Authors:Ellen Frechette, Tim Colli,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: writing, arts, language, ged, mcgraw
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2002-09-23
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0071407081
ISBN-13: 9780071407083

Begins with sentence basics and moves on to the process of gathering ideas, organizing, writing, and revising the GED Essay. Announcing the ultimate GED test review series For the nearly one million North Americans who take the GED exam every year, readiness is a key ingredient for success. McGraw-Hill’s GED Test series, which reflects the new 2002 test guidelines, is dedicated to preparing students to pass each of the five GED subject exams. This focused format allows students to pretest for strengths and weaknesses in a given subject, thoroughly review core content areas, and finally c

Authors:Ellen Frechette, Tim Collins,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: writing, workbook, arts, language, ged, mcgraw
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2002-09-12
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 007140709X
ISBN-13: 9780071407090

Grammar and punctuation practice in context as well as GED-type essay topics. Announcing the companion workbook series to the GED test series Practice makes perfect with McGraw-Hill’s updated GED Workbook series, which reflects the 2002 test guidelines. These workbooks provide invaluable hands-on experience for students as they tackle hundreds of GED format questions and check results against an answer key. Simulated test-taking situations boost not only content retention but also confidence for the big day. Ideal study guides for a student weak in a particular subject area or sitt

Author: Julie D. Frechette
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: twenty, first, century, classroom, learning, critical, media, literacy, cyberspace, pedagogy, developing
Number of Pages: 185
Published: 2002-06-30
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0275975789
ISBN-13: 9780275975784

By joining bodies of research in media theory, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy, Developing Media Literacy in Cyberspace offers a vision of learning that values social empowerment over technical skills. An inquiry into the existence and range of models equipped to cultivate critical teaching and learning in the Internet-supported classroom, this new study argues that media literacy offers the best long-term training for today’s youth to become experienced practitioners of 21st-century technology. Author Julie Frechette helps educators develop and provide concrete learning strategi

Author: Leon A. Frechette
Publisher: Craftsman Book Co
Keywords: materials, alternative, smarter, build
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1999-07-06
List price: $34.75
ISBN-10: 1572180749
ISBN-13: 9781572180741

New building products are coming out almost every week. Some of them may become new standards, as sheetrock replaced lath and plaster some years ago. Others are little more than a gimmick. To write this manual, the author researched hundreds of products that have come on the market in recent years. The ones he describes in this book will do the job better, creating a superior, longer-lasting finished product, and in many cases also save you time and money. Some are made with recycled products a good selling point with many customers. But most of all, they give you choices, so you can give your

Author: Leon A Frechette
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: pro, build, taunton, bathroom, remodeling
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1561586218
ISBN-13: 9781561586219

After kitchen renovations, bathroom makeovers rank second in popularity. This book tells readers everything they need to know to remodel a home bathroom, from planning the renovation and choosing materials and fixtures to putting in the finishing touches. Step-by-step photo essays, pro-level advice, and insider’s tips cover every step in the process. The reader is guided through designing a floor plan; framing walls; roughing in the plumbing and electric supply; installing drywall, flooring, cabinets and countertops, tub and shower enclosures, and moldings; and more.

Author: Leon Frechette
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: housing, accessible
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1996-05-01
List price: $53.00
ISBN-10: 0070157480
ISBN-13: 9780070157484

Design/remodel barrier-free housing yourself. Here’s the first nuts-and-bolts, how-to guide for builders and remodelers designing or retro-fitting homes for the physically-disabled and elderly. In Leon A. Frechette’s Accessible Housing you’ll find ready-to-use floor plans for every room in the house--tools and techniques for calculating stairway risers and treads--guidelines for determining doorway and window dimensions, counter and bathtub heights, and other code-related issues--installation instructions for intercoms and alarms--barrier-free building codes for commercial mu

Authors:Jocelyn Davis, Henry M. Frechette, Edwin H. Boswell,
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: accelerate, execution, people, mobilize, speed, strategic
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2010-06-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1422131521
ISBN-13: 9781422131527

Only 30 percent of strategic initiatives are successfully executed. Of those that are, most CEOs view the process as too slow. What’s going on? And how can you accelerate execution in your company?In Strategic Speed, the authors provide the answers. Start by understanding the barriers to execution: Employees don’t grasp where an initiative is going. They don’t adopt new behaviors. They’re not committed to working together to achieve results. Most leaders try to speed things up by changing processes or installing new technologies. But better processes and systems won’t remove the barr