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A guide for educators on how to integrate the new national anchor guidelines on academic language into everyday curriculum and assessment, for grades 6-8.

A guide for educators on how to integrate the new national anchor guidelines on academic language into everyday curriculum and assessment, for grades 3-5.

A guide for educators on how to integrate the new national anchor guidelines on academic language into everyday curriculum and assessment.

A guide to quickly and reliably uncovering common math misconceptions in Grades 6-8 with convenient and easy-to-implement diagnostic tools.

Written by two psychologists with expertise in both teaching research methods and applying methods to diverse field settings, this advanced research methods textbook provides the tools and knowledge required to conduct relevant, high-quality research across a variety of settings.

This text/reader exposes students to original primary works (26 readings) in the field of organization and management while providing them with a comprehensive review of the field.

A guide to the terms and phrases that partially shape the origins, purpose, logic, meaning and methods of the practices known as qualitative inquiry, this Fourth Edition has 20 additional terms as well as a Readers' Guide.

This new Encyclopedia on media violence examines theory, research and debates as they relate to the topic in a manner that is both accessible and jargon-free.

"It is refreshing to see a book such as this which is both broad in its conceptualization of the field of child research and deep in its focus. The volume's editors are paragons of awareness when it comes to the need for interdisciplinary research and theory to illuminate the lives and experience of children" - Professor James Garbarino, Loyola University Chicago

Taking the topics of a quantitative methodology course and illustrating them through Monte Carlo simulation, this book illustrates abstract principles, such as bias, efficiency, and measures of uncertainty in an intuitive, visual way.

The SAGE Sourcebook of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement focuses on historical, philosophical, social foundations, practices and models of service-learning and civic engagement.

This two-volume, issues-based reference set, available in both print and electronic formats, surveys varied views on many of the most contentious issues involving mass media ethics and the law.

Mercenaries: A Guide to Private Armies and Private Military Companies provides a comprehensive survey and guide to the mercenary forces, entrepreneurs, and corporations that are a major component of warfare today.

This book explains what the standards say, what they mean, and how to teach them, all organised by the Anchor Standards.

This book is intended to help students and professionals become more aware of group decision making processes and how each member contributes to it to make better quality decisions.

This book presents an overview of common SPSS commands and contains a collection of more or less independent sections to help readers find the specific information they need.

Covering the practical information that all effective primary and secondary school teachers need by applying the latest research findings and practical classroom practices, this new edition has been thoroughly reorganized and updated and features the latest teaching tools, such as Google tools and Web 3.0.

By exploring what close reading is and how to teach it, this book helps teachers implement it in their classroom to enrich students' literacy learning.

Comprehensive guide for primary and secondar teachers, providing practical strategies which can be immediately applied their classroom setting.

Preparing students to work in collaborative, interdependent environments, interesting case studies at the beginning of each chapter draw readers in, provide accessible context for the material and create a desire to know more. Also included is a 360 degree online team assessment tool that will help students to improve their team performance.

Using a strengths-based, action-oriented approach with a strong emphasis on creativity, innovation and the global society and focusing on the interactions among individuals, groups and organizations this text illustrates how organizational behaviour topics fit together.

Offers both students and practitioners of public health and health psychology an indispensable resource providing not only a wealth of information and examples about specific cultural groups in North America but also assessment and implementation guidelines for promoting health and behaviors that optimize health in any cultural community.

Set against trends toward psychological standardization and medicalization, the handbook provides a rich tapestry of reflection by the leading person-centered scholars of our time.

Author Floyd Fowler provides students and researchers who want to collect, analyze, or read about survey data with a sound basis for evaluating how each aspect of a survey can affect its precision, accuracy, and credibility

Teacher professional development (PD) is critical to students' success. This book demonstrates research-based strategies for planning, executing and evaluating the results of PD programs.

English Learners (ELs) are the fastest-growing segment of the K--12 population. This book demystifies the techniques educators need to provide a voice for their unique needs.

In this illuminating multidisciplinary reference, expert scholars explore the culture of mental illness from the non-clinical perspectives of sociology, history, psychology, epidemiology, economics, public health policy, and finally, the mental health patients themselves.

Provides students with a snapshot of a particular theory/approach, the major thinkers associated with each theory, application to a single case study, and critical thinking and application questions to help students internalize the content presented and apply it to their own development as a counselor.

This new text covers the principles of brand management and strategy, succintly following a natural sequence of branding topics, from the building of a new brand, to brand extension and the creation of a global brand, to the management of a firm's brand portfolio.

Counselors in training must complete one class that is dedicated to the history, profession and practice of counseling. In this course, students learn about the various roles counselors play and the fields within they work. Taking an integrated, developmental approach this book includes practice exercises, reflection questions, case studies, as well as pre- and post- self assessments.