History of Western Civilization

Author(s): Matthew A. Schownir

History of Western Civilization features a readable, student-friendly introduction to the basics of a college history course. From prehistory to the early modern period, this ebook is designed to provide instructors brief, easily digestible lessons that progressively challenge students in the analys...

Communication Accommodation Theory as a Lens to Examine Painful Self-Disclosure in Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships

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Sample Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT; e.g., Giles, 2016a) has emerged as a key interpersonal and intergroup theory, and has been studied across an array of languages, cultures, and applied settings (Soliz & Giles, 2014). This chapter, with its illustrative case accounts, focuses on one ...

Lost in Translation: The Challenges of Intercultural Relationships.

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Sample Globalization and immigration have empowered individuals of different cultures to interact with one another more often than ever before (Mok, 1999). Consequently, there has been a growing trend of mixed culture relationships in the United States. In the year 2017, nearly 20% of newlyweds w...

OpenStax Entrepreneurship softcover

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"This textbook is intended for use in introductory Entrepreneurship classes at the undergraduate level. Due to the wide range of audiences and course approaches, the book is designed to be as flexible as possible. Theoretical and practical aspects are presented in a balanced manner, and specific com...

From Lujo with Love

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Often, risk communicators have to negotiate an awareness of legitimized, and illegitimate, public panic. That is, the difference between what causes public panic and what actually leads to injury or death, which is not always congruent. For example, a study found that people were more likely to die ...

General Music: A K-12 Experience

Author(s): Nicole R Robinson, Suzanne N. Hall, Fred P Spano

General Music: A K-12 Experience equips the preservice music teacher with tools to effectively teach general music to elementary and secondary students. This text features research-based content and provides a myriad of resources. It is perfect for general music methods courses for preservice music ...

OpenStax Elementary Algebra softcover

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"Elementary Algebra is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for a one-semester elementary algebra course. The book’s organization makes it easy to adapt to a variety of course syllabi. The text expands on the fundamental concepts of algebra while addressing the needs of students with div...

Fundamental Strategies for Presenting Remedial Instruction, Preliminary Edition

Author(s): Timothy Morse

Fundamental Strategies for Presenting Remedial Instruction analyzes the design and implementation of remedial instruction to students with and without disabilities. It defines remedial instruction provided to certain students beyond their general education classroom instruction to enhance their a...

F*ckPhyllis: Attacking a Chancellor's Race and Gender for Not Calling a Snow Day

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Sample Jimmy had desperately been missing the warm Arizona sun of his hometown. As a junior, he was finally (sort of) getting used to the Midwest snowy winters at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), but this winter was horrible. If the low temperatures weren’t enough to keep pe...

Pressure to Perform: BrettÃ**s Negotiations of Male Friendships, Body Image and Dating Relationships

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Abstract “Man, I’m dreading practice today—I’m still worn out from yesterday.” “Well, let’s plan on going out afterward. We could definitely use the break, and it’ll be great to just be able to chill . . . ” Brett sat toward the front of the classroom listening to the conversation behind him. “Th...