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The Supreme Court and the Environment, discusses the body of federal statutory law amassed to fight pollution and conserve natural resources that began with the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Addressing issues of social class, race and ethnicity, and more, this book reflects the shift in recent years towards social justice counseling for all mental health professionals.

Looking at the analysis of policies with a view to changing them, this book is written by an expert on policy research and shows ways of presenting alternatives to policy-makers

The authors provide a reasonable and even-handed methodology for teaching reading to K-12 students. Instead of focusing on worksheets and drills, their research-based approach shows teachers how to align instruction with standards, use formative assessment, motivate students, and use best practices in literacy instruction for successful outcomes.

This step-by-step guide shows how to transform schools with value-added analysis, the most robust, statistically significant method for measuring student learning over time. The authors feature a five-step continuous improvement model that shows how to use value-added data both in the classroom and schoolwide to raise student achievement.

This book will show you how to effectively implement instructional activities to address issues of safety and citizenship with today's digital youth.

The author integrates expertise in law and education to provide a collaborative and positive process for teaching secondary students media literacy, safety, and etiquette.

The authors explain how they created an online professional learning network and provide all the tools needed to construct one to fit your school's needs.

This book helps districts define, develop, and implement a systematic approach to districtwide professional development. Its award-winning inquiry model challenges participants to take control of their own learning.

This book provides a useful, straightforward, yet technically rigorous guide for students, researchers, and practitioners that will help with the fundamental issues of design, sampling, response rates, reliability and validity, and ethics.

All you need to know about the background, process and tools needed to undertake and successfully initiate, plan and complete a participatory action research project.

Introduces students to statistics using SPSS by using engaging subject matter and subjective and objective data.

Designed for advanced business students, marketing research academics, practitioners and consultants this text provides guidance on how to master, apply, and disseminate knowledge of recent innovative developments in marketing research.

A practical and student-friendly text which offers students an enhanced understanding of the research process, and equips them with the necessary tools and skills to evaluate studies, translate relevant behavioral sci ence knowledge into practice principles, and implement evaluation procedures in their daily practice.

Supports the growing demand for courses in leadership and ensures that such courses and instruction are developed with multiple considerations and best practices in mind.

The authors' standards-based inclusive grading model helps teachers set expectations, implement appropriate accommodations and modifications, and communicate grading to students and their families.

The authors outline the steps to building a new generation of courses and schools that prepares children to learn and work in the 21st century. Their clear vision for advancing school reform includes providing technology access to all learners and designing professional development which connects technology to teaching.

The authors of this updated edition of a bestseller invite you to reflect on how you influence your students and collaborate with your colleagues.

Emphasizing the theory and methods that social scientists employ to study globalization, this undergraduate text explores how macro globalization processes impact individual lives.

The Second Edition remains the only book to discuss both theory and application of qualitative research techniques to inspire great advertising and build strong brands.

Addresses the unique issues faced by evaluators and applied researchers who are interested in becoming independent consultants, as well as by those who need to re-tool their professional practice.

Clearly explains core health communication principles and processes for designing effective messages for health communication interventions and campaigns while integrating perspectives from multiple areas including psychology, public health, and social marketing.

This book provides practical strategies for teaching conflict resolution skills that help prevent bullying and violence for a safe and peaceful school environment. Modes of practice include peer mediation, narrative counseling, circle conversations, undercover anti-bullying team, "facing up to violence" groups, and restorative conferences.

Presenting readers with key research concepts, feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and methods as well as up-to-date debates in the field, this handbook provides students and researchers with a key resource for understanding and engaging with this field.

Assuming no prior knowledge, this text takes readers through the entire process of qualitative interviewing in a reassuring and accessible way.

Tackling 100 key topics and providing case studies in the area of science and technology leadership, this reference handbook is an essential resource for students in this area.

With the format of the text mirroring the steps needed to be taken to solve multivariate general linear model problems, this clear and accessible guide introduces readers to this area of statistics.

A clear introduction to analysing the data obtained from focus groups and interviews.

This guide for busy principals provides a compendium of daily practices used by successful principals in various settings. Written by former administrators, this handy book's strategies are based on interviews with successful leaders, and include strategies for self-reflection, leading change, managing staff, and establishing learning as a common purpose.

An innovative new text for teaching introductory research methods that addresses emerging instructional needs.