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This book shows how concept and mind maps can be used in quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods research, using student-focused examples and classroom-based activities.

Based on proven principles of professional learning and instructional design, John D. Ross's book provides a path to assessing your needs, the cost, design, and results.

Unique professional learning program emphasizes the importance of intrinsic motivation and respect for cultural diversity to create a transformative approach to school improvement.

Clearly outlines a professional development program to raise staff's cultural competence to teach diverse students. Outlines how to plan and fund the program, and includes hands-on tools. Teachers increase understanding of themselves, their students, and their families. Involves self-reflection, innovation, and collaboration to transform school culture.

Referencing clinical case studies throughout, this engaging book encourages students to critically examine crime-related constructs such as psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder and criminal lifestyle, and to explore evidence-based interventions that could prevent further crime.

This professional development program shows general and special education teachers how to collaborate to provide a high-quality, standards-based mathematics education to all students.

Advocated by the US Department of Education and featuring the SafeMeasures (TM) Collaborative Action Research Process, this approach stresses teachers and students leading the process of creating a safe school climate.

Now featuring a total of 21 case study applications and six completely new chapters, this third edition helps students and researchers to improve upon their own research techniques, and provides them with the basis to critique other case studies.

Provides a view of Narrative Analysis to include personal documents, interactive dimensions of storytelling and how circumstances shape narrative production.

A full introduction to social work and social welfare in the USA

Low- or no-cost tools and lessons for challenging gifted learners across content areas, including language arts, math, science, social studies, and the arts.

Brings together more than 150 primary-source historic documents that helps readers understand how US health policies have evolved to the point where they now exert a tremendous influence over virtually every aspect of American life, from the commercial fortunes of industries to the household budgets of ordinary families.

Highlights changes in the Census Bureau's data collection and dissemination practices for the 2010 enumeration, including the use of a short-form questionnaire for the actual population count, and the release in late 2010 of the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data set based on rolling samples of the US population.

A hands-on guide to school leaders who wish to enact high-powered, system-wide professional learning experiences leading to enhanced collaboration.

Move teams toward impactful collaborative work, improved instruction, and increased student achievement using this guide's scaffolded, step-by-step activities and real-world examples.

This book offers a comprehensive plan for effective curriculum design that can be used as a model for either revising existing Grades 6-12 ELA curriculum or creating an entirely new one to meet the new Common Core ELA standards.

More than 70 humorous and thought-provoking lessons guide improvement-minded educators toward what works, what doesn't, and what matters most in school improvement.

Lead your team to inclusion success-with quantifiable results! Use Karten's hands-on guide to establishing coaching baselines, introducing research-based inclusion strategies, and promoting inclusion schoolwide.

Fundamentals of Psychological Assessment and Report Writing provides a step-by-step model of psychological assessment with case studies and examples to enhance learning.

Provides practical informationa for using iPads to meet the needs of all leaders, including students with disabilities.

This book explains the basis principles and ideas that lie behind personalized high school learning, through the voices of Pathways students, with commentary by their advisors, parents and community mentors.

This book continues to provide comprehensive community corrections coverage with an applied, practical perspective, with a special emphasis on contemporary rehabilitative and re-entry strategies.

A how-to guide that lays out the steps from start to finsih for creating a successful merit pay program.

In this handbook, editors Philip Reichel and Jay Albanese bring together renowned scholars from around the world to offer various perspectives providing global coverage of the increasingly transnational nature of crime and the attempts to provide co-operative cross-national responses.

In this handbook, editors Philip Reichel and Jay Albanese bring together renowned scholars from around the world to offer various perspectives providing global coverage of the increasingly transnational nature of crime and the attempts to provide co-operative cross-national responses.

Easy-to-implement diagnostic tools to help teachers quickly and reliably identify students' understanding of Common Core math concepts

This book, based on experiential framework, aims to bridge solid research and empirical support with clear dialogue, exercises and connections back to theory. The book will cover the process of groups and group leadership, theories of group counseling, methods of practice, and direct experiences, cases, and dialogues of groups in practice.

Written from the insider's perspective, this text helps organizations become more focused on using evaluation to improve policies, strategies, programming and delivery of public and communal services

This accessible book explores and demonstrates methodological tools used to guide qualitative relationships research, especially studies of interpersonal communication.

This heartfelt collection of gems from top education researcher and bestselling author Joseph Murphy is rich with concise and instructive lessons. His insightful tips and strategies will help you stay focused on what matters most-the kids-as you navigate the hectic world of high-stakes testing and accountability.