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Higher-Order Growth Curves and Mixture Modeling with Mplus: A Practical Guide (Multivariate Applications Series)
by Kandauda K.A.S. Wickrama Tae Kyoung Lee Catherine Walker O’Neal Frederick O. LorenzThis practical introduction to second-order and growth mixture models using Mplus introduces simple and complex techniques through incremental steps. The authors extend latent growth curves to second-order growth curve and mixture models and then combine the two. To maximize understanding, each model is presented with basic structural equations, figures with associated syntax that highlight what the statistics mean, Mplus applications, and an interpretation of results. Examples from a variety of disciplines demonstrate the use of the models and exercises allow readers to test their understanding of the techniques. A comprehensive introduction to confirmatory factor analysis, latent growth curve modeling, and growth mixture modeling is provided so the book can be used by readers of various skill levels. The book’s datasets are available on the web. Highlights include: -Illustrative examples using Mplus 7.4 include conceptual figures, Mplus program syntax, and an interpretation of results to show readers how to carry out the analyses with actual data. -Exercises with an answer key allow readers to practice the skills they learn. -Applications to a variety of disciplines appeal to those in the behavioral, social, political, educational, occupational, business, and health sciences. -Data files for all the illustrative examples and exercises at www.routledge.com/9781138925151 allow readers to test their understanding of the concepts. -Point to Remember boxes aid in reader comprehension or provide in-depth discussions of key statistical or theoretical concepts. Part 1 introduces basic structural equation modeling (SEM) as well as first- and second-order growth curve modeling. The book opens with the basic concepts from SEM, possible extensions of conventional growth curve models, and the data and measures used throughout the book. The subsequent chapters in part 1 explain the extensions. Chapter 2 introduces conventional modeling of multidimensional panel data, including confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and growth curve modeling, and its limitations. The logical and theoretical extension of a CFA to a second-order growth curve, known as curve-of-factors model (CFM), are explained in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 illustrates the estimation and interpretation of unconditional and conditional CFMs. Chapter 5 presents the logical and theoretical extension of a parallel process model to a second-order growth curve, known as factor-of-curves model (FCM). Chapter 6 illustrates the estimation and interpretation of unconditional and conditional FCMs. Part 2 reviews growth mixture modeling including unconditional growth mixture modeling (Ch. 7) and conditional growth mixture models (Ch. 8). How to extend second-order growth curves (curve-of-factors and factor-of-curves models) to growth mixture models is highlighted in Chapter 9. Ideal as a supplement for use in graduate courses on (advanced) structural equation, multilevel, longitudinal, or latent variable modeling, latent growth curve and mixture modeling, factor analysis, multivariate statistics, or advanced quantitative techniques (methods) taught in psychology, human development and family studies, business, education, health, and social sciences, this book’s practical approach also appeals to researchers. Prerequisites include a basic knowledge of intermediate statistics and structural equation modeling.
Higher-Order Growth Curves and Mixture Modeling with Mplus: A Practical Guide (Multivariate Applications Series)
by Tae Kyoung Lee Catherine Walker O’Neal Frederick O. Lorenz Kandauda A.S. WickramaThis practical introduction to second-order and growth mixture models using Mplus introduces simple and complex techniques through incremental steps. The authors extend latent growth curves to second-order growth curve and mixture models and then combine the two using normal and non-normal (e.g., categorical) data. To maximize understanding, each model is presented with basic structural equations, figures with associated syntax that highlight what the statistics mean, Mplus applications, and an interpretation of results. Examples from a variety of disciplines demonstrate the use of the models and exercises allow readers to test their understanding of the techniques. A comprehensive introduction to confirmatory factor analysis, latent growth curve modeling, and growth mixture modeling is provided so the book can be used by readers of various skill levels. The book’s datasets are available on the web. New to this edition: * Two new chapters providing a stepwise introduction and practical guide to the application of second-order growth curves and mixture models with categorical outcomes using the Mplus program. Complete with exercises, answer keys, and downloadable data files. * Updated illustrative examples using Mplus 8.0 include conceptual figures, Mplus program syntax, and an interpretation of results to show readers how to carry out the analyses with actual data. This text is ideal for use in graduate courses or workshops on advanced structural equation, multilevel, longitudinal or latent variable modeling, latent growth curve and mixture modeling, factor analysis, multivariate statistics, or advanced quantitative techniques (methods) across the social and behavioral sciences.
