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  The Pursuit of History

  by John Tosh

  Reviews of the previous Edition: This is exactly the kind of book to recommend warmly to any student wanting a general introduction to the discipline of history. It is highly accessible and could as easily be handled by the general reader wanting to know what is happening to history today.' British Book News Tosh provides an excellent introduction to methodology in history which will be read with advantage by... (more)
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  The Usability Engineering Lifecycle: A Practitioner's Handbook for User Interface Design

  by Deborah J. Mayhew

  A commitment to usability in user interface design and development offers enormous benefits, including greater user productivity, more competitive products, lower support costs, and a more efficient development process. But what does it mean to be committed to usability? Inside, a twenty-year expert answers this question in full, presenting the techniques of Usability Engineering as a series of product lifecycle... (more)
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  Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing

  Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes

  by Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, Linda L. Shaw

  In this companion volume John van Maanen's Tales of the Field , three scholars reveal how the ethnographer turns direct experience and observation into written fieldnotes upon which an ethnography is based. Drawing on years of teaching and field research experience, the authors develop a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice about how to write useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, both... (more)
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  Reading with Meaning

  by Debbie Miller

  If you have ever wondered how to teach comprehension strategies to primary-age children, read on. First, imagine a primary-grade classroom where all the children are engaged and motivated; where the buzz of excited, emerging readers fills the air; where simultaneously words are sounded out and connections are made between the books of their choice and the experiences of their lives. Then, open these pages. ... (more)
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  Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?: Content Comprehension, Grades 6-12

  by Cris Tovani

  “Do I really have to teach reading?” This is the question many teachers of adolescents are asking, wondering how they can possibly add a new element to an already overloaded curriculum. And most are finding that the answer is “yes.” If they want their students to learn complex new concepts in different disciplines, they often have to help their students become better readers. Building on the experiences gained in... (more)
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  Applied Social Research Methods: Book 17

  Ethnography: Step-by-Step

  by David M. Fetterman

  Sifting through notepads filled with illegible scrawl, listening to hours of tape recordings, labeling and organizing piles of photographs and slides, and cross-referencing disks of data are all too-familiar pictures to the ethnographic researcher. How does one manage a mountain of data and make meaningful statements? By using the new, updated Ethnography that has proved so reliable to thousand of researchers.... (more)
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  Teaching Reading Sourcebook: Sourcebook for Kindergarten Through Eight Grade (Core Literacy Training Series)

  by Bill Honig

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  Research Methods in Social Work

  by David D. Royse

  This book shows students the connection between research and practice. It explains how research informs practice and how practice affects research and how the two together allow the worker to affect clients' lives and advance the profession. The book provides basic concepts of the research process and shows students how to understand their findings. The book introduces readers to the basic concepts of the research... (more)
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  Essential Research Methods for Social Work

  by Allen Rubin

  Master research methods with ESSENTIAL RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK! Student-friendly and clear, this social work text provides you with the tools you need to understand essential research methods content. Illustrations and examples throughout show you how you can apply research to practice. Studying is made easy with a book-specific website that provides you with tutorial quizzes and links to additional... (more)
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  Reading Is Seeing

  by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

  In Reading IS Seeing , Jeffrey Wilhelm shares well over 100 visualization strategies that build reading skills and make reading, discussing, and reflecting on texts more engaging and relevant. These techniques can be adapted to use with virtually any kind of text , including, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, picture books. Idea tableau, mirror mapping, illustrated journals, picture maps, character symbol maps, and... (more)
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  Learner-directed Assessment in Esl

  This text integrates the theory and practice of learner-based assessment. Written in response to two recent movements in language teaching--learner-centered teaching and a renewed interest in authenticity in language testing--it examines the relationship between the language learner and language assessment processes, and promotes approaches to assessment that involve the learner in the testing process. Particular... (more)
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  Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children

  by Irene C. Fountas

  This book is the richest, most comprehensive guided reading resource available today and the first systematic offering of instructional support for guided reading adherents.
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  Successful Inclusion Strategies for Secondary and Middle School Teachers: Keys to Help Struggling Learners Access the Curriculum

  by M. C. Gore

  How do you reach the reluctant learner? This research-based resource offers great insights into the locks that bar learning.
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  Lifespan Development of Human Memory

  Until recently, the vast majority of memory research used only university students and other young adults as subjects. Although such research successfully introduced new methodologies and theoretical concepts, it created a bias in our understanding of the lifespan development of memory. This book signals a departure from young-adult-centered research. It views the lifespan development of memory as a continuous... (more)
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  Counterfactuals and Causal Inference: Methods and Principles for Social Research (Analytical Methods for Social Research)

  by Stephen L. Morgan

  Did mandatory busing programs in the 1970s increase the school achievement of disadvantaged minority youth? Does obtaining a college degree increase an individual's labor market earnings? Did the use of a butterfly ballot in some Florida counties in the 2000 presidential election cost Al Gore votes? Simple cause-and-effect questions such as these are the motivation for much empirical work in the social... (more)
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  Strategies for Empirical Research in Writing

  by Mary Sue MacNealy

  Strategies for Empirical Research in Writing is a particularly accessible approach to both qualitative and quantitative empirical research methods, helping novices appreciate the value of empirical research in writing while easing their fears about the research process. This comprehensive book covers research methods ranging from traditional experiments to newer practices such as focus groups, using graphics... (more)
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  Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness (Public Issues in Anthropological Perspective, V. 1)

  by Irene Glasser

  As homelessness continues to plague North America and also becomes more widespread in Europe, anthropologists turn their attention to solving the puzzle of why people in some of the most advanced technological societies in the world are found huddled in a subway tunnel, squatting in a vacant building, living in a shelter, or camping out in an abandoned field or on a beach. Anthropologists have a long tradition of... (more)
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  Consulting for Real People

  by Peter Cockman

  "Consulting for Real People: a Client-Centred Approach for Change Agents and Leaders, 2/e" shows you how to become truly client-centred by empowering your client and supporting them right through to the point where the new behaviour replaces the old. Formerly titled "Client-Centred Consulting: A Practical Guide for Internal Advisers and Trainers", this highly successful book has been fully updated to reflect... (more)
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  A Handbook of Social Science Research

  by Gary D. Bouma, Beverly R. Dixon

  What is social science research? How do you do it? What are the pitfalls? What are the tricks of the trade? This book provides answers to these and many other questions which need to be answered by students who seek to develop their research skills, and is an ideal introduction for those about to embark on research for the first time. The authors look at: how to isolate and define a problem; how to frame a... (more)
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  Teaching Second Language Reading (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers)

  by Thom Hudson

  This book examines a variety of approaches from classrooms and research that are used for teaching reading, and explores teaching methods focused on strategies.