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My Freshman Yearby Rebekah Nathan
Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 11.99A revealing look at the college freshman experience, from an insider's point of view After fifteen years of teaching anthropology at a large university, Rebekah Nathan had become baffled by her own students. Their strange behavior-eating meals at their desks, not completing reading assignments, remaining silent through class discussions-made her feel as if she were dealing with a completely foreign culture. So Nathan decided to do what anthropologists do when confused by a different culture: Go live with them. She enrolled as a freshman, moved into the dorm, ate in the dining hall, and took a full load of courses. And she came to understand that being a student is a pretty difficult job, too. Her discoveries about contemporary undergraduate... more...
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writingby Michael Harvey
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 6.95Engagingly written and illustrated with scores of telling examples, this plainspoken how-to book for college writers identifies those qualities that most typically distinguish good writing from bad and provides practical measures for avoiding pitfalls. more...
Collaborative Strategic Improvement through Network Action Learningby Paul Coughlan; David Coghlan
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00Improvement is fundamental to the competitiveness of networks and requires the participating firms to collaborate in identifying and introducing changes. This book presents collaborative strategic improvement as a cycle of activities in which firms in a network can engage together. Drawing on actual cases, authors link this cycle with disciplined action learning as a means of building upon experience generated through collaborative action. They describe how a network can learn from experience and deploy that learning in the marketplace. This unique book brings together the domains of operations management, organizational learning and action learning. From an operations management perspective, the work extends the established concept of strategic... more...
Writing a Successful Research Paperby Stanley Chodorow
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2011; US$ 7.50This brief, practical guide offers a clear and comprehensive strategy for conceptualising, approaching, and executing the task of writing a research paper in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, it provides: a critical and process-oriented approach to the tasks of topic selection, formulation of the research question, thesis development, and argumentation; judiciously selected examples drawn from a broad range of disciplines; concise treatment of the aims, methods, and conventions of scholarly research, including the opportunities and pitfalls of Internet use; a wealth of conceptual and organisational tools; and more. more...
Cracking the ACT, 2012 Editionby Princeton Review
Random House Information Group 2012; US$ 13.99If you need to know it, it's in this book. Cracking the ACT, 2012 Edition has been optimized for on-screen viewing with cross-linked questions, answers & explanations, and references. It includes everything you need to master the ACT exam, including: • Access to 3 full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations—2 in the book and 1 online • Comprehensive and engaging review of content covered in all five sections of the ACT, including rhetorical skills and reading comprehension for English, geometry and trigonometry for Math, and experiments for Science Reasoning • Detailed walk-through of how to... more...
Blended Learningby Kaye Thorne
Kogan Page 2003; US$ 16.35'Blended learning' is a workable solution that allows trainers and staff developers to integrate online learning within a broader range of more traditional learning techniques. Demonstrating how old and new methods of improving staff performance and learning can work together to give better results, this work aims to provide an ideal guidebook to creating a new style of training. It shows how the concept of blended learning can be applied most effectively as it helps readers make the first ste more...
The Smart Study Guideby Louise Tamblin; Pat Ward
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2006; US$ 33.95Drawing on the latest research into memory, information processing and learning, this book helps students to tailor their study techniques to their own particular learning style and psychological make-up. An exploration of the tools and techniques essential to success in studying and passing examinations. Suitable for classroom, distance learning, online, or blended learning environments. Includes questionnaires, activities, key learning points, illustrations, diagrams, flow charts, and mindmaps. more...
What Works in Schoolsby Robert J. Marzano
ASCD 2003; US$ 25.95Provides information on the factors affecting student achievement and ways to implement successful teaching strategies. more...
Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners by Jane Hill; Kathleen Flynn
ASCD 2006; US$ 26.95As more and more English language learners (ELLs) are included in mainstream classrooms, what can we do to ensure that they understand academic content and develop their English language skills? To answer this question, authors Jane Hill and Kathleen Flynn have examined decades of research, interviewed mainstream teachers with ELLs in their classrooms, and reviewed the classroom recommendations from Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock?s seminal Classroom Instruction That Works (2001) through an ELL lens. more...
The Asperger Social Guideby Genevieve Edmonds; Dean Worton
Sage Publications Ltd. 2006; US$ 26.95The Asperger Social Guide is a pocket sized travel guide for adults with Asperger s syndrome exploring the social world. Genevieve and Dean have written a practical handbook based on their personal experiences. They know what people with Asperger s syndrome need to know and write in a clear and engaging style. I endorse their explanations, tips and strategies and will be recommending The Asperger Social Guide to my adult clients and those who support them . Professor Tony Attwood. `This looks like a book that our social skills groups and some of our schools could use Social skills are a big problem area for people with AS, so quality help is always needed' - Cathy Mercer, NAS. The imposition of `social skills' teaching is sometimes... more...