1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454450303321

Autore

Mountney Ross

Titolo

Learning without school [[electronic resource] ] : home education / / Ross Mountney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009

ISBN

1-282-05936-X

9786612059360

1-84642-863-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

371.04/2

371.042

Soggetti

Home schooling

Education - Parent participation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; Learning without School:Home Education; Contents; Introduction; 1 What Is Home Education and Why Do People Do It?; What is home education?; Is it legal?; Frequently asked questions and a few quick answers; Why do people home educate?; Why did we home educate? - A personal story; The advantages of home education; A brief word about friends; The disadvantages; What do you need to home educate?; Summary of the main points; Suggested websites; 2 How Do Parents Start Home Educating?; Considerations when making the decision to home educate

The difference in deciding pre-school, or after the children have beenin schoolThe home education network and how to find support; Deregistering children from school; The role of the local education authority; How home educators fulfil their obligations to the local authority; Making the adjustment from school to home education; Dealing with objections from others; Having confidence in your knowledge of your child; Summary of the main points; Suggested websites; 3 How Do Home Educated Children Learn?; Our traditional view of how children learn; A broader view of how children learn



What children need, both personally and environmentally, in orderto learnThe most valuable learning aid: children's love of learning; How children learn without teaching; How children learn from everyday experiences; The learning value of play; The difference between skills and knowledge; Home educators' different approaches and styles; A tightly structured approach; An autonomous approach; An approach in between; How to choose an approach; The use of time; Motivation; Children having charge of their own learning; Opportunities within the community for learning; Summary of the main points

Suggested websites4 How Do Home Educated Children Find Friends andBecome Socialised?; How children make friends pre-school; How schools do not have exclusivity on friendships; How schools can sometimes harm relationships; The importance of occasional solitude; What social skills do we want our children to have?; How children acquire social skills; How do home educated children find friends?; The home education community; Opportunities for friendships within the local community; Summary of the main points; Suggested websites; 5 What about Curriculum, Subjects and Timetables?

What curriculum actually is and what it's forHow home educating parents use it - or not; How curriculum, subject division and timetables are merely tools or learning, and how to use them as such; Considerations for making your own timetables; Basic subjects and how to approach them; Choosing extra subjects; Subjects that develop valuable life skills; How to use curriculum and timetables to your advantage; Summary of the main points; Suggested websites; 6 What about Tests, Exams and Qualifications?; What tests are for; What home educators use tests for; What exams and qualifications are for

How home educators choose exams and qualifications

Sommario/riassunto

This book explains what home education is; the advantages and disadvantages of this route; how to begin home educating; what you need to do and how to help your child adjust; and how home education affects children's social skills and friendships. It also covers technical aspects, such as the curriculum, core subjects, exams and timetables.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465667103316

Titolo

Arithmetic of Finite Fields [[electronic resource] ] : Third International Workshop, WAIFI 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, June 27-30, 2010, Proceedings / / edited by M. Anwar Hasan, Tor Helleseth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2010

ISBN

1-280-38738-6

9786613565303

3-642-13797-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p. 41 illus.)

Collana

Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, , 2512-2029 ; ; 6087

Disciplina

512.32

Soggetti

Computer programming

Computer science—Mathematics

Discrete mathematics

Algorithms

Cryptography

Data encryption (Computer science)

Computer networks

Programming Techniques

Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation

Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science

Cryptology

Computer Communication Networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Invited Talk 1 -- Recursive Towers of Function Fields over Finite Fields -- Efficient Finite Field Arithmetic -- High-Performance Modular Multiplication on the Cell Processor -- A Modified Low Complexity Digit-Level Gaussian Normal Basis Multiplier -- Type-II Optimal Polynomial Bases -- Pseudo-random Numbers and Sequences -- Pseudorandom Vector Sequences Derived from Triangular Polynomial Systems with Constant Multipliers -- Structure of Pseudorandom



Numbers Derived from Fermat Quotients -- Boolean Functions -- Distribution of Boolean Functions According to the Second-Order Nonlinearity -- Hyper-bent Boolean Functions with Multiple Trace Terms -- Invited Talk 2 -- On the Efficiency and Security of Pairing-Based Protocols in the Type 1 and Type 4 Settings -- Functions, Equations and Modular Multiplication -- Switching Construction of Planar Functions on Finite Fields -- Solving Equation Systems by Agreeing and Learning -- Speeding Up Bipartite Modular Multiplication -- Finite Field Arithmetic for Pairing Based Cryptography -- Constructing Tower Extensions of Finite Fields for Implementation of Pairing-Based Cryptography -- Delaying Mismatched Field Multiplications in Pairing Computations -- Invited Talk 3 -- Regenerating Codes for Distributed Storage Networks -- Finite Fields, Cryptography and Coding -- On Rationality of the Intersection Points of a Line with a Plane Quartic -- Reflections about a Single Checksum -- Efficient Time-Area Scalable ECC Processor Using ?-Coding Technique.