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Describes the development of Purdue University's IMPACT program (Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation), from its tentative beginning, when it struggled to recruit 35 faculty fellows, to the present, when 350 have been enrolled and the university has more applications than it can currently handle.

Drawing on the concept of the student-ready college, and on emerging research and practices that colleges and universities can use to explore campus-specific social class issues and identify barriers, this book provides examples of support programs and services across the field of higher education.

You've heard it said many times; reading and writing go hand in hand. It's true. But how do you meaningfully connect the two in everyday classroom practice? Taking cues from their students, two seasoned teachers will share what they've learned from occasionally converging their separate reading and writing workshops into one literacy workshop.

Whether they recognize it or not, virtually all colleges and universities face three Grand Challenges: improve the learning outcomes of a higher education; extend more equitable access to degrees; make academic programs more affordable. This book analyses how six pioneering colleges and universities have begun to make progress on all three fronts.

The field of survey sampling has grown considerably. This work covers the modern innovations of survey sampling, both methodological and theoretical.

Predicting Outdoor Sound provides a scholarly yet practical examination for acoustical engineers of the phenomena that affect outdoor sound close to the ground and its prediction.

Northeast India is home to many distinct communities and is an area of incredible ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity. This book explores the shared cultural heritage among the highland and river valley communities of Northeast India and mainland South East Asia, including South China, through oral traditions.

The contents of the book can be categorized in two: fault tolerant attitude filtering algorithms for small satellites and sensor calibration methods to compensate the sensor errors. This book also covers the in-flight sensor calibration algorithms for magnetometers and gyros.

Offers faculty practical strategies to engage students that are grounded in research and endorsed by students themselves. Through student stories, a signature feature of this book, readers will discover why professor actions result in changed attitudes, stronger connections to others and the course material, and increased learning.

A guide for designing professional development programs for graduate students. The teaching competencies framework presented here can serve as the intended curriculum for such programs. The book will also be an excellent resource for evaluating programs and for academics who study graduate students.

A guide for designing professional development programs for graduate students. The teaching competencies framework presented here can serve as the intended curriculum for such programs. The book will also be an excellent resource for evaluating programs and for academics who study graduate students.

Provides instructors with a holistic way of thinking about learners, learning, and online course design. The distinctive strategies derived from an integrated framework for designing the online learning experience help create an experience that is more personalized, engaging, and meaningful for online learners.

Explores read-aloud strategies designed to enhance your reading and writing standards by capitalizing on the way literature can impact caring communities. With over 200 picture-book suggestions, author JoEllen McCarthy demonstrates how you can layer literacy and life lessons throughout your day using multiple connections across learning.

Presents an innovative discourse structure in which students' ideas and voices take the lead while teachers focus on listening and facilitating. In addition to classroom stories and examples, the authors provide 28 micro-lessons designed to help K-5 students develop and exercise their speaking and listening muscles.

In addressing the place of care in liberalism, this collection advances the idea that care ethics can help respond to legitimate criticisms from feminists who argue that liberalism ignores issues of race, class, and ethnicity.

Trauma Care Manual 3e is the definitive evidence-based manual of best trauma practice. Written by members of Trauma Care, this book provides clear practical guidelines for the management of victims of major trauma. New coverage includes chapters on abdominal and urological trauma, as well as trauma in the obese patient.

The book "Rare Isotope Beams: Concepts and Techniques" gives an up to date overview of all these aspects of RIB science inside a single cover containing the scientific motivation, production techniques, experimental techniques for studying exotic nuclei, methods used in condensed matter research and medical applications.

Greenhouse Engineering helps enhance the competitive position of the global greenhouse industry by introducing economically, environmentally and socially sustainable technologies and management strategies.

This handbook is intended to serve as a reference text on statistical methods for randomized controlled trials. It can be used as a textbook for a graduate course in statistical methods for randomized controlled trials as well as a reference for those involved in the design, monitoring and analysis of randomized controlled trials.

This comprehensive textbook covers current state-of-the-art shotcrete technology. It provides an overview of the many and various uses of shotcrete. It includes chapters with case histories on shotcrete materials and mixture proportioning, performance, shotcrete research, equipment and shotcrete application.

With an updated edition including new material in additional chapters, this one-of-a-kind handbook covers not only current standardization efforts, but also anthropometry and optimal working postures, ergonomic human computer interactions, legal protection, occupational health and safety, and military human factor principles.

The book focuses on problem solving for practitioners and model building for academicians under multivariate situations. This book helps readers in understanding the issues, such as knowing variability, extracting patterns, building relationships, and making objective decisions.

This textbook provides a comprehensive and systematic coverage of regional policy, dealing with core theories and looking at contemporary challenges in practice, addressing regional policy across the world.

This book examines the phenomenon of social withdrawal in Japan, which ranges from school non-attendance to extreme forms of isolation and confinement, known as hikikomori.

First published in 1987, Maritime Boundaries and Ocean Resources is a collection of essays which examines the political jurisdiction of ocean boundaries and the affects that this has on world¿s oceans.

This is a complete guide to quasicrystals and next generation materials based on aperiodically ordered designs with potential uses in high performance technological devices. It is an ideal introductory book for graduates, senior scientists, and researchers in physics, chemistry, materials science & engineering.