D James: 1091 books
by Alison Davis, Jane Shannon, Wayne Cascio
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
The Myths of Standardized Tests
Why They Don't Tell You What You Think They Do
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Pundits, politicians, and business leaders continually make claims for what standardized tests can do, and those claims go largely unchallenged because they are in line with popular assumptions about what these tests can do, what the scores mean, and the psychology of human motivation. But what most...
Flawless Execution
Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at your Peak and Win Battles in the Business World
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Your business can take a lesson from the American military's fighter pilots. At Mach 2, the instrument panel of an F-15 is screaming out information, the horizon is a blur, the wingman is occupied, the jet is hanging on the edge -- and yet fighter pilots routinely handle the stress. It's not much...
The High-Performance Board
Principles of Nonprofit Organization Governance
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
While boards acknowledge they bear ultimate responsibility and accountability for their organizations' affairs, governance quality is often far from optimal. The High- Performance Board offers pragmatic and candid advice about what your board must do to maximize performance and contributions. The...
by Mario A. Rivera, James D. Ward
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Institutional racism may be described as a self-perpetuating and opaque process where, either intentionally or unintentionally, barriers and procedures which disadvantage ethnic minority groups are supported and maintained. It is often the direct linkage and thus the underlying cause for the lack...
by James E. Campbell, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
A new, clinically proven method for getting over depression and other emotional problems without prolonged or expensive therapy.The ideas in this book will help you- Understand how “change strategies” are actually detrimental to you.- Define words in ways that help to understand and resolve...
The Instructional Design Knowledge Base
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
The Instructional Design Knowledge Base: Theory, Research and Practice provides ID professionals and students at all levels with a comprehensive exploration of the theories and research that serve as a foundation for current and emerging ID practice. This book offers both current and classic interpretations...
Design and Development Research
Methods, Strategies, and Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
AECT Design & Development Outstanding Book Award for 2008!
Design and Development Research thoroughly discusses methods and strategies appropriate for conducting design and development research. Rich with examples and explanations, the book describes actual strategies that researchers...
by James D. Malley, Karen G. Malley, Sinisa Pajevic
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
This book is for anyone who has biomedical data and needs to identify variables that predict an outcome, for two-group outcomes such as tumor/not-tumor, survival/death, or response from treatment. Statistical learning machines are ideally suited to these types of prediction problems, especially if...
Ecological Principles of Landscape Management
Soils and the Processes That Determine Success of Landscape Designs, Farms and Plants
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2013
During the last decade many graduate-level Landscape Architecture students have taken our ecology classes tailored to their profession. However, relatively few students training to create attractive living spaces actually had significant basic fundamental knowledge of ecology, chemistry or soils....
America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics
Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence...
Aboriginal Health in Canada
Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2006
Numerous studies, inquiries, and statistics accumulated over the years have demonstrated the poor health status of Aboriginal peoples relative to the Canadian population in general. Aboriginal Health in Canada is about the complex web of physiological, psychological, spiritual, historical, sociological,...
How Math Can Save Your Life
(And Make You Rich, Help You Find The One, and Avert Catastrophes)
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
How to make lots of money, keep yourself safe, and even save the world-all by using a little simple math
Forget the dull, boring math you learned in school. This book shows you the powerful things math can do for you, with applications no teacher ever taught you in algebra class. How can you...
by James D. Berkley
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
The pastor's and treasurer's essential handbook to all aspects of church finance. Building on a stewardship model, this guide outlines sound, up-to-date financial practices.