Author: Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the E
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: research, agenda, children, minority, schooling, language, improving
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 1997-04-16
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 0309054974
ISBN-13: 9780309054973
Author: Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the E
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: children, minority, language, educating
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1998-02-19
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0309064147
ISBN-13: 9780309064149
In the past 30 years, a large and growing number of students in U.S. schools have come from homes in which the language background is other than English. These students present unique challenges for America’s education system. Based on "Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children", a comprehensive study published in 1997, this book summarizes for teachers and education policymakers what has been learned over the past three decades about educating such students. It discusses a broad range of educational issues: how students learn a second language; how reading and writing skills de
Author: Committee on a National Research Agenda on AgingD
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: life, agenda, aging, research, national, enhancing, extending
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 1991-01-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0309043999
ISBN-13: 9780309043991
Americans are living longer than ever before. For many, though, these extra years have become a bitter gift, marred by dementia, disability, and loss of independence. "Extending Life, Enhancing Life" sets the course toward practical solutions to these problems by specifying 15 research priorities in five key areas of investigation: basic biomedicine - to understand the fundamental processes of aging; clinical - to intervene against common disabilities and maladies of older persons; behavioural and social - to build on past successes with behavioural and social interventions; health services de
Author: Committee to Develop a Long-Term Research Agenda f
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: earthquake, engineering, network, simulation, nees, agenda, research, grand, challenge, preventing, disasters
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-11-07
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 0309090644
ISBN-13: 9780309090643
The Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is scheduled to become operational in 2004. These network sites will perform a range of experiments to test and validate complex computer models being developed to simulate the behavior of structures subjected to earthquakes. To assist in this effort, the NSF requested the National Research Council (NRC) to frame the major questions to be addressed by and to develop a long-term research agenda for NEES. "Preventing Earthquake Disasters" presents an overview of the grand challenge, i
Author: Committee on Developing the Capacity to Select Eff
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: science, guide, materials, instructional, selecting
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 1999-11-19
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 030906533X
ISBN-13: 9780309065337
The National Science Education Standards set broad content goals for teaching grades K-12. For science teaching programs to achieve these goals - indeed, for science teaching to be most effective - teachers and students need textbooks, lab kits, videos, and other materials that are clear, accurate, and help students achieve the goals set by the standards. "Selecting Instructional Materials" provides a rigorously field-tested procedure to help education decisionmakers evaluate and choose materials for the science classroom. The recommended procedure is unique, adaptable to local needs, and real
Author: Diagnosis, and Treatment Committee on Developing B
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: detection, treatment, improving, challenges, biomarkers, promises, cancer
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2007-03-30
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 030910386x
ISBN-13: 9780309103862
Many cancer patients are diagnosed at a stage in which the cancer is too far advanced to be cured, and most cancer treatments are effective in only a minority of patients undergoing therapy. Thus, there is tremendous opportunity to improve the outcome for people with cancer by enhancing detection and treatment approaches. Biomarkers will be instrumental in making that transition. Advances in biotechnology and genomics have given scientists new hope that biomarkers can be used to improve cancer screening and detection, to improve the drug development process, and to enhance the effectiveness an
Author: Committee to Assess Techniques for Developing Main
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: nation, public, assets, managing, strategy, federal, facilities, proactive, stewardship
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1998-09-23
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 030906189X
ISBN-13: 9780309061896
The federal government has invested more than $300 billion in 500,000 buildings and other facilities worldwide to support the provision of government services. Evidence is mounting that the physical condition, functionality, and quality of federal facilities are deteriorating. "Stewardship of Federal Facilities" identifies factors and processes contributing to this deterioration and recommends a framework of methods, practices, and strategies to foster acccountability for the stewardship of federal facilities and to allocate resources for their maintenance and repair.
