Laura M : 240 books
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Exploration, Encounter, and the French New World
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
In this succinct dual biography, Laura Chmielewski demonstrates how the lives of two French explorers – Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Jolliet, a fur trapper – reveal the diverse world of early America. Following the explorers' epic journey through the center of the American...
95 Strategies for Remodeling Instruction
Ideas for Incorporating CCSS
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Give your lesson plans a makeover!
Would you rather listen to a lecture or play classroom Jeopardy? Research shows that the most successful learning happens when teachers engage their students in actively applying concepts. This book shows you how to enhance lessons with 95 research-based strategies...
In Principle, In Practice
Museums as Learning Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007
The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice...
Cien años de sueño
Antologíade cuentos mexicanos del siglo XIX
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Aquí se reúnen diecinueve cuentos mexicanos del siglo XIX. La recopilación presenta un panorama de la literatura que empezó a escribirse en México mientras el país se conformaba como república. Los escritores incluidos en este libro reflejan un ánimo literario enfocado en relatar hechos sobrenaturales...
by Laura M. Chihara, Tim C. Hesterberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
This book bridges the latest software applications with the benefits of modern resampling techniques
Resampling helps students understand the meaning of sampling distributions, sampling variability, P-values, hypothesis tests, and confidence intervals. This groundbreaking book shows how to...
Teacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions
Programs, Policies, and Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The first of its kind, Teacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions brings together innovative work from the family of institutions known as minority-serving institutions: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Asian...
Impresiones de una mujer a solas
Una antología general
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Éste es el libro de una de las mujeres más deslumbrantes de toda la literatura mexicana. En sus textos de espléndida factura literaria, la escritora cruza entre los siglos XIX y XX y construye un camino propio hacia la modernidad que enfrenta con templanza e inteligencia.
Introduction to Professional School Counseling
Advocacy, Leadership, and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Introduction to Professional School Counseling: Advocacy, Leadership, and Intervention is a comprehensive introduction to the field for school counselors in training, one that provides special focus on the topics most relevant to the school counselor’s role and offers specific strategies for practical...
by Catherine P. Cook-Cottone, PhD, Laura M. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
This unique, user-friendly text distills essential and up-to-date guidelines for students and practitioners of child and adolescent counseling. Featuring concise, step-by-step protocols supported by evidence-based practice, the book is organized in a logical sequence, from setting the stage for the...
by Laura M.
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK Maya Angelou is renowned worldwide for being one of the most influential women of our time. Her literary pieces, civil rights campaigning, filmmaking, dancing and acting have all received critical acclaim over the past four decades. Angelou has been privileged enough to have...
by Laura M. Billson
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2003
One family's struggle for the past twenty-six years with Neurofibromatosis, and how we have coped with it. Especially how we have dealt with and come to terms with it. Especially how we have dealt with and come to terms with other people's attitudes towards the syndrome and facial disfigurement. In...
Lost Lore
A Fantasy Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
**Hidden pasts. Secrets untold. Legends half-remembered. Fifteen fantasy writers gather to bring fifteen tales to life, each one a unique glimpse into a wholly original world. **
On the Emerald Road, a dead Sage triggers a brutal trial beneath the forest floor. There, a young man must fight—and...
by Laura M. Lee, Brendan Mackie
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
Located on Pea Patch Island, Fort Delaware was erected to defend local ports from enemy attack but never received or fired a shot in anger. The first earthen-work version, constructed during the War of 1812, was followed by a second 1820s plan incorporating a masonry star design with a network of drainage...
High-Impact ePortfolio Practice
A Catalyst for Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
At a moment when over half of US colleges are employing ePortfolios, the time is ripe to develop their full potential to advance integrative learning and broad institutional change.
The authors outline how to deploy the ePortfolio as a high-impact practice and describe widely-applicable models...