Michael J : 2158 books
Motivation to Learn
Transforming Classroom Culture to Support Student Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
Harness the power of motivation to transform the learning experience!
When properly channeled, motivation propels learning forward. Yet teachers across all grade levels and disciplines struggle to recognize and cultivate this dynamic, social force in the classroom. This essential resource proves...
Giving Professional Presentations in the Behavioral Sciences and Related Fields
A Practical Guide for Novice, the Nervous and the Nonchalant
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Gives concrete advice about designing, delivering, and defending presentations, and is written specifically for students and professionals who have little or no experience of giving presentations.
by Michael J. Kennish
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
This extensive handbook presents up-to-date coverage of significant developments in estuarine and marine pollution. Multidisciplinary in approach, Practical Handbook of Estuarine and Marine Pollution is an essential resource for anyone involved in the study or management of coastal and marine pollution...
An HR Guide to Workplace Fraud and Criminal Behaviour
Recognition, Prevention and Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
It is reliably estimated that over 70 per cent of all job applications contain misleading information. If that was the limit of deception at work faced by HR and line managers, then maybe things wouldn't be too bad. But deception isn't limited simply to the area of recruitment; there's also absenteeism,...
by Michael J. Comer
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Fact: Barings was an excellent company, with professional managers. Their careers were devastated by fraud. How many other managers are now in the same position without knowing it? Fact: The average company loses between 2 per cent and 5 per cent of its turnover as a result of dishonesty. When Mike...
Lacanian Psychotherapy
Theory and Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
The work of Jacques Lacan is associated more with literature and philosophy than mainstream American psychology, due in large part to the dense language he employs in articulating his theory – including often at the expense of clinical illustration. As a result, his contributions are frequently...
by John DeCarlo, Michael J. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
This Brief examines the role of Police Unions in law enforcement policy development. It provides an overview of the historical and political background of police labor unions, and takes a critical look at the shifting perception of labor unions from generally positive to somewhat negative, to compare...
by Michael J Austin
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Addressing the multiple meanings of service integration, Human Services Integration analyzes how motivations and expectations for social service integration differ significantly among different players in the service system. In a period of major budget cutbacks and welfare reform, however, it is important...
Early Evolution of Human Memory
Great Apes, Tool-making, and Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
This work examines the cognitive capacity of great apes in order to better understand early man and the importance of memory in the evolutionary process. It synthesizes research from comparative cognition, neuroscience, primatology as well as lithic archaeology, reviewing findings on the cognitive...
London's Turning
The Making of Thames Gateway
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
The Thames Gateway plan is the largest and most complex project of urban regeneration ever undertaken in the United Kingdom. This book provides a comprehensive overview and critique of the Thames Gateway plan, but at the same time it uses the plan as a lens through which to look at a series of important...
Computer System Design
System-on-Chip
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
The next generation of computer system designers will be less concerned about details of processors and memories, and more concerned about the elements of a system tailored to particular applications. These designers will have a fundamental knowledge of processors and other elements in the system,...
by Dimitris N. Chryssochoou, Michael J. Tsinisizelis, Stelios Stavridis
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges confronting the political system as well as the international politics of the European Union. It draws from a spectrum of regional integration theories to determine what the Union actually is and how it is developing.
Export Dynamics and Economic Growth in Latin America
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
This title was first published in 2000: This text aims to be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the microeconomic foundations behind the Latin American export boom, the ways in which government policies affecting exports may retard or promote economic growth, and the future prospects...
Electrical Diseases of the Heart
Volume 2: Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Electrical Disease of the Heart, 2nd Edition, volume 2, covers the diagnostic and treatment options available in the management of electrical diseases and with its companion volume provides the latest developments in the field of experimental and clinical cardiac electrophysiology, genetics, pharmacology...