Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
Designing for Learning
Creating Campus Environments for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Understand the design factors of campus environmental theory that impact student success and create a campus of consequence
Designing for Learning is a comprehensive introduction to campus environmental theory and practice, summarizing the influence of collegiate environments on learning and...
by Richard J. Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Designing Healthy Communities, the companion book to the acclaimed public television documentary, highlights how we design the built environment and its potential for addressing and preventing many of the nation's devastating childhood and adult health concerns. Dr. Richard Jackson looks at the root...
The Online Teaching Survival Guide
Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Essential reading for online instructors, updated to cover new and emerging issues and technologies
The Online Teaching Survival Guide provides a robust overview of theory-based techniques for teaching online or technology-enhanced courses. Covering all aspects of online teaching, this book...
by Helen D. Hume
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
An invaluable compendium of 75 creative art projects for art educators and classroom teachers
This authoritative, practical, and comprehensive guide offers everything teachers need to know to conduct an effective arts instruction and appreciation program. It meets secondary art teacher's unique...
by James L. Overholt, Laurie Kincheloe
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
A fun, easy-to-implement collection of activities that give elementary and middle-school students a real understanding of key math concepts
Math is a difficult and abstract subject for many students, yet teachers need to make sure their students comprehend basic math concepts. This engaging...
by Judith A. Muschla, Gary Robert Muschla
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications, Second Edition offers an exciting collection of 60 hands-on projects to help students in grades 6--12 apply math concepts and skills to solving everyday, real-life problems! The book is filled with classroom-tested projects that emphasize: cooperative...
Education Nation
Six Leading Edges of Innovation in our Schools
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
An educational innovator who worked at Sesame Workshop and The George Lucas Educational Foundation offers a new vision for learning
As a result of constant innovation, learning is no longer limited by traditional confines and we're moving beyond students tied to their chairs, desks, and textbooks-and...
It's a Baby Girl!
The Unique Wonder and Special Nature of Your Daughter From Pregnancy to Two Years
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Very practical science based tips and guidelines and stories for moms and dads of baby girls. Including:
Why you need a book just about girls. The very different health issues, genetic predisposition, hard wiring, neurological and biological development of girls, including unique strengths and...
The ADD / ADHD Checklist
A Practical Reference for Parents and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
The bestselling guide, fully revised and updated, offering practical information and tips to help every child with ADHD succeed
The ADD/ADHD Checklist helps parents and teachers to better understand children and teenagers with attention problems and provide the kind of support and intervention...
The Course Syllabus
A Learning-Centered Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
When it was first published in 1997, The Course Syllabus became the gold standard reference for both new and experienced college faculty. Like the first edition, this book is based on a learner-centered approach. Because faculty members are now deeply committed to engaging students in learning, the...
Learning Assessment Techniques
A Handbook for College Faculty
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
50 Techniques for Engaging Students and Assessing Learning in College Courses
Do you want to:
Know what and how well your students are learning?
Promote active learning in ways that readily integrate assessment?
Gather information that can help make grading more systematic and streamlined?
Efficiently...
by Jacqueline E. Kress, Edward B. Fry
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
The essential handbook for reading teachers, now aligned with the Common Core
The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists is the definitive instructional resource for anyone who teaches reading or works in a K-12 English language arts-related field. Newly revised and ready for instant application,...
A Lasting Promise
The Christian Guide to Fighting for Your Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
The revised edition of the bestselling Christian guide to a happy marriage
For more than fifteen years, Scott Stanley's A Lasting Promise has offered solutions to common problems—facing conflicts, problem solving, improving communication, and dealing with core issues—within a Christian...
A Woman's Journal
Helping Women Recover
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
In this new edition, Stephanie Covington includes important new evidence-based data and new proven techniques for her unique and exclusive program, as well as new ways to treat trauma and substance abuse, new principles for gender responsive strategies with women offenders, and a new module on sexuality...