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Comprehension and Vocabulary Strategies for the Elementary Grades w/ CD ROM

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Susan Lenski, Roberta L. Berglund

Each of the 44+ research-based strategies in this book is presented step-by-step with the description, teaching goals, procedures, and student reproducibles. A quick reference guide helps educators find the specific are they wish to target, and then notes when, why, and how to use that strategy in t...

Ethnic America: Readings in Race, Class, and Gender

Author(s): Eric Vega, Wayne Maeda

 ETHNIC AMERICA: Readings in Race, Class, and Gender, by Rita Cameron Wedding, Eric Vega, & Gregory Yee Mark, takes an interdisciplinary approach to discussing race, class, and gender issues in the United States. Covering dysfunctions, theory, and current events, this book is a compilation of recent...

Physical Fitness: Applications for Lifelong Health

Author(s): Kristen Redding

The purpose of this text is to offer expert knowledge based on the latest research in exercise science and sports medicine with regards to physical fitness and wellness. We wish to provide the students with the tools for self-assessment and to give them guidelines for developing and maintaining fitn...

Smart School Leaders: Leading with Emotional Intelligence

Author(s): Janet Patti, Jim Tobin

Smart School Leaders: Leading with Emotional Intelligence by Janet Patti and James Tobin is a valuable resource for developing the knowledge, skills, and abilities of school leaders.   It focuses on the people side of leadership.   The ten core chapters of the book are written in narrative form w...

Criminal Psychology: Sexual Predators in the Age of Neuroscience

Author(s): Don E Jacobs

This text introduces students to "neurocriminalistics" (Jacobs 2005), the New School neuroscience of the violent criminal mind interpreted by high resolution brain scans and by brain fingerprinting and other state of the art neuropsych paradigms. Criminal Psychology: Sexual Predators in the Age o...