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Criminal Justice and Mental Health: An Evidence Based Approach
Author(s): Hayden Smith
Criminal Justice and Mental Health: An Evidence Based Approach details the historical, social, and policy influences that have led to the criminal justice system now serving as a default mental health system. The three largest mental health facilities in the United States are jails and prisons and t...
An Applied Approach to Macroeconomics
Author(s): Jack A Chambless
Some people would rather perform root canal surgery on a rabid wolverine than sit through a discussion of Federal Reserve policies.Jack A. Chambless’ An Applied Approach to Macroeconomics prepares readers to become economically literate human beings by presenting real world issues in a somewhat cont...
Introduction to Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Author(s): Paul Gannon
Human society has never before faced challenges like the present. Population has more than doubled since 1970; currently over 7 billion and growing fast. Much of this growth occurs in regions with developing infrastructure, placing increasing demands on natural resources and taxing ecosystem service...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Quantitative Research
Author(s): Bunnie Loree Claxton, Michelle Barthlow
A Step-By-Step Guide to Conducting Quantitative Applied Research in Education features a thorough explanation of frequently used quantitative designs and statistics in social science research. The guide assists in selecting the appropriate design and statistic and provides model write-ups of rationa...
Franken Food: Fact or Science-Fiction - Principles of Critical Thinking
Author(s): Cheryl Rock
Franken Food: Fact or Science Fiction is a textbook that addresses how the US population is constantly bombarded with conflicting and ambiguous information about issues such as health claims, ingredient avoidance, processed food, food additives, hormones and genetically modified organisms (GMO) as w...
Thriving in the Community and Technical College
Author(s): Joseph B Cuseo, Aaron Thompson, Julie McLaughlin
Thriving in the Community and Technical College covers the full range of topics and issues that impact student success. Content is delivered through multiple formats and learning modalities, including snapshot summary boxes, concept maps, content-relevant cartoons, inspiring quotes from successful s...
Selling Yourself and Your Ideas: A Guide for Building Presentation Skills
Author(s): Murray State University
One’s personal, professional, and public life depends on the ability to discover, in any given case, the available means of persuasion, or to adjust ideas to people and people to ideas. The extent to which a person can do that is the extent to which he/she will be successful in those areas of life. ...
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Interdisciplinary Teaching: Movement-Based Solutions for the Whole Child
Author(s): MATTHEW CUMMISKEY
A mind that is wholly engaged in immersive teaching modalities learns best. Expand beyond education's narrow focus on visual and auditory teaching modalitites. Harness the power of kinesthetic and tactile instruction and of children's natural inclination and joy towards movement to make learning fun...