Guilford Publications: 631 books
Assessing Performance
Designing, Scoring, and Validating Performance Tasks
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2008
A comprehensive resource for assessment practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing, administering, scoring, and validating a range of performance tasks, including literacy and other types of proficiency assessments. The authors explore how to establish the purpose of the...
by Katherine A. Beauchat, EdD, Katrin L. Blamey
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Written expressly for preschool teachers, this engaging book explains the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of implementing best practices for instruction in the preschool classroom. The authors show how to target key areas of language and literacy development across the...
by Stanley L. Brodsky, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
A pragmatic guide to a growing area of professional practice, this book describes the multiple roles of the trial consultant and provides tools for carrying them out competently and ethically. Leading authority Stanley Brodsky uses examples from actual trials and depositions to illustrate how knowledge...
Best Practices of Literacy Leaders
Keys to School Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Bringing together leading experts, this book presents the principles of effective literacy leadership and describes proven methods for improving instruction, assessment, and schoolwide professional development. The book shows how all school staff--including reading specialists and coaches, administrators,...
The Reading Specialist, Third Edition
Leadership and Coaching for the Classroom, School, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
A trusted practitioner guide and course text, this book provides a complete introduction to the multiple roles of the reading specialist in grades PreK-12. Rita M. Bean offers evidence-based best practices for working with struggling readers; supporting teachers through professional development and...
Evaluation Essentials, Second Edition
From A to Z
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text has given thousands of students and new evaluators the practical information and expert advice needed to conduct or use evaluations. In 26 concise sections, the book describes how to articulate answerable evaluation questions, collect and analyze...
Feminist Evaluation and Research
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
This thought-provoking book explores the 'whats,' 'whys,' and 'hows' of integrating feminist theory and methods into applied research and evaluation practice. Illustrative cases drawn from U.S. and international studies address a range of social and health issues. The book provides an overview of...
Essential Skills in Family Therapy, Third Edition
From the First Interview to Termination
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Many students and beginning clinicians have relied on this engaging, authoritative text--now revised and expanded--to hit the ground running in real-world clinical practice. Focusing on what works, the authors show how to flexibly draw on multiple theories and techniques to conduct comprehensive assessments,...
Assessing Organizational Communication
Strategic Communication Audits
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
This essential guide offers a detailed framework for assessing communication processes within an organization and using the results to develop improved organizational strategies. Presented in clear, accessible prose are the "tools of the trade" for planning and initiating audits, gathering...
Political Ecology
An Integrative Approach to Geography and Environment-Development Studies
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
This volume offers a unique, integrative perspective on the political and ecological processes shaping landscapes and resource use across the global North and South. Twelve carefully selected case studies demonstrate how contemporary geographical theories and methods can contribute to understanding...
The Lost Art of Listening, Second Edition
How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
One person talks; the other listens. It's so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we actually are. Why do we so often fail to connect when speaking with family members, romantic partners, colleagues, or friends? How do emotional reactions...
Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis
Phenomenological Psychology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, and Intuitive
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches. Leading scholars apply their respective analytic lenses to a narrative account and interview featuring "Teresa," a young opera singer who...
Method Meets Art, Second Edition
Arts-Based Research Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
A highly accessible introduction to arts-based research (ABR), this widely used text provides a practical guide for researchers who want to uncover information that traditional methods cannot capture. Patricia Leavy addresses all eight major ABR genres--narrative inquiry, fiction-based research, poetry,...
Missing Data
A Gentle Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2007
While most books on missing data focus on applying sophisticated statistical techniques to deal with the problem after it has occurred, this volume provides a methodology for the control and prevention of missing data. In clear, nontechnical language, the authors help the reader understand the different...