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This book comprises 29 hands-on, active learning activities for use in research methods courses in the social sciences.

Review of Research in Education (Volume 38) explores the important role of educational language policies in promoting education as a human right.

Interspersed with inspirational quotes and expert guidance from senior administrators at top universities, this book provides all that students in psychology need to map their course to academic and professional success.

Using a tried-and-tested, five-step process, this book provides students with a reader-friendly introduction to the major types of structural equation models implemented in the Mplus framework.

Using insights gained from more than 100 interviews with school leaders, The Multiplier Effect pinpoints the five disciplines that define how Multipliers bring out the best across their schools.

This brief and accessible title integrates contemporary scholarly research with compelling vignettes to make it appealing to both instructors and undergraduate audiences. While focused on the United States in respect to its target audience and emphasis, it contains considerable international data that compares and contrasts social policies adopted in Europe and elsewhere.

Harness digital storytelling as a powerful tool to teach traditional and 21st-century literacy skills to help students reach deeper understandings in all areas of the curriculum!

This title -- one of a seven book series -- will offer guidance to educators in how to target academic language in planning for student learning as states undergo the implementation of the Common Core and corresponding English language proficiency standards in preparation for the upcoming consortia-led assessments.

This title -- one of a seven book series -- will offer guidance to educators in how to target academic language in planning for student learning as states undergo the implementation of the Common Core and corresponding English language proficiency standards in preparation for the upcoming consortia-led assessments.

Best-selling author and futurist Mark R. Prensky's book of essays challenges educators to "reboot" and make the changes necessary to prepare students for 21st century careers.

Whether new to project-based learning or ready to strengthen existing classroom projects, teachers will find a full suite of strategies and tools in this essential book.

Provides an introduction to the major theories, methods and findings of social network analysis research and the applications from that research.

Suitable for researchers, students, and others interested in the Supreme Court's past, present, and future, this title provides a single-volume reference profiling every Supreme Court justice from John Jay through Elena Kagan.

For beginning ELLs, a picture really is worth a thousand words! Using classroom-friendly techniques, this practical guide shows how to design lessons, select appropriate books, and more.

This professional development resource includes techniques and reproducible tools to help principals and math leaders drive the change process for implementing the CCSS in math.

This updated edition serves as a road map through the CCSS, with clear guidance on multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches to creating your own integrated curriculum.

Presenting a practical approach to CBPR by describing how an individual researcher might understand and conduct CBPR research, this book includies a concise overview of CBPR theoretical underpinnings, methods considerations and ethical issues - all presented in an accessible format.

Explores - in a series of lively case studies - a cross-section of groups, communities, and networks that illustrates the "unleashing" of interest group activity in the electoral process in response to Citizens United and other court cases and events.

Examines state-of-the-art research and knowledge regarding nonverbal behavior and applies that scientific knowledge to a broad range of fields.

An introduction to the concepts, assumptions, and practical implementation procedures involved in common types of projects based on hierarchical linear modelling, multilevel modelling, or linear mixed modelling.

Designed for use with The School Leader's Guide to Restorative Discipline, this guide helps teachers create positive classroom environments based on clear expectations for student behavior.

The book will provide leaders and individuals with practical, doable coaching strategies they can apply today to create successful change.

Based on the successful methods of Dealous Cox, The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence describes a leadership philosophy based on the search for wisdom through personal reflection and community.

Earmarked with the milestones, challenges and decisions that every educator faces, this book is indispensable for building meaningful relationships while nurturing your own passion for teaching.

This book presents a method for bringing data analysis and statistical technique into line with theory.

David B. Spangler outlines powerful diagnostic and NCTM- and Common Core State Standards-aligned RTI strategies for analyzing student errors and provides specific interventions for each error pattern.

This book teaches not just a single method, but a range of methods and to help students understand why there are so many ways of working qualitatively.

In this much-anticipated revision of their unique text, the editors bring together 15 top scholars to highlight the importance of both internal and external forces in foreign policy making.

Governors - both in, and now out of, office - see the job as the best in politics. Why is that? This title shows students how and why governors succeed as policy leaders and makes a case as to why some governors are better at leveraging the institutional advantages of the office.

This book shows school and district leaders how to make the shift to a 1:1 computing/learning environment economically and how to align all systems, including curriculum, instruction, assessment and professional learning, to that goal.