- Table View
- List View
Aspects Of Western Civilization: Problems And Sources In History, Volume 2
by Perry RogersAspects of Western Civilization : Problems and Sources in History, Volume 1, 7/e, challenges students with basic questions regarding historical development, human nature, moral action, and practical necessity. This collection of diverse primary sources explores a wide variety of issues and is organized around seven major themes: the Power Structure, Social and Spiritual Values, the Institution and the Individual, Imperialism, Revolution and Historical Transition, the Varieties of Truth, and Women in History.
Aspekte neu: Mittelstufe Deutsch, Arbeitsbuch 1
by Ute Koithan Helen Schmitz Annerose Bergmann Tanja Sieber Ralf Sonntag Cornelia RademacherNIMAC-sourced textbook
Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers: A Practical Reference
by Deborah E. BouchouxThe Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers is the concise reference students turn to again and again. <p><p> Deborah E. Bouchoux’s straightforward exposition, examples, and exercises cover every stage of the writing process. Practical tips and strategies clarify gray areas and shed light on important details that are frequently overlooked. Numerous examples throughout the text highlight the differences between ineffective and effective legal writing. , and the ethical implications of using social media New sample documents, including a demand letter, an email letter, and an email memo Coverage of Zoom-type conferences, as part of electronic communications.
Assess Yourself Activities For Access To Health (Thirteenth Edition)
by Rebecca J. DonatelleLong available online, now these popular self assessments also come in print. This supplement allows instructors who don't assign the popular Assess Yourself activities online to still assign them as traditional homework. Assess Yourself questionnaires and activities help students evaluate their health habits and facilitate behavior change.
Assessing Learners With Special Needs: An Applied Approach
by Terry OvertonAssessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach, 8/e provides readers with a practical, step-by-step approach to learning about the complex procedures of the assessment process. This new edition provides a new presentation format and a new format for assessing student mastery of material through interactive learning activities.
Assessing Reading Multiple Measures
by Linda Diamond B. J. ThorsnesThe 2008 revised 2nd edition provides a collection of tests for the comprehensive assessment of skills related to reading. These assessments can help you, as a teacher, identify why a student is having reading difficulty and determine what the next step in instruction should be to remediate that difficulty. The assessments are intended to assist the teacher in determining the instructional needs of all students and in monitoring progress throughout the course of instruction
Assessing and Treating Trauma and PTSD (Second Edition)
by Linda J. SchuppAssessing and Treating Trauma and PTSD, 2nd Edition, masterfully explores the nature of traumatic stress and provides spot-on assessment tools for various trauma-related criteria. The second edition updates include all trauma-related DSM-5 diagnoses, as well as new theories, research and therapeutic techniques. This collection of physiological and psychological techniques provides professions with a practical, eclectic approach to a variety of treatments. * "High-Risk" Indicators for PTSD * Changes from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 * DSM-5 Predictors for PTSD * Dissociation and Treatments * Attachment Theory and Neurobiology of Broken Attachment Bonds * Nutritional Supplement Update for the Prevention and Treatment of PTSD * Current Psychopharmacological Studies for PTSD * The Relationship as Therapy * Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Criteria and Treatment
Assessment In Early Childhood Education (Sixth Edition)
by Sue C. WorthamWritten for preschool and primary school teachers involved in preparing for, administering, interpreting, and moving forward with the results of informal and standardized testing, Wortham's Assessment in Early Childhood Education, Sixth Edition, is one of the most accessible and practical books available in measurement and evaluation examines both standardized and informal assessment tools from a developmental perspective, focusing entirely on children between birth and age eight. Key changes to this edition include: a new emphasis on building partnerships with families with the inclusion of a diverse array of parents and families as examples; revised and expanded information on children from diverse cultures and languages and children with disabilities; updated and streamlined figures, examples, and models of assessment are found throughout the text; activities at the end of the chapters provide opportunities for students to apply their own performance activities and demonstrate understanding of chapter content; updated content on the effects of No Child Left Behind; and new information on current trends toward accountability and the impact of high-stakes testing.