Higher-Order Thinking Skills: Challenging All Students to Achieve (In A Nutshell Ser.)
by R. Bruce WilliamsExplicit instruction in thinking skills must be a priority goal of all teachers. In this book, the author presents a framework of the five Rs: Relevancy, Richness, Relatedness, Rigor, and Recursiveness. The framework serves to illuminate instruction in critical and creative thinking skills for K-12 teachers across content areas. Each chapter treats one category of thinking skills. A chapter begins with a brief anecdote that illustrates the category, then discusses the skill, presents relevant life questions, and concludes by examining chosen strategies for the three thinking levels.
Higher Education and the Common Good
by Simon MarginsonIn the last half century higher education has moved from the fringe to the centre of society and accumulated a long list of functions. In the English-speaking world, Europe and much of East Asia more than two thirds of all school students enter tertiary education. Bulging at the seams, universities are meant to be fountains of new knowledge, engines of prosperity and innovation, drivers of regional growth, skilled migration and global competitiveness, and makers of equality of opportunity. Yet universities cannot drive prosperity on their own and they can do little to stop rising income inequality, which is shaped by taxation policy and income determination in the workplace. Worse, the growing emphasis on the private benefits of higher education, without regard for its public benefits, has positioned the higher education sector as elite forming, as a maker of social inequality rather than a corrective to it.In the English-speaking countries, in which government sees itself as servant of high capitalism, official policy models higher education as a market and has narrowed its purpose to the enhancement of individual earnings and employability, partly to justify the ever-rising tuition fees. Higher education systems have become intensely competitive and increasingly stratified, with value concentrated at the top. In this quasi-aristocratic economics of education, mass institutions are losing social value and the collective public benefits of universities are unmonitored, underfunded and ignored. In short, governments expect both too much and too little of higher education, and its contribution to the common good is being eroded. Yet this sector can play a key role in rebuilding social solidarity and mobility in fractured societies.
Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Cognitive Mimetics. The PAAMS Collection: International Workshops of PAAMS 2023, Guimaraes, Portugal, July 12–14, 2023, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1838)
by Dalila Durães Marin Lujak Alfonso González-Briones Alia El Bolock João CarneiroThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Workshops on Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Cognitive Mimetics. The PAAMS Collection, PAAMS 2023, held in Guimaraes, Portugal, during July 12–14, 2023.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: provides a unique opportunity to bring multi-disciplinary experts, academics, and practitioners together to exchange their experience in the development of agents and multi-agent systems.
Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Complex Systems Simulation. The PAAMS Collection: International Workshops of PAAMS 2022, L'Aquila, Italy, July 13–15, 2022, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1678)
by Fernando Lopes Ana Almeida Dalila Durães Alfonso González-Briones Alia El Bolock Alberto Fernandez Jaume JordánThis book constitutes the proceedings of the workshops co-located with the 20th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2022, held in L'Aquila, Italy, in July 2022.The total of 25 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions.The papers in this volume stem from the following meetings: Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Industry (AI4Industry); Workshop on Adaptive Smart areaS and Intelligent Agents (ASSIA); Workshop on Character Computing (C2); Workshop on Deep Learning Applications (DeLA); Workshop on Decision Support, Recommendation, and Persuasion in Artificial Intelligence (DeRePAI); Workshop on Multi-agent based Applications for Modern Energy Markets, Smart Grids and Future Power Systems (MASGES).
Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Digital Twins: International Workshops of PAAMS 2024, Salamanca, Spain, June 26–28, 2024, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2149)
by Fernando Lopes Alfonso González-Briones Alia El Bolock Karl Mason Vicente Julian Inglada Cedric Marco-Detchart Jaume Jordan Nada SharafThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Workshops on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2024, held in Salamanca, Spain, during June 26–28, 2024. The 32 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. Papers from the following workshops have been included in these proceedings: - Workshop on Adaptive Smart areaS and Intelligent Agents (ASSIA) Workshop on Character Computing (C2) Workshop on Cognitive Assistants and Data Fusion (CogniBlend) Workshop on Decision Support, Recommendation, and Persuasion in Artificial Intelligence (DeRePAI) Workshop on Intelligent Agents in Science and Engineering (IASE) Workshop on Modelling and Simulation of Modern Energy Markets and Future Power Systems (MASES) Workshop on Digital Twinning for training purposes in Industry 4.0 (Twin4Train)
Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Social Good. The PAAMS Collection: International Workshops of PAAMS 2021, Salamanca, Spain, October 6–9, 2021, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1472)
by Vicente Julian Fernando Lopes Fernando De La Prieta Dalila Durães Alia El Bolock João CarneiroThis book constitutes the proceedings of the workshops co-located with the 19th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2021, held in Salamanca, Spain, in October 2021.The total of 17 full and 9 short papers presented in this volume were carefully selected from 42 submissions.The papers in this volume stem from the following meetings:Workshop on Character Computing (C2); Workshop on Deep Learning Applications (DeLA); Workshop on Decision Support, Recommendation, and Persuasion in Artificial Intelligence (DeRePAI); Workshop on Multi-agent based Applications for Modern Energy Markets, Smart Grids and Future Power Systems (MASGES); Workshop on Smart Cities and Intelligent Agents (SCIA).
Highway Construction Coordinator: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Construction Coordinator Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: administrative supervision; highways, drainage facilities, related structures, and snow and ice control; safety practices; plans, specifications and technical instructions; scheduling work and equipment; and more.
Highway Construction Inspector: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Construction Inspector Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Highway Construction Supervisor: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Construction Supervisor Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: administrative supervision; methods and materials of road construction; highways, drainage facilities, related structures, and snow and ice control; safety practices; plans, specifications and estimates; and more.
Highway Contractor: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Contractor Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: erosion and sedimentation control; tunneling; railroad construction; marine construction; licensing; and more.
Highway Crew Supervisor: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Crew Supervisor Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Highway Engineer: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Engineer Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: Principles and practices of civil engineer; Modern methods and techniques as applied to the construction and maintenance of highways; Ability to plan and lay out the work of others; and more.
Highway Equipment Supervisor: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Equipment Supervisor Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: scheduling work and equipment; preparation of purchase and repair specifications for highway maintenance equipment; uses and operation of heavy-duty highway construction and maintenance equipment including safe operating practices; supervision; and more.
Highway General Foreman: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway General Foreman Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to:Methods, materials, tools, terminology, and equipment used in street and road construction and maintenance; Street cleaning an maintenance, including scraping, flushing, snow removal, salting and sanding; Occupational, environmental, public, traffic control and work zone safety practices; and more.
Highway Maintenance Specialist: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Maintenance Specialist Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: materials, methods, procedures and equipment used in the reconstruction and maintencance of highways, drainage structures, and related facilities including, highway maintenace safety practices; specifications, consruction plans, and quantitiy and cost estimates; purchasing procedures, cost controls and contract administration; principles of work methods, mesurement, and control; administration; and more.
Highway Maintenance Supervisor: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series #C-2631)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Maintenance Supervisor Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: methods and materials of road reconstruction; highways, drainage facilities, related structures, and snow and ice control; bridge reconstruction, maintenance and repair; safety practices; plans, specifications and technical instructions; and more.
Highway Repairer: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Repairer Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Highway Reports & Inventory Assistant: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Reports and Inventory Assistant Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: Tools, equipment, materials and terminology used in highway maintenance work; Record keeping; Arithmetic computation; Interpreting written directions; and more.
