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Risk Management in Student Affairs
Foundations for Safety and Success
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
A comprehensive, accessible guide to the policies and practices of risk management in higher education
Student affairs staff at all types of colleges and universities need to be equipped to help manage risk and protect their institutions, the people they serve, and their resources from unintended...
Solution-Focused RTI
A Positive and Personalized Approach to Response to Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010
A proven method for helping struggling students succeed
Solution-Focused RTI provides an effective approach to Response-to-Intervention using a "solution-focused" method, which emphasizes a student's strengths rather than his or her weaknesses. This important book guides educators to identify...
by Odell Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
The Developing Core Literacy Proficiencies program is an integrated set of English Language Arts/Literacy units spanning grades 6-12 that provide student-centered instruction on a set of literacy proficiencies at the heart of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Reading Closely for Textual...
by Erin Muschla, Judith A. Muschla, Gary Robert Muschla
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Start young children off with Common Core math using these innovative activities
Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities, Grades K-2 provides teachers with the help they need to begin teaching to the new standards right away. The book outlines the Common Core math standards...
Literacy and the Common Core
Recipes for Action
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Tools and Insights for Meeting and Exceeding the Common Core Standards
Literacy and the Common Core offers K–12 teachers clear guidance on how to design units, lessons, and objectives to meet the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts; it’s filled with practical strategies...
by David J. Fine, Brian W. Amy, Peter J. Fos
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Managerial Epidemiology for Health Care Organizations provides readers with a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the application of epidemiological principles to the delivery of health care services and management of health care organizations. As health administration becomes evidence- and...
by Gary Robert Muschla
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Bring Common Core Math into high school with smart, engaging activities
Teaching Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities, Grades 9-12 provides high school teachers with the kind of help they need to begin teaching the standards right away. This invaluable guide pairs each standard...
Undergraduate Research in the Sciences
Engaging Students in Real Science
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Undergraduate research enhances the learning experience of students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Undergraduate Research in the Sciences offers a groundbreaking and practical research-based book on the topic. This comprehensive resource addresses how undergraduate research...
Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Integrate qualitative inquiry approaches and methods into the practice of evaluation
Qualitative inquiry can have a major effect on evaluation practice, and provides evaluators a means to explore and examine various settings and contexts in need of rich description and deeper understanding....
The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain
The Neuroscience of Making the Most of Your Mature Mind
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Good news about getting older from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind
The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain taps into the most current research to present a realistic and encouraging view of the well-aged brain, a sobering look at what can go wrong––and at what might...
Creating Courses for Adults
Design for Learning
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Become an effective adult educator by approaching teaching systematically
As the author describes at the beginning of Creating Courses for Adults, "The big idea of this book is that education for adults has to be designed." Whether in basic skills training, English language classes, professional...
Collaborative Learning Techniques
A Handbook for College Faculty
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
A guide to thirty-five creative assignments for pairs and groups
Collaborative Learning Techniques is the bestseller that college and university faculty around the world have used to help them make the most of small group learning.
A mountain of evidence shows that students who learn...
Living Like You Mean It
Use the Wisdom and Power of Your Emotions to Get the Life You Really Want
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2009
In LIVING LIKE YOU MEAN IT, author Ronald J. Frederick, does a brilliant job of describing why people are so afraid of their emotions and how this fear creates a variety of problems in their lives. While the problems are different, the underlying issue is often the same. At the core of their distress...
Teaching Outside the Box
How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Bring a fresh perspective to your classroom
Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students by Their Brain, Third Edition integrates practical strategies and engaging advice for new and experienced teachers. Whether you are preparing for your first year of teaching or have been working...