Assessment In Rehabilitation And Mental Health Counseling
by Fong Chan David R. Strauser Timothy N. TanseyThis graduate-level text on rehabilitation and mental health counseling disseminates foundational knowledge of assessment principles and processes with a focus on clinical application. Written by recognized leaders in rehabilitation and mental health, it is the only book to use the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework to integrate assessment tools and techniques addressing practice with varied populations and settings. <p><p> Written by leading practitioners with specialized knowledge, chapters focus on specific populations and service delivery settings. The book features a variety of learning tools to foster critical thinking, including learning objectives and case examples highlighting important principles and applications. Sample reports and templates further reinforce understanding of specific applications.
Assessment Of Children: Cognitive Foundations And Applications
by Jerome M. SattlerThis volume provides extensive tables to help in interpreting the WISC-V, WPPSI-IV, SB5, DAS-II, and WJ IV COG. It also contains appendixes focusing on laws pertaining to children with special needs (IDEA, Section 504, and ADA), testifying as an expert witness, and test reviews.
Assessment Procedures For Counselors And Helping Professionals
by Karyn Jones Robert Drummond Carl SheperisSince its first publication in 1988, Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals has become a classic among assessment textbooks designed specifically for aspiring counselors. Now in its 9th Edition, the text includes extensive changes to content and updating throughout, while maintaining its popular, easy-to-read format and continuing emphasis on assessment information that is most useful and relevant for school counselors, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and other helping professionals. Throughout the text, readers get invaluable information and examples about widely used assessment instruments in order to become familiar with these well-known tests.
Assessment and Student Success in a Differentiated Classroom
by Carol Ann Tomlinson Tonya R. MoonCarol Ann Tomlinson and Tonya R. Moon take an in-depth look at assessment and show how differentiation can improve the process in all grade levels and subject areas. <p><p> After discussing differentiation in general, the authors focus on how differentiation applies to various forms of assessment—pre-assessment, formative assessment, and summative assessment—and to grading and report cards.
Assessment for Counselors
by Bradley T. ErfordErford's book presents a broad overview of basic issues in psychological and educational assessment. The book familiarizes students with the essentials of testing, covering such concepts as ethical, legal, and diversity issues; reliability, validity, and test construction; and the pertinent tests needed by professional counselors to conduct thorough and effective assessments. Erford's guidance on basic procedures such as test selection, as well as the book's examples and applications relevant to a range of practices and clientele, help students learn how and when to use the correct assessment tools with diverse clients. In addition, the author and other contributors focus on the importance of counselor identity and the essentials of this complex field.
Assessment in Counseling: Practice and Applications
by Gerald A. Juhnke Richard S. BalkinStudents often experience assessment courses, and subsequently the textbooks used for the course, as a statistics-heavy class accompanied by an encyclopedia of a variety of assessments. Assessment in Counseling alternatively emphasizes the skills used in assessment, thereby enabling students to apply these skills across a broad range of assessment instruments and strategies. Assessment, like most core areas of counseling, has a theoretical basis and a pertinent, practical component. However, this practical component often gets lost in the application of the skills and use of instruments that heavily rely on psychometric properties. <p><p> Written in an accessible, conversational tone, this text focuses on the application of the theoretical and measurement concepts of assessment in counseling and introduces three case studies that are followed throughout the text. Additionally, instead of introducing readers to a plethora of instruments, the authors select seminal measures that students are likely to approach and use in the profession. Through the use of this text and course content, one will acquire the skills to search, select, and administer the type of assessment instruments that he/she deems helpful for their practice as a professional counselor, regardless of specialization. Ultimately, this textbook serves as an invaluable guide for administering, scoring, interpreting, and communicating assessment results.
Assessment in Special Education: A Practical Approach (Fourth Edition)
by Roger Pierangelo George A. GiulianiThe fourth edition of Assessment in Special Education covers assessments for every disability type while examining each stage of the assessment process. Chapters discuss the most current and reliable assessment measures used in schools to determine all areas of special need from infancy, to school-age and into adulthood. This book addresses current topics such as IDEIA, curriculum-based assessment, curriculum-based measurement, functional behavior assessments and behavioral intervention plans.
Assessment in Special and Inclusive Education
by John Salvia James Ysseldyke Sara BoltASSESSMENT IN SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION offers you basic assessment information along with a handbook-style reference to comprehensive, frank reviews of the tests most commonly administered in K-12 schools. The thirteenth edition brings to the forefront the important topics of MTSS/RTI and ELL, while retaining key features that have made the text a classic. The authors include a focus on both classroom-based tests designed to inform instruction and intervention, as well as more formal standardized tests that are commonly used to determine eligibility for special education. Whether you are a novice or an expert, this text will equip you with the knowledge and tools to effectively and efficiently assess your students' skills and abilities. Featuring an emphasis on improved outcomes, it shows you how to go beyond efforts designed to make predictions about students' lives to efforts that can make a difference in the lives of the students you serve.
