The Best 373 Colleges, 2011

The Best 373 Colleges, 2011

Author: Tom Meltzer

Publisher: Princeton Review

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 850

ISBN-13: 0375429875

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A survey of life on the nation's campuses offers detailed profiles of the best colleges and rankings of colleges in sixty-two different categories, along with a wealth of information and applications tips.


The Best 300 Business Schools, 2011 Edition

The Best 300 Business Schools, 2011 Edition

Author:

Publisher: Princeton Review

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 0375427902

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Provides a detailed overview of the best business schools across North America, including information on each school's academic program, competitiveness, financial aid, admissions requirements and social scenes. Original.


The Practitioner Guide to Skills Training for Struggling Kids

The Practitioner Guide to Skills Training for Struggling Kids

Author: Michael L. Bloomquist

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2012-10-25

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1462507360

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Addressing frequently encountered emotional, behavioral, and academic difficulties, this essential guide shows how to help parents implement proven skills-building strategies with their kids (ages 5-17). The author draws on over 25 years of research and clinical practice to provide a flexible program for individual families or parent groups. The focus is on teaching kids the skills they need to get their development back on track and teaching parents to cope with and manage challenging behavior. Featuring vignettes and troubleshooting tips, the Practitioner Guide is packed with ideas for engaging clients and tailoring the interventions. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, it contains more than 60 reproducible handouts and forms. The related book Skills Training for Struggling Kids, an invaluable client recommendation, guides parents to implement the strategies and includes all of the handouts and forms they need. Note: The original Skills Training for Children with Behavior Problems was designed for practitioners and parents to use together. It has now been split into two volumes that serve each audience better with tailored information, more detailed instructions, and resources.


Business-Oriented Enterprise Integration for Organizational Agility

Business-Oriented Enterprise Integration for Organizational Agility

Author: Robin G. Qiu

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1466639113

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"This book explores technical integration challenges with a focus on identifying a viable solution on how to enable rich, flexible, and responsive information links, in support of the changing business operations across organizations"--Provided by publisher.


The Educational Assistant’s Guide to Supporting Inclusion in a Diverse Society, 2nd Ed.

The Educational Assistant’s Guide to Supporting Inclusion in a Diverse Society, 2nd Ed.

Author: Carole Massing

Publisher: Brush Education

Published: 2024-07-22

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1550599585

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The tools every EA needs to help each child reach their full potential The Educational Assistant’s Guide to Supporting Inclusion in a Diverse Society is an accessible, practical guide to acquiring the key skills and knowledge you need to be an effective, professional enhancement to the classroom. Chock-full of pro tips, tricks, tools, and tales from EAs who understand the importance of an individualized, holistic approach to student learning, The Educational Assistant’s Guide is your introduction to the many and varied roles and responsibilities of the effective EA. Updates for the second edition include five new chapters, a core-skills focus, targeted instructional strategies, EA wellness assessments, and more. Gain foundational knowledge that will make you an invaluable addition to any classroom team: - Canada’s legal commitments to diversity and inclusion - AI and other assistive technologies in the classroom - The argument for inclusive education - Societal issues affecting students - The basics of universal design for learning - Proven methods of supporting learning and inquiry - Scaffolding instruction for all learners - Applications of assistive technologies - Techniques for observing and documenting student progress - Positive guidance strategies for challenging behaviours - Relevant research on the brain, self-esteem, stress and trauma, resiliency, and multiple intelligences - Effective communication, advocacy, and relationship-building strategies - Strategies for problem-solving and professional growth


Domain-Specific Languages

Domain-Specific Languages

Author: Martin Fowler

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2010-09-23

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 0131392808

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When carefully selected and used, Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) may simplify complex code, promote effective communication with customers, improve productivity, and unclog development bottlenecks. In Domain-Specific Languages, noted software development expert Martin Fowler first provides the information software professionals need to decide if and when to utilize DSLs. Then, where DSLs prove suitable, Fowler presents effective techniques for building them, and guides software engineers in choosing the right approaches for their applications. This book’s techniques may be utilized with most modern object-oriented languages; the author provides numerous examples in Java and C#, as well as selected examples in Ruby. Wherever possible, chapters are organized to be self-standing, and most reference topics are presented in a familiar patterns format. Armed with this wide-ranging book, developers will have the knowledge they need to make important decisions about DSLs—and, where appropriate, gain the significant technical and business benefits they offer. The topics covered include: How DSLs compare to frameworks and libraries, and when those alternatives are sufficient Using parsers and parser generators, and parsing external DSLs Understanding, comparing, and choosing DSL language constructs Determining whether to use code generation, and comparing code generation strategies Previewing new language workbench tools for creating DSLs


The SAGE Guide to Educational Leadership and Management

The SAGE Guide to Educational Leadership and Management

Author: Fenwick W. English

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2015-01-29

Total Pages: 1080

ISBN-13: 1506314260

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The SAGE Guide to Educational Leadership and Management allows readers to gain knowledge of educational management in practice while providing insights into challenges facing educational leaders and the strategies, skills, and techniques needed to enhance administrative performance. This guide emphasizes the important skills that effective leaders must develop and refine, including communication, developing teams, coaching and motivating, and managing time and priorities. While being brief, simply written, and a highly practical overview for individuals who are new to this field, this reference guide will combine practice and research, indicate current issues and directions, and choices that need to be made. Features & Benefits: 30 brief, signed chapters are organized in 10 thematic parts in one volume available in a choice of electronic or print formats designed to enable quick access to basic information. Selective boxes enrich and support the narrative chapters with case examples of effective leadership in action. Chapters conclude with bibliographic endnotes and references to further readings to guide students to more in-depth presentations in other published sources. Back matter includes an annotated listing of organizations, associations, and journals focused on educational leadership and administration and a detailed index. This reference guide will serve as a vital source of knowledge to any students pursuing an education degree as well as for individuals interested in the subject matter that do not have a strong foundation of the topic.


Forensic Evidence Field Guide

Forensic Evidence Field Guide

Author: Peter Pfefferli

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2015-01-19

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0127999256

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Forensic Evidence Field Guide: A Collection of Best Practices highlights the essentials needed to collect evidence at a crime scene. The unique spiral bound design is perfect for use in the day-to-day tasks involved in collecting evidence in the field. The book covers a wide range of evidence collection and management, including characteristics of different types of crime scenes (arson, burglary, homicide, hit-and-run, forensic IT, sexual assault), how to recover the relevant evidence at the scene, and best practices for the search, gathering, and storing of evidence. It examines in detail the properties of biological/DNA evidence, bullet casings and gunshot residue, explosive and fire debris, fibers and hair, fingerprint, footprint, and tire impression evidence, and much more. This guide is a vital companion for forensic science technicians, crime scene investigators, evidence response teams, and police officers. - Unique Pocket Guide design for field work - Best practice for first evidence responders - Highlights the essentials needed to collect evidence at a crime scene - Focus on evidence handling from documentation to packaging