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The research reported here provides reliable evidence on, and knowledge about, mathematics and science instruction that emphasizes student understanding. The book presents a summary of the concepts, findings, and conclusions of NCISLA research from 1996-2001

An exploration of the post-camp experience of Stalin's victims. Based on interviews, memoirs, official records and archives, it describes what Gulag survivors experienced when they returned to society, how officials helped or hindered them, and the psychological consequences of the Gulag.

Takes a comparative look at leaders who were considered charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic in an effort to uncover what constitutes "outstanding leadership." This study includes a qualitative analysis of select leader's lives, and the practical implications observed of the various types.

An overview of the information needed to make educated assumptions about the statistical or probabilistic characteristics of a situation, this text shows how to make intelligent assessments of risk, enhance decision making under uncertainty, facilitate the understanding of statistical information and critically evaluate the likelihood of claims.

This book provides a description of pre-literate children's developing ideas about writing and numerals, and it illustrates the many ways in which cultural artifacts influence the mind and vice versa.

Written for mental health professionals, crisis hot line workers, educators and clergy, this resource discusses how to prevent and recognise child sexual abuse and what to do if abuse is suspected. The content covers many settings in which sexual abuse may occur.

This work presents an alternative approach to presuming that incidents with diverse outcomes of serious injury or death are the result of an error committed solely by the health care provider.

This work deals with the politics of identity and the concept of boundaries during a time of rapid change. It investigates how the role of schooling for Hispanos in Northern New Mexico, has changed significantly over the past three generations.

This volume deals with the relationship of writing to its technologies. It uses history, theory and empirical research to argue that the effects of computer technologies on literacy are complex. The author argues that just as computers impact on discourse, discourse itself impacts technology.

Presenting a longitudinal study of the social and psychological consequences of teen parenting for both parents and children, this text uses both qualitative and quantitative analyses to demonstrate different outcome patterns and recommend social policy programmes.

Proposes a prototype for a global school - an eco-school that functions to protect the biosphere and human rights and to support the happiness and well-being of the school staff, students, and immediate community - and for a global core curriculum based on holistic models for lessons and instruction.

Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism. These changes are fueling a clash between the ideas of free-market and consumer-based neo-liberals and those of human rights and environmental educations.

This work presents the findings of the largest British study of violence on TV ever undertaken. The study was carried out at the same time as similar research was being conducted in the United States. The research groups kept in contact, and one chapter compares findings from Britain and the USA.

This study is concerned with the psychological, academic, and mathematical development of African American adolescents. The author adds complexity to discussions of mathematics learning, achievement, and persistence among African Americans, as well as reconceptualizing these issues.

This text examines the historical contexts and associated ideologies that gave rise to specific punishment policies and practices at each juncture in the history of crime and punishment in the US.

This text shows how the process by which brains construct meaning tends to isolate brains into self-centred worlds and how nature has provided a remedy to ensure reproduction of the young dependent on parents. The remedy is based in the neurochemistry of sex which dissolves belief structures.

Based on a study examining the meaning of the term 'media literacy' in children, this volume concentrates on audiovisual narratives of television and film and their effects. It closely examines children's concepts of real and unreal and how they learn to make distinctions between the two.

This text addresses Internet and multimedia issues from an international perspective by outlining issues of international sovereignty and the potential impact of national interests on global technology policy. It supplies a survey that points out accomplishments, issues and problems.

A description of the impact of US government civilization and education policies on a Native American tribe from 1793 to 1995. The author dicovers a direct relationship between educational policies and their impact on his family and tribe through the process of civilization.

Addresses questions that cross borders between onsite, hybrid, and distributed learning environments, between higher education and workplace, and between distance education and composition pedagogy. This volume explores specific applications of WAC and WID in distributed environments.

This volume is the result of four years work on the study and teaching of multiculturalism and literature - a vicarious counterpart to the 17th-century "Grand Tour". The research team examined how students approached texts from their own and other cultures, and how teachers perceived their role.