Assessment: In Special and Inclusive Education (Twelfth Edition)
by John Salvia James Ysseldyke Sara BoltAssessment is a process of collecting information for the purpose of making important decisions about students. It is critical that those decisions be made both appropriately and fairly. Noted as the standard for professional resources in the field, ASSESSMENT offers basic assessment information along with a handbook-style reference of frank, comprehensive reviews of the tests most administered in K-12 schools. Featuring an emphasis on improved outcomes, the book equips teachers with the tools and knowledge to do assessments correctly as well as use assessment information to bolster student competence.
Assistive Technologies: Principles And Practice
by Albert M. Cook Janice Miller Polgar Pedro EncarnaçãoMaster the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by Al Cook, Sue Hussey and Jan Polgar, Assistive Technologies: Principles & Practice, 5th Edition, provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology. This new text offers a systematic process for ensuring the effective application of assistive technologies - and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. It features over 30 new photos and illustrations, as well as, updated chapters and case studies that reflect current technology.
Assistive Technology For People With Disabilities (Second Edition)
by Diane Pedrotty Bryant Brian R. BryantAssistive Technology for People with Disabilities, Second Edition, includes eight comprehensive chapters that focus on devices and software to enhance the lives and promote the independence of people with disabilities. Updated with new research, content and features to address current developments in the field, the book approaches assistive technology and education in a lifespan, multidisciplinary manner by discussing the use of current technology in the fields of special education, rehabilitation, speech-language pathology, and other disciplines. Featured devices and software will help you understand how areas such as mobility, communication, education, independent living, and access to information media affect learning and living for individuals with disabilities. You will also gain a great understanding of the foundational and historical perspectives of AT, assessment, universal design, and the ADAPT framework, which is a tool to help educators make decisions about appropriate AT, student needs, and the demands of the environment. Developed from the authors' years of experience teaching both K-12 students and adults, as well as their own framework for understanding assistive technology application and integrating technology into instruction, this new edition addresses assistive technology that promotes knowledge and skills, practical application and a myriad of opportunities that good technology provides for persons with disabilities.
Assistive Technology in the Classroom: Enhancing the School Experiences of Students with Disabilities (Third Edition)
by Amy G. Dell Deborah A. Newton Jerry G. PetroffWith an emphasis on the integration of assistive technology into the curriculum, this text focuses on how assistive technology can be used in schools to enhance the teaching and learning of students with disabilities. This link between technology and teaching and learning drives the book's organization as well as its content. It is organized by school-related tasks that students must perform on a daily basis to be successful -- reading, writing, practicing academic skills, and communicating with their teachers and peers – and presents descriptions of technology-based solutions to the obstacles students with disabilities face in completing these tasks. Since being able to access computers is one major barrier, the text features a section on making computers accessible to students with a wide range of disabilities. A companion web site offers up-to-date information on product names, vendors, web site addresses, and other time-sensitive material.
Asteroid, Meteoroid, and Comet Facts (Into Reading, Level T #76)
by Bruce NaylorNIMAC-sourced textbook
Astonishing Nature: Forces of Nature Unit 4
by McGraw-HillHow does Earth change? Earth is constantly changing. Scientists study all parts of what makes our planet survive, thrive, and adapt. It is important for us to know and predict patterns that affect Earth so that we can protect it. It is also important for us to understand the natural forces that affect Earth. The more we know, the more we can do to help preserve our planet.
Astrid and Apollo and the Cutest Canine Contest (Astrid and Apollo)
by V.T. BidaniaEight-year-old Hmong American twins Astrid and Apollo decide to enter their dog Luna in the Cutest Canine Contest. After all, she’s the cutest dog they know! But they discover that teaching Luna the tricks needed to compete in the contest might be “trickier” than they thought! With the help of a friend and little sister Eliana, they discover Luna is a fast learner—but that she’s also picked up some bad habits from another dog! On the day of the contest, will Luna dazzle or fizzle? Exploring themes of tradition and adventure, and showcasing a warm sibling relationship in a Hmong American family, Astrid and Apollo will charm young readers.