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Kids and teachers can build their own science projects based on exhibits from San Francisco's premiere science museum This revised and updated edition…

Memory and the Computational Brain offers a provocative argument that goes to the heart of neuroscience, proposing that the field can and should benef…

In 2002, the Policy Center on the First Year of College (supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and Lumina Foundation fo…

Illuminates the multiple barriers that plague the education system and shows the way toward enlightened and inclusive educational policy and policymak…

This book contains contributions from eminent clinicians and researchers in the field of language impairment, and crosses the bridge between children …

The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and th…

The Handbook of English Linguistics is a collection of articles written by leading specialists on all core areas of English linguistics that provides …

Science is built on trust. The assumption is that scientists will conduct their work with integrity, honesty, and a strict adherence to scientific pro…

A powerful look at the risks inherent in the trend toward making higher education a market rather than a regulated public sector, The Future of Higher…

The Profession and Practice of Adult Education is a timely book and an excellent introduction to the field. Drawing from an extensive volume of litera…

The first section of this research based but practical book has been updated to examine the most recent research in two key areas: dyslexia and the dy…

The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisiti…

Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, this Handbook is a wide-ranging and invaluable reference guide to langu…

In this book, leading experts in the field examine the current state of assessment practice and scholarship, explore what the future holds for assessm…

This monograph pays special attention to the intellectual property of copyrights and patents. It examines how legal parameters, competing interests, a…

This authoritative handbook presents current ideas on the relationship between spoken and written language difficulties. It provides clinical and educ…

Sound Patterns of Spoken English is a concise, to-the-point compendium of information about the casual pronunciation of everyday English as compared t…

An innovative introduction to writing poetry designed for students of creative writing and budding poets alike. Challenges the reader’s sense of what …

Explores approaches to effective leadership and strategic management in the twenty-first century university that recognize and respond to the percepti…

Sponsored by the Institute for Educational Inquiry How are students going to function effectively in a democratic society? This collection of original…

A unique cross-disciplinary critique of the foundations of Special Education. Covers legal, conceptual, medical, pharmacological, neuropsychological, …

The Handbook of the History of English is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that focus on the theoretical issues be…

Motivating students – a primary goal of education – is complex, to say the least. This issue focuses on a model for motivation, volition, and performa…

Written by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner—two of the foremost experts on the topic of leadership—the Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator's Guide t…

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniques The most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping th…

Gender battles still rage on most college and university campuses today. For eight years, Women in Higher Education has reported women's strategic adv…

The Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes significant contributions to current research and serves as a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the ce…

This volume examines the development and growing use of online student ratings and the potential impact online rating systems will have on the future …

In these times of change and challenge in higher education, pleas for leadership have become frequent. However, the type of leadership required within…

The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of …

On Teaching and Learning takes the ideas explored in renowned educator Jane Vella’s best-selling book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach to the nex…

Bringing together top listening scholars from a range of disciplines and real world perspectives, Listening and Human Communication in the 21st Centur…

The Challenges and Joys of Juggling There has been growing demand for workshops and materials to help those in higher education conduct and use the sc…

United by the belief that the most significant factor in shaping the minds of young people is the cultural setting in which learning takes place, the …

Weather and Society: Toward Integrated Approaches provides the first interdisciplinary approach to the subject of weather and society. This guide to t…

By 2012 total college enrollment is projected to exceed 15.8 million, and a new generation of students and their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors wil…

This book guides graduate faculty and supervisors in effective gatekeeping by bringing together the body of professional performance standards for mul…

Teaching First-Year College Students is a thoroughly expanded and updated edition of Teaching College Freshmen, which has become a classic in the fiel…

Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World is the winner of the BAAL Book Prize 2005. Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World: Pedigree of Na…

In this book Irving Zeitlin re-examines the work of this important philosopher and considers how we should assess Nietzsche's claims today.

In From Strategy to Change-the last in a series-Daniel James Rowley comes full circle in defining his unique vision of the strategic planning process.…

Foundations of Student Affairs Practice is an essential resource that explores the purposes of higher education, the theories that provide a foundatio…

This book provides a unique description of teacher-pupil interaction during the Literacy Hour in good schools. It is based on detailed observations in…

Communicating by speech is seemingly one of the most natural activities for humans. However, despite its apparent obviousness and ease, speech product…

This book is the first comprehensive critical study of the work of Paul Feyerabend, one of the foremost twentieth-century philosophers of science. The…