'This is a surprising and welcome book! a heartening read that shows the power of assessment for learning and the potential for academics and teachers jointly to put into practice ideas that can improve classroom learning and teaching' - TES. The starting point of this book was the realisation that research studies worldwide provide hard evidence ...
Designed for use at the college level as a textbook for military history courses or supplemental reading for world history courses, this text offers an introduction and original synthesis of global military history. Each chapter traces key developments in military institutions and practices set in three crucial contexts: politics and institutions; ...
An introduction to manufacturing processes, materials and manufacturing systems, this text integrates discussions of materials and processes with many illustrations and diagrams. The emphasis is on application and design. This edition has been completely revised and updated with much new material.
Suppose you were told: "You have thirty days to live!" What difference would such news make in how you thought about your family? What time would you suddenly find for things you had been avoiding or putting off? In this book, Paul Lewis and Thom Black put these questions to readers in a riveting, emotionally moving story. Then the authors offer ...
In order to work with today's networks that handle integrated text, data, and interactive voice and video, you must possess a thorough understanding of switches and the newest technologies that make sophisticated network services possible. Building Switched Networks provides a comprehensive, technical survey of the networking technologies that ...
Counterculture legend Paul Krassner gazes on the fires of pop culture, politics and celebrity and returns unscathed to help us make sense of our senseless world, with an introduction by Lewis Black (The Daily Show) and a foreword by Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Le Show). From cults to pornography, from Charles Manson to Homer Simpson, from the war ...
Owing to daily work pressures and concerns, many teachers have little opportunity for considering and furthering their understanding of different issues surrounding assessment. Written in a user-friendly, jargon-free style, this text provides the reader with points of growth or change in the field of assessment. Each chapter in the text ends with ...
This text is based on a set of case studies from teachers and education professionals in 12 OECD countries - Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland and the USA. Drawing on this rich variety of material the authors concentrate on the origins and purposes of innovation within and ...
In the year 2101, Jonathan Kortel is approached by rival factions of the government seeking a gift they claim he possesses, a gift that can change the course of mankind.
Jonathan Kortel joins the Agency thinking it will teach him to master his potential, but he soon ascertains that he's not only the Agency's star pupil--he's its most important experiment.
Designed for use at the college level as a textbook for military history courses or supplemental reading for world history courses, this text offers an introduction and original synthesis of global military history. Each chapter traces key developments in military institutions and practices set in three crucial contexts: politics and institutions; ...
Often emulated but never matched, DeGarmo's "Materials and Processes in Manufacturing" has been the standard introduction to manufacturing fundamentals since 1957. The book has long been noted for its comprehensive coverage of the basic workings of various materials and processes. Its features include study of new processes. While this book still ...
The rise of The Darkness from Def Leppard support act to double Brit Award winners and album chart-toppers in less than a year is a rock success story on its own. Outrageous frontman/guitarist Justin Hawkins, brother Dan, stone-faced bassist Frankie Poullain and all-action drummer Ed Graham play it for laughs in their videos, but take their music ...
Jonathan Kortel is the most powerful telekinetic ever. Blamed for the deaths of the Tel leadership, Jonathan escapes to a life of anonymity until something strange happens in space that threatens all life on Earth.
This text is based on a set of case studies from teachers and education professionals in 12 OECD countries - Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland and the USA. Drawing on this variety of material the authors concentrate on the origins and purposes of innovation within and across ...
This book centres on developments in science education from the end of World War II to the present day. Oriented toward both practice and policy, the project integrates and compares the views of two of the participants in these developments. Both authors have played a leading part, throughout their careers, in science education, both in their two ...
This textbook examines, from the perspective of the historic events of 1989-1991, the transition of Europe from a period of crisis to an era of political confidence and economic strength. The chapters are organized to present international and domestic developments in Europe as coherent wholes. The initial analysis of key international ...
In this beautifully illustrated story, Billy and his sister, Amanda, create a very special snowman and some very special memories. The snowman comes alive and whisks the children off to Snowland. The day after they return home, however, the sun melts all the snow. But Grandfather cheers the distraught children with a snowdome containing their ...
Written by a pastor with extensive experience in preaching to persons with disabilities, this book offers a methodology for understanding disability in the life of a congregation. It discusses blindness, deafness and hearing loss, paralysis, ritual impurity, leprosy, chronic illness, epilepsy, mental illness and demon possession. It illustrates ...
"Learning How to Learn" is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. This book offers a set of in-service resources to help teachers develop new classroom practices informed by sound research. It builds on previous work associated with 'formative assessment' or 'assessment for learning'. However, it adds an important new dimension by taking ...
Lost, Friendless, and Outgunned. Young Beverly di Mendoza knew something was up when her father cut short their Terran layover and changed their route to pass through Barigost, a planet she had never heard of. But she did not expect events to lead to murder and betrayal. "One Survivor" is set in a richly textured future, amid the picturesque ...
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