Highway Zone Foreman: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Highway Zone Foreman Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: methods, materials, tools and equipment related to street and road construction and maintenance; street cleaning and maintenance; supervision; work scheduling; and other related areas.
Hijacking Jesus: How Progressive Christians Are Remaking Him and Taking Over His Church
by Jason JimenezProgressives have fabricated a new Jesus so different from the real Savior that their faith can hardly be called Christianity.Progressive Christian leaders have abandoned the resurrected Savior of historical Christianity, radically reinterpreting Him as a Jewish mystic or a man of God devoid of divine claims and miracles. In the postmodern era, "remaking Jesus" has become a deadly temptation. The &“modern Jesus&” of progressives—supposedly friendlier and more accepting than the Savior we know from the Gospels—is gaining popularity and acceptance among self-identified Christians. But they don&’t realize that progressive Christianity rejects the biblical revelation of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. Hijacking Jesus addresses perennial questions about the nature of Christ and his teaching, testing the historical and theological accuracy of progressive Christians. Their &“Jesus&” is simply no match for the reliability of the four Gospels, which are the most credible historical sources for Jesus&’s life, teachings, miracles, death, and resurrection. Christians can accept no substitute for the witness of the Gospels and the theological doctrines of the church that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.
Hildegard of Bingen: Scientist, Composer, Healer, and Saint
by DemiHildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable and influential women of her time. Blessed with an astonishing array of talents, she was at once a mystic, theologian, scientist, doctor, nutritionist, composer, writer, linguist, and artist. Born to a noble family in Mainz, Germany, Hildegard entered a Benedictine monastery and went on to become abbess of a thriving community near Bingen. From a young age she received extraordinary &“lights&” or visions of Heaven, which she described in a book called Know the Ways (of God). Hildegard&’s collection of imaginative music and poetry includes seventy-seven songs for the liturgical year and a morality play, making her the most prolific composer of early music in Europe. Her pioneering scientific work formed the basis for the study of natural history in Germany, while her holistic medical studies helped to provide cures for numerous diseases. Hildegard was also the author of a cookbook recommending nutritional &“foods of joy&” and she even invented a new language! Such was Hildegard&’s fame and influence that bishops, popes, and kings, as well as humble peasants, sought out her wise counsel. Today, Hildegard of Bingen is recognized as a saint and doctor by the Catholic Church and is also revered by many Lutherans and other Protestants. Find out more about her life in this beautifully illustrated book by award-winning author, Demi.
Hilfe im inklusiven Unterricht: Ein- und Ausschlussdynamiken kooperativen Lernens (Edition Kasuistik)
by Saskia BenderDas Buch beschreibt Formen von Hilfepraktiken, wie sie sich im inklusiven Unterricht als typische Modellierungen des pädagogischen Umgangs mit einer stark gesteigerten Heterogenität ausdifferenzieren. Im Zentrum der fallrekonstruktiven Annäherungen an die Etablierung und Prozessierung von Hilfeinteraktionen steht die Frage, wie sich die in Orientierung an den Menschenrechten modellierten inklusiven Ansprüche zu den helfenden und unterstützenden Praktiken in inklusiven unterrichtlichen Kontexten verhalten.
Hilfeplangespräche in der Sozialpädagogischen Familienhilfe: Partizipation aus der Adressat*innenperspektive (Soziale Arbeit als Wohlfahrtsproduktion #28)
by Jana DemskiJana Demski untersucht in der vorliegenden Studie das Hilfeplangespräch aus der Adressat*innenperspektive. Elternschaft ist intensiviert und Familien können mit den (gesellschaftlichen) Ansprüchen überfordert sein. Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe (SPFH) kann eine Antwort bereitstellen, doch fehlt es in diesem Handlungsfeld bislang an Forschungen. Die Hilfeplangespräche in der SPFH sollten im Sinne der Adressat*innen mehr Aufmerksamkeit erfahren, damit Adressat*innen in diesem zentralen Aushandlungsmomentum Partizipation erleben können.