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In this book, Nancy S. Williams emphasizes the development of higher-level thinking skills and critical discussion with intermediate and middle school struggling readers. Discussion questions and extension activities_specific to over 100 children's literature selections_are included.

Most administrative internships and educational leadership programs are thorough in providing theory and basic practice, but lack in preparing future administrators for the vast scope of responsibility in the principalship. Peter Hall wrote this book as a principal at the conclusion of his first year, thus the point of view comes straight from the trenches. This is a no-holds-barred, honest look at the pelting storm that awaits the rookie scho...

Dedicated to the life and work of Heinz Von Foerster, this is a double issue of the journal "Cybernetics and Human Knowing".

Diabetes: The Ultimate Teen Guide is a practical guide for teens with diabetes that is written in everyday teen language. This book talks about issues specific to teens ages 16 to 19, and it includes multiple no-nonsense tips that demonstrate how life can be lived to the full even with diabetes.

28th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites A & B: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 25, Issues 3 and 4

This book reviews ways that parents and teachers can work together to create meaningful learning experiences at home and school that meet the needs of students, teachers, parents, and community members. It highlights how an understanding of authentic learning can improve a child's performance in the classroom and their interest in learning.

This volume is a collection of essays written over the last ten years within the framework of a post-Shoah Christian theology, outlined in Christian Theology After the Shoah (University Press of America, 1993). The essays included in this work take seriously the impact of the Shoah and the Jewish-Christian dialogue, covering fresh approaches to sacred texts, new visions for Jewish-Christian relations and giving insight into significant global ...

Author Chet H. Elder provides school administrators with a simple method, called Exit Counseling, to rid their schools of mediocre, marginal, and incompetent teachers. He teaches principals how to build a case and document it so tightly that virtually any union challenge will fail. His theory is simple straightforward, clear, and concise.

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In this text, authors William J. Rorabaugh, Donald T. Critchlow, and Paula Baker effectively blend political, social and cultural history to present a balanced portrait of America's past. Designed to emphasize major themes and events, the work also captures the rich and often amusing character of the American people. Extensively revised and expanded from America: A Concise History (Rorabaugh and Critchlow), America's Promise is a succinct, hig...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die ersten Hörbücher auf dem deutschen Markt waren Klassiker der Weltliteratur. Damals wie heute gelten diese als zeitlos, krisenfest und pflegeleicht. Dennoch gehen immer mehr Hörbuchverlage und -labels dazu über, verstärkt aktuelle Titel und ¿Hörbücher aktueller Bestseller anzubieten. Ein Zeichen dafür, dass die Weltliteraturprogramme deutscher Hörbuchverlage nicht mehr den Kundenwünschen entsprechen? Da welt...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Der Begriff Location Based Service (LBS), welcher die Bereitstellung von Diensten zur Position eines mobilen Endgerätes und die damit einhergehenden Möglichkeiten verdeutlicht, spielt seit einigen Jahren als ein Synonym für eine dieser sog. ¿Killertechnologien¿ eine Rolle in den Medien. Verschiedenste Ansätze und Lösungen streiten um die möglicherweise zu verdienenden Gelder. In dieser Arbeit greift der Kandidat auf...

Alternative Urban Futures challenges existing models of urban development and promotes alternative paradigms, processes, and technologies designed to fulfill human needs and limit the harmful impacts of human activities on the environment.

This new edition of the first comprehensive feminist, theoretical synthesis of the archaeological work on gender reflects the extensive changes in the study of gender and archaeology over the past 8 years. New issues--such as sexuality studies, the body, children, and feminist pedagogy--enrich this edition while the author updates work on the roles of women and men in such areas as human origins, the sexual division of labor, kinship and other...

The scholarship of this book is based upon the personal experience of author Benjamin Lee Wren, who taught World Civilization for six years at the high school level and 35 years at the university level. The book stresses world civilization should be taught at all levels of academia because, due to the innovations of the last hundred years, the world has evolved into a 'global village'.

A Metaphysical Odyssey: The True Story of a Thunderbird Medicine Woman. It is the story of Grandfather, Little Hawk and Desert Wolf. It is a true story of romantic passion, drama, adventure, learning, and mystery. It is a story for all ages. Grandfather Thundering Elk says, " A good story, upon hearing it, has the ability to heal...

When Will I Stop Hurting?: Teens, Loss, and Grief is a self-help guide for teenagers who are struggling with bereavement and the emotional difficulties it presents. This book provides an overview of grief as a painful but normal process, and it offers insights from bereavement experts as well as practical suggestions for coping with loss, including personal accounts from teens.

What and how museums should collect is the question that the contributors to this study consider as they acknowledge the financial and social realities, limitations and complexities of the world in which they operate.

Bioceramics are ceramic materials primarily used for the repair, reconstruction and replacement of diseased or damaged parts of the musculo-skeletal system. The use of these materials has led to remarkable advances in the quality of life for millions of people. In the future, bioceramics will continue to be improved upon and new materials and applications will be discovered.

In 1677 a slim quarto volume was published anonymously as A Philosophical Essay of Musick. Written by Francis North (1637-85), chief justice of the Common Pleas, the Essay is in the form of a legal case argued from an hypothesis. Utilising the pendulum as his hypothesis, North provided a rationale from mechanics for the emerging new musical practice we now call 'tonality'. He also made auditory resonance the connecting link between acoustical ...