This down-to-earth look at the welfare system provides readers with stories from welfare recipients themselves and from those who recently left welfare for work: how they got onto welfare, what the reality of welfare (and welfare reform) is for them, issues in raising their families, their plans, ho..
This book and software package is designed to teach users how to use 10-key calculators by touch using computer assisted instruction and the computer numberpad. Users of this package will become versed in the use of the desktop calculator and the Windows® calculator. Finally, partially completed Exc..
Written by a paramedic with experience teaching at all levels (EMT-P, nurses, etc.)-this user-friendly text presents a practical, easy-to-understand system for 12-Lead ECG interpretation and assessment. Based on the nationally reknown 12-lead ECG workshop, "Multi-Lead Medics." A focus on the “need t..
Product DescriptionThis collection of recent, opposing articles on 21 of the most talked-about topics in world politics offers readers a way to tie together theory and concepts with today's headlines. Its informative yet provocative readings encourage discussions, questions, and analytical and criti..
Relying on the basic principles of journalism, 21st Century Feature Writing makes feature writing accessible for students through a combination of student and professional examples. While most other texts focus on high-level professional feature writing; 21st Century Feature Writing focuses on entry..
Written in a conversational style, this book explores today's technologies and the future of manufacturing - through details of the product design process, rapid prototyping, a survey of manufacturing techniques relevant to today's production of consumer electronics or electromechanical devices, and..
35 Classroom Strategies for Building a Community of Learners includes strategies for classroom management that teachers can apply with step-by-step instructions for each. KEY TOPICS: Within each section, strategies are explained and steps in implementing the strategies are given. Two classroom examp..
Fifty Early Childhood Guidance Strategies presents an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand positive approach involving the young children themselves in eliminating their inappropriate behavior. Teachers and student teachers alike will quickly learn what to expect when children first enter the early child..
The new edition of 50 Literacy Strategies: Step by Step by Gail E. Tompkins is a conveniently organized resource for all elementary and middle school teachers, providing research-based and classroom-tested strategies to develop literacy skills. Everything you need to know to implement each strategy ..
This popular book of 50 strategies for enhancing social studies learning in K-8 classrooms offers valuable ideas and applications for pre-service and practicing teachers alike. Always appreciated for its connections between theory, research, and practice, and the extensions provided through web site..
50 Strategies for Communicating and Working with Diverse Families 2nd EDITION by Janet Gonzalez-Mena. Prentice Hall,2009 Author: Gonzalez-Mena, Janet Publisher: Pearson Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0137002319 ISBN-13: 9780137002313..
The Perfect Companion to Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model!!!This long-awaited new book by acclaimed authors MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria offers research-based, SIOP®-tested techniques for lessons that include the eight SIOP® components. The 99 ideas and activ..
This full-color atlas includes 107 bone and 47 soft-tissue photographs with easy-to-read labels. This new edition of the atlas contains a brand new comprehensive histology photomicrograph section featuring over 50 slides of basic tissue and organ systems. Featuring photos taken by renowned biomedica..
This brief but comprehensive book tells the story of how archaeology changed from a romantic adventure into a science. Its vivid narrative combines tales of archaeological discovery with the changing social conditions and theoretical perspectives that helped turn archaeology into a sophisticated dis..
This text uses an interactive case study approach to guide students in understanding and implementing an effective classroom management program and is focused on turning sound theories into practice. The approach used is called the IOSIE method (Identifying the problem, deciding on the Objectives, d..
A Casebook for Exploring Diversityfocuses on the wealth of multicultural and diversity issues faced by today's teachers. Its authentic cases offer opportunities for analysis on several levels and are sufficiently complex so as to invite multiple interpretations. They present examples of everyday sit..
This practical book shows prospective teachers of children ages 2 to 5 how the basic characteristics of young children should influence instructional planning, curriculum, and expectations. Coverage is organized around eleven areas of experience that are critical to a child's development. Coverage i..
In the spirit of the main text, the Companion pays attention to the linguistic effects ofsocial, political, and literary events. The maps are designed to set the geographical contexts forthese cultural influences during the Indo-European period, the Middle Ages, and the eras of theBritish Empire and..
A Concise Guide to Technical Communication takes a situational approach, emphasizing issues of audience and purpose for any technical communication task. The first text of its kind to acknowledge that most technical communication today takes place electronically, this Concise Guide offers a seamless..
This student-friendly and well-balanced overview of the field of introductory linguistics pays special attention to linguistic anthropology and reveals the main contributions of linguistics to the study of human communication and how issues of culture are relevant. Its workbook format contains well-..
The Concise Public Speaking Handbook 3e offers the authors’ unique, audience-centered approach in a brief and inexpensive spiral-bound book. The comprehensive coverage of key public speaking topics and skills makes this new offering an ideal option for anyone looking to improve their public speaking..
Designed to facilitate the use of children's books from all genres, this exceptional resource helps teachers, librarians, and media specialists select the best children’s literature for the classroom, library, or home.Unlike an anthology of children's literature, which includes selected chapters or ..