Richard D : 600 books
A Guide for Leaders in Higher Education
Core Concepts, Competencies, and Tools
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
At a time when higher education faces the unprecedented challenges of declining revenues and increased scrutiny, questions about access, cost, and the value of degrees, and the imperative to educate a more diverse student body, there is an urgent need for leadership that is conversant with, and able...
by Ilona Bray, J.D., Richard Link
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2019
Want to live, work, or travel in the United States? U.S. Immigration Made Easy has helped tens of thousands of people get a visa, green card, or other immigration status. You’ll learn:
whether you and your family qualify for a short-term visa, permanent U.S. residence, or protection from deportation
how...
The Social Value of the Financial Sector
Too Big to Fail or Just Too Big?
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
As a result of the recent financial crisis, there has been significant public debate on the role of the financial sector in bringing about the “Great Depression.” More generally, there has been debate about whether the current industry structure has enhanced social welfare or served a detrimental...
MediaWriting
Print, Broadcast, and Public Relations
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
MediaWriting is an introductory, hands-on textbook for students preparing to write in the current multimedia environment. Rather than just talk about the differences among the styles of print, broadcast, and public relations, MediaWriting sythensizes and integrates them, while weaving in basic principles...
Self-Regulation in the Classroom
Helping Students Learn How to Learn
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
To succeed in school, students need more than subject area knowledge—they must learn how to learn. Self-regulation, an executive functioning skill, describes the ways that students focus attention on achieving success. Self-regulated learners find personal value in learning, develop effective study...
Advancing Differentiation
Thinking and Learning for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Powerful strategies that will transform the way you teach and the way your students learn.
Advancing Differentiation will lead you through the process of creating a thriving, student-centered, 21st-century classroom. Since its initial publication, the book’s materials have undergone rigorous...
Discipline with Dignity
How to Build Responsibility, Relationships, and Respect in Your Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
In this revised and updated 4th edition, Discipline with Dignity provides in-depth guidance for implementing a proven approach to classroom management that can help students make better choices and teachers be more effective. Emphasizing the importance of mutual respect and self-control, the authors...
by Richard (Doc) D. Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2019
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The industry-standard resource for maintenance planning and scheduling—thoroughly revised for the latest...
Best Practices for the Inclusive Classroom
Scientifically Based Strategies for Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Written by expert teachers and researchers, Best Practices for the Inclusive Classroom looks at field-tested strategies teachers of inclusive classrooms need to implement to successfully teach all of the learners in their classroom.
The purpose of the book is to provide both general and special...
Harder Than I Thought
Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Meet Jim Barton, new CEO of Santa Monica Aerospace. Jim's job won't be easy: the company's hemorrhaging cash, struggling to regain investors' trust after an accounting scandal, and striving to transform its military and manufacturing culture to become a global aerospace integrator.
Jim isn't...
Underground Bases & Tunnels
What is the Government Trying to Hide?
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Working from government documents and corporate records, Sauder has compiled an impressive book that digs below the surface of the military’s super-secret underground! Go behind the scenes into little-known corners of the public record and discover how corporate America has worked hand-in-glove...
The Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Surviving in a Fire-Maintained Ecosystem
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Though small among its woodpecker relatives, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker poses a huge dilemma for its human neighbors. Uniquely adapted to live in the old-growth pine forests of the southeastern United States, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker has nearly disappeared as the forests have been cleared for agricultural,...
by David D. Woods, Sidney Dekker, Richard Cook
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Human error is cited over and over as a cause of incidents and accidents. The result is a widespread perception of a 'human error problem', and solutions are thought to lie in changing the people or their role in the system. For example, we should reduce the human role with more automation, or regiment...
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...