Authors:Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Michael L. Kamil,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: research, practice, bringing, vocabulary, learning, teaching
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-03
List price: $48.95
ISBN-10: 0805852867
ISBN-13: 9780805852868
Although proficiency in vocabulary has long been recognized as basic to reading proficiency, there has been a paucity of research on vocabulary teaching and learning over the last two decades. Recognizing this, the U.S. Department of Education recently sponsored a Focus on Vocabulary conference that attracted the best-known and most active researchers in the vocabulary field. This book is the outgrowth of that conference. It presents scientific evidence from leading research programs that address persistent issues regarding the role of vocabulary in text comprehension. Part I examines how voca
Author: Marybeth Hicks
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Keywords: fast, world, childhood, kid, geeks, protect, bringing
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0425221563
ISBN-13: 9780425221563
A breakthrough parenting book that redefines the meaning of “geek”—and inspires parents to free themselves and their kids from the ‘culture of cool.’ In a world of superficial values, peer pressure, and out-of-control consumerism, the world needs more GEEKs: Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids. Today’s ‘culture of cool’ has changed the way kids grow up. Rather than enjoying innocent childhoods while developing strong, authentic characters, today’s kids can become cynical—even jaded—as they absorb the dangerous messages and harmful influences of a dominant popular cultur
Author: Gerald Mast
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: rutgers, films, print, director, hawks, baby, howard, bringing
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 1988-11-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0813513413
ISBN-13: 9780813513416
Bringing Up Baby (1938) is the essence of thirties screwball comedy. It is also quintessential Howard Hawks, treating many of the director’s favorite themes, particularly the loving war between the sexes.
Author: Mitchell Thomashow
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: global, environmental, change, perceive, learning, biosphere, home, bringing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2001-12-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0262201372
ISBN-13: 9780262201377
Author: Gloria G. Rodriguez
Publisher: Fireside
Keywords: children, bicultural, world, latino, bringing, nuestros, ninos, raising
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1999-05-26
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0684839695
ISBN-13: 9780684839691
All parents want their children to thrive and succeed, but Latino parents face a unique set of challenges -- passing along our much-cherished cultural traditions and values, while sending our sons and daughters into an increasingly fast-paced and often homogeneous world, where it’s easy to lose sight of nuestra familia and the legacy of past generations. Now, an award-winning Latina in the field of early childhood education (and a mother herself) has assembled an indispensable reference for Hispanic parents and caregivers of children from birth to age twelve. A practical reference as we
Author: Pascal Dennis
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: transform, entire, organization, factory, thinking, bringing, lean, remedy
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2010-07-06
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0470556854
ISBN-13: 9780470556856
A powerful business fable that shows you how to spread Lean business practices to every function of your business Pascal Dennis is a Lean business learner and practitioner who has written four books on the subject of Lean business practices. In The Remedy, he shows how Lean business practices can be expanded from manufacturing to all the other areas of your business-including design, engineering, sales, and marketing and all processes in between-and how doing so builds a more efficient organization at every level. This story follows Tom Pappas and Rachel Armstrong, senior leaders at
Bringing Up Girls: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Women
Author: James C. Dobson
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: shaping, generation, women, encouragement, advice, girls, practical, bringing
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2010-03-31
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 1414301278
ISBN-13: 9781414301273
Bringing Up Boys by parenting expert and best-selling author Dr. James Dobson was, and continues to be, a runaway hit, selling more than 2 million copies to date. Now, Dr. Dobson presents his highly anticipated companion book: Bringing Up Girls. Based on extensive research, and handled with Dr. Dobson’s trademark down-to-earth approach, Bringing Up Girls will equip parents like you to face the challenges of raising your daughters to become healthy, happy, and successful women who overcome challenges specific to girls and women today and who ultimately excel in life.
