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Updated Edition of Bestseller!Full of warmth and humor, this book will help educators and parents work positively with kids to strengthen their self-esteem and feelings of self-worth.

This easy-to-implement, step-by-step guide can help administrators and teachers design and run effective focus groups as well as analyze and report the information they generate.

Foreword by Grant WigginsAfterword by Michael FullanParsons provides the guidance, step-by-step instructions, and easy-to-use forms to implement this hands-on, in-depth program evaluation.

Foreword by Grant WigginsAfterword by Michael FullanParsons provides the guidance, step-by-step instructions, and easy-to-use forms to implement this hands-on, in-depth program evaluation.

This landmark book combines current research and case studies to address continuous improvement of alternate assessments at all levels.

The authors examine current technology usage for students with disabilities and the successes and obstacles for special education technology implementation.

The authors examine current technology usage for students with disabilities and the successes and obstacles for special education technology implementation.

This practical, step-by-step teaching approach provides the keys to transforming your classroom from teacher-focused to student-focused.

Describes the concept of the principal portfolio, explains why it is needed, and offers an overview of what should be included in the principal portfolio. This book presents the importance of reflection for professional growth, explains how to develop reflective practice, and shows how to use the principal portfolio for evaluation.

Preface''Chapter 1: What Is Teacher Peer Assistance and Review?''Chapter 2: Ten Essential Questions Before You Begin''Chapter 3: Criteria, Standards, and Data''Chapter 4: Defining the Roles, Relationships, and Responsibilities of Key Players''Chapter 5: Reporting and Using the Results''Chapter 6: Best Practices''Resources ''References''Index'' ''

Merge ideas from character education research with best practices in schools and districts. This second edtion provides an up-to-date and comprehensive framework.

It is an essential resource for all post secondary education faculty and should be included in programs devoted to understanding the impact of teacher education on teachers and their students.

Learn to use effective motivation in the classroom and reap the results--increased student learning and decreased management problems for K-12 classrooms.

This book presents a model for delivery of a lifetime of reflection, renewal, and growth--from preservice through retirement.

This book guides schools toward a proactive approach to school security, learning from tragic incidents in the late 1990's in the United States.

This refreshing book on social research methods understands the pressures that modern students face in their work-load and supplies an authoritative study guide to the field. It will fulfil a long-standing need in undergraduate research methods courses for an unpatronising, reliable aid to making sense of research methods.

This text argues that the methodology of quantitative research is a unified discipline with basic notions, procedures and ways of reasoning which can be applied across the social, behavioural and life sciences. Key designs, models and methods in research are covered by leading contributors in their field.

Will the cycles of boom and bust, peace and war of the past 500 years continue? In this title, noted international contributors examine the question of future dominance of the core global systems and include comprehensive discussions of the economic, political and military role of the Pacific Rim, Japan and the former Soviet Union.

An examination of the social and territorial divisions within Europe. Topics covered include: gendered and regional changes in employment; social integration and citizenship issues arising from migration and racial differences; and welfare state responses to the growing number of older people.

How can researchers produce work with relevance to theoretical and formal traditions and requirements of public academic knowledge while remaining faithful to the experiences of research participants based in private settings? This book explores this key dilemma and examines the interplay between theory, epistemology and the detailed practice of research.

This incisive examination of identity, community and cyberspace shows how new technologies are altering the nature of identity, the relation of self to other, and the structure of community and political representation. `Contains valuable insights for scholars teaching and researching in this field' - Political Science

This work highlights key marketing issues in contexts characterized by diversity of markets, competitors and consumers. Cases draw on students' ability to think about broader strategic issues such as global standardization versus customization.

`Interpreting Islam is a useful contribution in the field of Islamic studies, not because of the questions it happens to answer - not too many - but because it helps one udnerstand why some of the questions are at all posed' - Kingshuk Chatterjee, The StatesmanIslam is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the West. Myths and stereotypes surround it. This clear and penetrating volume helps readers to make sense of Islam. It offers a penetrating guide to the diversity and richness of contemporary knowledge about Islam and Muslim society. Throughout, the emphasis is upon the value of pluralistic approaches to Islam, rather than condensing complexity with unifying concepts such as `Orientalism'. Interdisciplinary in scope and organization, the book cuts through the bewildering and seemingly anarchic diversity of contemporary knowledge about Islam and Muslim society. The methodological difficulties and advantages of Western researchers focusing on Islam are fully documented. The book demonstrates how gender, age, status and `insider'/`outsider' status impacts upon research and inflects research findings.

The Joint Committee presents 28 certified standards for assessing evaluation practices in elementary and secondary classrooms. These standards are broken down into four essential attributes of sound evaluation.

The Joint Committee presents 28 certified standards for assessing evaluation practices in elementary and secondary classrooms. These standards are broken down into four essential attributes of sound evaluation.

This guide encourages school leaders and teachers to develop creative strategies for student equity and advancement using tools like accountability, equity audits, and proactive redundancy.

This indispensable handbook includes professional development plans that meet the specific needs of dual-language programs, strategies for building learning communities for dual-language teachers, and tips for involving parents.

This resource provides excellent tools to navigate your way, including building a platform, using management skills, building your profile as a leader, and more!

Mandel outlines how educators can design meaningful learning experiences that will effectively develop a student's ability to thrive in the twenty-first century's workforce.