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The Landscape of Expository Comprehension

Author(s): SHARON RUSSELL

The Landscape of Expository Comprehension: Teaching Non-Fiction Text Processing focuses on facilitating instruction from the viewpoint of how proficient readers think with informational text. Expository text requires a completely different set of cognitive strategies from those of narrative. You wil...

The Rabbi Wore a Collar

Author(s): Arthur Gross-Schaefer

A group of Jesuit Priests invite Rabbi Daniels to join them on their investigative visit to Nicaragua shortly after the Sandinista revolution toppled the Somoza dictatorship. Rabbi Daniels is interested in going so he can determine if this new revolutionary government is anti-Semitic, as is being ch...

Picture Books: More than Meets the Eye!

Author(s): Lisa Ciecierski Madara

Picture Books: More Than Meet the Eye is an important addition to the rich knowledge base that already exists on children’s literature. This book is visionary; it presents and promotes a vision of picture books that significantly extends traditional notions about children’s literature. Specifically,...

Psyched

Author(s): Elisa Setmire

Psyched is an online textbook for students taking an Introduction to Psychology course at the college level. Each chapter begins with “Student Learning Objectives” followed by a short summary of the main topics that will be covered and ends with definitions of all the key terms covered in the chapte...

Introduction to Criminal Law and Procedure

Author(s): Roger Wright

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE provides students with the basic tenets of criminal law and procedure. The textbook is designed to provide and “essentials” examination of how substantive criminal law is developed and applied in the United States. Students will examine basic legal theories...