, 2022

  Description: This textbook introduces aspects of the history of Canada since Confederation. “Canada” in this context includes Newfoundland and all the other parts that come to be aggregated into the Dominion after 1867. Much of this text follows thematic lines. Each chapter moves chronologically but with alternative narratives in mind. What Indigenous accounts must we place in the foreground? Which structures (economic or social) determine the range of choices available to human agents of history? What envi...[more]

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• Research Methods in Psychology - 2nd Canadian Edition

  Author(s): Dr. Rajiv S. Jhangiani, Dr. I-Chant A. Chiang, Dr. Paul C. Price

  Updated: Apr 1, 2022

  Description: THIS BOOK WILL BE ARCHIVED ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 AS IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW EDITION. Psychology, like most other sciences, has its own set of tools to investigate the important research questions of its field. Unlike other sciences, psychology is a relatively new field with methods and practices that are evolving at a rapid rate. With this textbook, we introduce students to the fundamental principles of what it is like to think like a psychology researcher. We also hope to connect wit...[more]

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• Research Methods in Psychology

  Author(s): Paul Price, California State University, Fresno

  Updated: Mar 31, 2022

  Description: THIS BOOK WILL BE ARCHIVED ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 AS IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW EDITION. While Research Methods in Psychology is fairly traditional— making it easy for you to use with your existing courses — it also emphasizes a fundamental idea that is often lost on undergraduates: research methods are not a peripheral concern in our discipline; they are central. The overarching goal of this textbook is to present the basics of psychological research methods — focusing on the concepts a...[more]

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• Adult Literacy Fundamental Mathematics: Book 1 - 2nd Edition

  Author(s): Wendy Tagami, Liz Girard

  Updated: Mar 30, 2022

  Description: This is book one in a six-book series on fundamental mathematics for adult learners. These books include glossaries, self tests, practice requests, grades records, and unit tests. Ancillary Resources include the Instructor's Manual. Topics in this book include: number and number operations, patterns, functions and relations, real life applications, geometry, and time. These books align with the learning outcomes for Adult Fundamental Math as outlined in the BC ABE Articulation Handbook.

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• University Physics - Volume 2 (OpenStax)

  Author(s): Samuel J. Ling, Truman State University, Jeff Sanny, Loyola Marymount University, William Moebs (retired), Loyola Marymount University

  Updated: Mar 23, 2022

  Description: University Physics is a three-volume collection that meets the scope and sequence requirements for two- and three-semester calculus-based physics courses. Volume 1 covers mechanics, sound, oscillations, and waves. Volume 2 covers thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, and Volume 3 covers optics and modern physics. This textbook emphasizes connections between between theory and application, making physics concepts interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the mathematical rigo...[more]

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• Principles of Microeconomics - 2e (OpenStax)

  Author(s): Steven A. Greenlaw, David Shapiro

  Updated: Mar 23, 2022

  Description: Principles of Microeconomics 2e covers the scope and sequence of most introductory microeconomics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to increase clarity, update data and current event impacts, and incorporate the feedback from many reviewers and adopters. Changes made in Principles of Microecono...[more]

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• Principles of Macroeconomics - 2e (OpenStax)

  Author(s): Steven A. Greenlaw, David Shapiro

  Updated: Mar 23, 2022

  Description: Principles of Macroeconomics 2e covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to increase clarity, update data and current event impacts, and incorporate the feedback from many reviewers and adopters. Changes made in Principles of Macroeconomics ...[more]

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• Principles of Economics - 2e (OpenStax)

  Author(s): Steven A. Greenlaw, David Shapiro

  Updated: Mar 23, 2022

  Description: Principles of Economics - 2e covers the scope and sequence of requirements for a two-semester introductory economics course. The authors take a balanced approach to micro-and macroeconomics, to both Keynesian and classical views, and to the theory and application of economics concepts. The text also includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to increase clarity, update data and current event impacts, and incor...[more]

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