Business in Action (5th Edition) (MyBizLab Series)

Business in Action (5th Edition) (MyBizLab Series) Review

An introduction to business text can be complete without being complex and overwhelming—and this text proves it!

 

Business in Action is uniquely positioned to help today’s readers become tomorrow’s focused, highly productive business professionals. It is the only introduction to business text that emphasizes efficient, focused, objectives-driven learning in every aspect.

 

The fifth edition takes students on an engaging exploration of the fundamentals, strategies, and dynamics that make the business world work by integrating print and online media in unprecedented ways, keeping the course relevant and current.

Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher (4th Edition)

Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher (4th Edition) Review

Born of the author's own experience working with teachers and principals, Action Research, Fourth Edition, provides a research-based step-by-step outline of how to do action research. The author guides teachers and administrators through the action research process via numerous concrete illustrations; positioning it as a fundamental component of teaching.

 

Action Research helps to develop teachers and administrators with professional attitudes, who embrace action, progress, and reform.

 

Features

 

Balanced coverage of quantitative data collection and analysis techniques

• Chapter 4, Data Collection Techniques, covers collection techniques for the most frequently used qualitative and quantitative data, including observations, interviews, teacher-made tests, and standardized test data.
• Chapter 6, Data Analysis and Interpretation, guides students through data analysis and provides techniques, coding guidelines, and examples for analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Additional coverage of mixed methods research has been added throughout the book.

 

A focus on producing critical consumers of action research

• A new chapter, Evaluating Action Research (Chapter 9), helps students become critical consumers of research. 
• Included in Chapter 9 is an article from an action research journal that is analyzed using the new criteria for evaluating action research.
• Appendix A, Action Research in Action, contains an extended example and evaluation of an action research case study.

 

An expanded coverage of ethics

• Chapter 2, Ethics, provides an expanded discussion of ethical guidelines and provides guidance for seeking and obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval.

 

Integration to the MyEducationLab for Action Research website

• The fourth edition of Action Research includes margin note integration with MyEducationLab for Action Research, a dynamic online learning environment that provides students with the opportunity to build a better understanding of action research through engagement with real products from the research process. 

 

 

A user-friendly format

• Chapter objectives give students targets to shoot for as they read and study
• Key Concept boxes provide students with an efficient review of important vocabulary and theory
• Research in Action checklists provide students with guidelines to use in each stage of the action research process

Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition

Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition Review

A revised, updated edition of S. I. Hayakawa’s classic work on semantics. He discusses the role of language, its many functions, and how language shapes our thinking. Introduction by Robert MacNeil; Index.

Improving Schools Through Action Research: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators (2nd Edition)

Improving Schools Through Action Research: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators (2nd Edition) Review

This text emphasizes the reflective processes used in planning and conducting action research studies, data analysis techniques (quantitative and qualitative), and displaying and explaining results. It provides specific information needed to complete each step of the action research cycle with chapter activities that help the student/reader conduct projects focused on school improvement. Each activity includes a research paper component that helps students create a research paper as they complete the activities.

Technology In Action, Introductory (8th Edition)

Technology In Action, Introductory (8th Edition) Review

In today’s technological age, computer literacy is important for everyone, and now learning the basics is easier than ever. A Computer Concepts Text Focused on Today’s Student,Technology in Action engages students by combining a unique teaching approach with rich companion media. The eighth edition has been updated to reflect the latest developments in computer technology. New interactive learning tools have also been added to enhance student engagement.

Student CD is included with every text, containing:

·    Sound Bytes: Multimedia lessons that demystify computer concepts with audio and video presentations.

·    Sound Byte Podcasts: The Sound Bytes are now also available as podcasts.

·    Active Helpdesk Calls: Highly interactive, engaging, almost game-like media that places the student in the role of a helpdesk staffer answering computer technology questions from callers.

 

Why Computers Matter to You: Becoming Computer Literate; The History of the PC; Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts; Using the Internet; Ethics; Application Software: Programs That Let You Work and Play; Using System Software: The Operating System, Utility Programs, and File Management; Understanding and Assessing Hardware; Networking and Security: Hackers and Viruses; Protecting Your Computer and Backing Up Your Data; Mobile Computing; Digital Entertainment; System Hardware

  With an array of fun and engaging learning tools, Technology in Action teaches students computer fundamentals, from learning Microsoft Office to setting up their own home network.

Human Action Pocket Edition

Human Action Pocket Edition Review

The great book first appeared in German in 1940 and then disappeared, only to reappear in English in 1949. It was a sensation, the largest and most scientific defense of human freedom ever published. And now, in 2010, the seemingly impossible has happened: Human Action, the masterwork of the ages, is in a pocketbook edition at a ridiculously low price.

