4 papers
AI as a component in the action research tradition of learning-by-doing
Ian Benson, Alexei Semenov
We consider learning mathematics through action research, hacking, discovery, inquiry, learning-by-doing as opposed to the instruct and perform, industrial model of the 19th centur…
Conceptual Mathematics via Literate Programming
Ian Benson, Jim Darby, Neil MacDonald +1
Recent developments in computer programming and in mathematics suggest that there is a strong case for a new way of introducing programming to enhance the learning of school mathem…
INTEGRAL reloaded: spacecraft, instruments and ground system
Erik Kuulkers, Carlo Ferrigno, Peter Kretschmar +85
ESA's INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) was launched on 17 Oct 2002 at 06:41 CEST. Since then, it has been providing long, uninterrupted observations (up t…
The Logic of Collective Action Revisited
Ian Benson
Mancur Olson's "Logic of Collective Action" predicts that voluntary action for the common good will only happen in small groups. His theory of the structure and behaviour of organi…