Guilford Publications: 631 books
Becoming a Behavioral Science Researcher
A Guide to Producing Research That Matters
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
Students and beginning researchers often discover that their introductory statistics and methods courses have not fully equipped them to plan and execute their own behavioral research studies. This indispensable book bridges the gap between coursework and conducting independent research. With clarity...
Research Design
Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, Arts-Based, and Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
This user-friendly book provides a step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design: quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, arts-based, and community-based participatory research. Chapters on each approach follow a unique format--they present a template for a research proposal...
Qualitative Research
Studying How Things Work
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study. Rather than offering recipes for specific techniques, master storyteller Robert Stake stimulates readers to discover "how things work" in organizations, programs, communities, and other systems....
by Michael Emch, PhD, Elisabeth Dowling Root
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Why are rainfall, carcinogens, and primary care physicians distributed unevenly over space? The fourth edition of the leading text in the field has been updated and reorganized to cover the latest developments in disease ecology and health promotion across the globe. The book accessibly introduces...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Recognized as the definitive reference, this handbook brings together leading experts from multiple psychological subdisciplines to examine one of today's most dynamic areas of research. Coverage encompasses the biological and neuroscientific underpinnings of emotions, as well as developmental, social...
The Colonizer's Model of the World
Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
This influential book challenges one of the most pervasive and powerful beliefs of our time--that Europe rose to modernity and world dominance due to unique qualities of race, environment, culture, mind, or spirit, and that progress for the rest of the world resulted from the diffusion of European...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2010
This user-friendly book presents research-based best practices for serving families of children with special needs from birth to age 6. Expert contributors demonstrate how early intervention and early childhood special education can effectively address a wide range of family concerns, which in turn...
Writing a Proposal for Your Dissertation
Guidelines and Examples
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
This user-friendly guide helps students get started on--and complete--a successful doctoral dissertation proposal by accessibly explaining the process and breaking it down into manageable steps. Steven R. Terrell demonstrates how to write each chapter of the proposal, including the problem statement,...
Group Work with Adolescents, Third Edition
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
A trusted course text and professional resource, this comprehensive book delves into all aspects of planning and conducting strengths-based group work with adolescents. In an accessible, down-to-earth style, Andrew Malekoff spells out the principles of effective group practice. Extensive clinical...
Evaluation in the Face of Uncertainty
Anticipating Surprise and Responding to the Inevitable
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Unexpected events during an evaluation all too often send evaluators into crisis mode. This insightful book provides a systematic framework for diagnosing, anticipating, accommodating, and reining in costs of evaluation surprises. The result is evaluation that is better from a methodological point...
Universal Design for Learning in the Classroom
Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Clearly written and well organized, this book shows how to apply the principles of universal design for learning (UDL) across all subject areas and grade levels. The editors and contributors describe practical ways to develop classroom goals, assessments, materials, and methods that use UDL to meet...
Inclusive Instruction
Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Students with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
This accessible book presents research-based strategies for supporting K-8 students with high-incidence disabilities to become accomplished learners. The authors clearly describe the core components of effective inclusive instruction, showing how to recognize and respond to individual students' needs...
by Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl, EdD, Michael C. McKenna
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
From leading experts, this indispensable resource presents a practical model for conducting reading assessments for screening, diagnosis, and progress monitoring in each of the three tiers of response to intervention (RTI). K-8 teachers and school personnel are guided to use norm-referenced, informal,...
Effective School Interventions, Third Edition
Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
This indispensable course text and practitioner resource, now fully revised, has helped tens of thousands of readers implement evidence-based interventions to improve students' academic achievement and behavior in PreK–12. The volume presents best-practice guidelines and step-by-step procedures...