History might record that this edition is the one that changed the world. Mises's fantastic and timeless treatise has never been in a more portable, giftable edition.

Just imagine: giving or receiving this gem, this treasure, as a stocking stuffer!

This is not a reduction. It is the full treatise from front to back, the mind-blowing explanation of the economics of freedom, right in the palm of your hand.

Stock up! We've prepared for mass distribution.

jQuery in Action, Second Edition

jQuery in Action, Second Edition Review

A really good web development framework anticipates your needs. jQuery does more-it practically reads your mind. Developers fall in love with this JavaScript library the moment they see 20 lines of code reduced to three. jQuery is concise and readable.

jQuery in Action, Second Edition is a fast-paced introduction and guide. It shows you how to traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax to your web pages. The book's unique "lab pages" anchor the explanation of each new concept in a practical example. You'll learn how jQuery interacts with other tools and frameworks and how to build jQuery plugins.

This revised and expanded second edition includes even more lab pages than before, along with numerous examples that show the latest best practices developed by the jQuery community. It provides full coverage of jQuery 1.4, along with a deeper look at the ever-expanding world of jQuery plug-ins.

This book requires some knowledge of JavaScript and Ajax but no previous experience with jQuery.

Composing a Civic Life: A Rhetoric and Readings for Inquiry and Action (2nd Edition)

Composing a Civic Life: A Rhetoric and Readings for Inquiry and Action (2nd Edition) Review

Composing A Civic Life promotes informed, active citizenship by encouraging the reader to write as a means of inquiry and civic participation.

Prentice Hall Physical Science: Concepts in Action ©2009: Student Edition with Earth and Space Science (NATL)

Prentice Hall Physical Science: Concepts in Action ©2009: Student Edition with Earth and Space Science (NATL) Review

Prentice Hall Physical Science: Concepts in Action ©2009

Student Edition with Earth and Space Science

Prentice Hall Physical Science: Concepts in Action helps students make the important connection between the science they read and what they experience every day.   Relevant content, lively explorations, and a wealth of hands-on activities take students' understanding of science beyond the page and into the world around them.  Now includes even more technology, tools and activities to support differentiated instruction!

Features and Benefits

Virtual Physical Science—a Prentice Hall exclusive—is the most robust interactive lab available.

A proven formula for reading success before, during, and after every lesson enables students to fully understand key concepts.

Relevant content, lively explorations, and a wealth of hands-on activities help students understand science.

Exclusive partnership with Discovery Channel School™ brings exciting video content to every chapter.

The Complete Interactive Textbook—available online and on CD-ROM.  Audio of the full text read aloud supports English Language learners and reluctant readers.

PresentationEXPRESS™ helps you create dynamic presentation with slides, videos, and participatory activities.

Research and Validity

Quantitative and qualitative research supporting Prentice Hall Science programs

Comprehensive School Counseling Programs: K-12 Delivery Systems in Action (2nd Edition) (The Merrill Counseling Series)

Comprehensive School Counseling Programs: K-12 Delivery Systems in Action (2nd Edition) (The Merrill Counseling Series) Review

This comprehensive text explores all aspects of creating and managing school counseling programs, with a focus on designing systems that work for all students.

 

This accessible and inclusive guide to K-12 school counseling provides readers with a comprehensive exploration of delivery systems and the practical tools that professional school counselors need to design, implement, manage, and evaluate comprehensive, developmentally appropriate school counseling programs for all students. Aligned with the ASCA Competencies and CACREP 2009 Standards, Comprehensive School Counseling underlines the professional context of school counseling in the real world of public education.

 

The second edition of this text includes two new chapters — one devoted to accountability and evaluation, the other to common legal and ethical issues found in school counseling. In addition, the revised edition of Comprehensive School Counseling includes an expanded focus on multicultural concerns in school counseling as well as alignment with the 2009 CACREP Standards.

Grand Conversations (Updated Edition): Literature Groups in Action

Grand Conversations (Updated Edition): Literature Groups in Action Review

Grand Conversations (Updated Edition): Literature Groups in Action Feature

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This updated edition of a 1990 classic advocates the use of real books in a classroom context that places children's enjoyment and interpretation of literature at the center. New material includes a foreword by Shelley Harwayne and tributes to the book's influence by Stephanie Harvey, Lester Laminack, Frank Serafini, and Mary Glover. In addition to illuminating the powerful components of a literature-based reading program, the authors provide a number of assessment tools. For use with Grades 2–6.