Special Education category: 3739 books
Single-case and Small-n Experimental Designs
A Practical Guide To Randomization Tests, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
This practical guide explains the use of randomization tests and provides example designs and macros for implementation in IBM SPSS and Excel. It reviews the theory and practice of single-case and small-n designs so readers can draw valid causal inferences from small-scale clinical studies. The macros...
D.I.V.A. Diaries
The Road to the Ph.D. and Stories of Black Women Who Have Endured
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
The Distinguished, Intellectual, Virtuous, Academic Sistas (D.I.V.A.S.) is a group of Black women who formed a bond with one another as doctoral students as a means of support on their journey through the academy. The acronym defines the women individually and as an entire group. This anthology can...
Teaching 14-19
Everything you need to know....about learning and teaching across the phases
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
The emergence of the new 14-19 sector raises huge learning and teaching issues for both schools and colleges of further education. A new generation of skilled and flexible professionals will need to be trained and re-trained. Teachers in both sectors are understandably nervous about the impending...
Constellation Analysis
A Methodology for Comparing Syllabus Topics Across Educational Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Jason Nicholls’ Constellation Analysis is an important contribution to studies in Comparative Education. From a deeply philosophical perspective (drawing in particular on the work of Hegel, Gadamer and Foucault), the author explores the ways in which topics in history education may be analysed and...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Institutional research (IR) is a growing, applied, and interdisciplinary area that attracts people from a variety of fields, including computer programmers, statisticians, and administrators and faculty from every discipline to work in archiving, analyzing, and reporting on all aspects of higher education...
The Art of Self-Directed Learning
23 Tips for Giving Yourself an Unconventional Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
The Art of Self-Directed Learning is a collection of 23 stories and insights that will help you become a more motivated and self-guided learner. Drawing on a decade of research, adventures, and interviews conducted by Blake Boles (author of College Without High School and Better Than College), this book...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2004
These readings offer critical guidance in the development of assessment instruments for gifted programs.
by Jael Rivas
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
This e-book examines the underlying issues preventing equitable representation of low-income and minority students within existing gifted education programs. It also presents promising practices integrated in programs that have been successful in recruiting and retaining gifted and talented low-income...
The Education and Care of Children with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities
Musical Activities to Develop Basic Skills
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
This is a practical guide to managing the whole curriculum for children with severe learning difficulties (SLD). Crucial guidance and effective strategies are provided on how to reconcile the rights, needs and aspirations of such children in light of recent national trends and QCA guidelines.
Fostering Creativity
The Full Day Kindergarten Classroom in Ontario: Learning Through Inquiry and Play and Its Implications for Child Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Dr. Karias development of the EYE (Early Years Education) Model serves to highlight essential elements for quality Full Day Kindergarten learning and through her research and teaching experience she is able to take a closer look at how to build more creativity into the lives of children. By encouraging...
Teaching the Way Students Learn
Practical Applications for Putting Theories into Action
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
How do students truly learn? What is the best way to teach? Where do you go for help? Every day, you face the challenge of engaging students in learning, often to disappointing results. This book provides a myriad of voices at your side supporting you with sound educational philosophy and practical...
Serving Gifted Students within an RtI Framework
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Given the federal mandate for implementing Response to Intervention (RtI) models, educators may not be aware of how to include gifted students in this system. "Serving Gifted Students Within an RtI Framework" is a practical book that provides an overview of RtI models in gifted education...
The Teacher's Guide to Intervention and Inclusive Education
1000+ Strategies to Help ALL Students Succeed!
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Enables educators to quickly identify individual student’s difficulties and strengths and then target intervention directly where it is needed
by Conklin, Wendy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Explore the reasons as to why gifted students should be serviced in our schools and take the mystery out of teaching them by implementing the research-supported strategies provided in this book. This updated, second edition resource focuses on ways that teachers can identify gifted students and how...