Dr J: 795 books
Making the Common Core Standards Work
Using Professional Development to Build World-Class Schools
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Essential reading for school leaders!
Providing a blueprint for implementing and exceeding the new Common Core State Standards, this practical guide focuses on realistic strategies for lasting change within schools. The authors build an inspiring case for how individual schools can develop...
Balanced Assessment Systems
Leadership, Quality, and the Role of Classroom Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Build a balanced assessment system and support ESSA requirements!
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) increases assessment flexibility and responsibilities for states and districts, and this comprehensive guide helps leaders meet and succeed that challenge. Authors Chappuis, Commodore and...
by David L. Altheide, Dr. Christopher J. Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitative researcher often must consult media documents of various types. Authors David L. Altheide and Christopher J. Schneider show readers how to obtain, categorize, and analyze these different media documents in this entry in the Qualitative...
Early Childhood Education
Becoming a Professional
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Early Childhood Education: Becoming a Professional is an inspiring introduction to the world of early childhood education, preparing the teachers of tomorrow to reach their full potential in their schools and communities. Written by a diverse and experienced author team (Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle,...
Euripides' Medea
A New Translation
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Euripides' Medea comes alive in this new translation that will be useful for both academic study and stage production. Diane J. Rayor's accurate yet accessible translation reflects the play's inherent theatricality and vibrant poetry. The book includes an analytical introduction and comprehensive...
Instant Analysis
How to Understand and Change the 100 Most Common, Annoying, Puzzling, Self-Defeating Behaviors and Habits
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Have you ever wondered...
Why am I so eaily discouraged?
Why do I procrasinate?
Why do I stare at myself in the mirror?
Why do I keep people waiting?
Why do I eat when I am not hungry?
Why do I secretly hope other people will fail?
Why do I feel alone even when I'm around other people?
Why...
From the Yenisei to the Yukon
Interpreting Lithic Assemblage Variability in Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Beringia
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Who were the first people who came to the land bridge joining northeastern Asia to Alaska and the northwest of North America? Where did they come from? How did they organize technology, especially in the context of settlement behavior?
During the Pleistocene era, the people now...
by Dr. Gregory J. Privitera
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2017
The engaging Third Edition of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences shows students that statistics can be understandable, interesting, and relevant to their daily lives. Using a conversational tone, award-winning teacher and author Gregory J. Privitera speaks to the reader as researcher when covering...
by Dr. Gregory J. Privitera
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Gregory J. Privitera’s Student Study Guide With IBM® SPSS® Workbook for Essential Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Second Editionincludes a review of chapter learning objectives, chapter outlines and key terms, essential statistical formulas, special tips and insights for students, and...
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Practice and Process
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
A practical and applied introduction to criminal justice
Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process shows you how to think practically about the criminal justice system by offering you a proven, problem-based approach to learning. Bestselling authors Kenneth J. Peak and Tamara...
Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future
The U.S. in Global Context
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Unique in its use of a sustainability framework, Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future by Katherine S. van Wormer and Rosemary J. Link goes beyond U.S. borders to examine U.S. government policies—including child welfare, social services, health care, and criminal justice—within a global...
Tears of the Cheetah
The Genetic Secrets of Our Animal Ancestors
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The history of life on Earth is dominated by extinction events so numerous that over 99.9% of the species ever to have existed are gone forever. If animals could talk, we would ask them to recall their own ancestries, in particular the secrets as to how they avoided almost inevitable annihilation...
The Other Side of the Report Card
Assessing Students' Social, Emotional, and Character Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
To better serve the whole child, look at the whole report card.
Although parents and teachers spend more time in conferences talking about behavior than they do about rubrics and test scores, too many teachers are still guessing when it comes to using outdated behavior ratings and comments...
Nonprofit Management
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Michael J. Worth’s student-friendly best-seller, Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice, Fifth Edition, provides a broad, insightful overview of key topics affecting governance and management of nonprofit organizations. Worth covers the scope and structure of the nonprofit sector, leadership...