Advancing at your career requires a continued investment in professional development and self-improvement activities - no sweat if you love what you do! But how do you pursue these educational opportunities while balancing a full-time career and family? Written by time management expert Harold Taylor, this 119-page book (available in both softcover and downloadable PDF e-book editions) explains how to advance your career in management through self-development, while still maintaining balance in the rest of your life. If you are struggling to successfully juggle a career, family, and continuing education - this guide is for you. This guide will also be useful to older returning full-time students and those just entering college - the advice on how to excel at your studies is timeless and applies to any learning situation. You will learn how to: determine your strengths and weaknesses,set personal goals,activate a self-development plan,study and remember what you've read better,. - 7.95

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In this classic introduction to educational and psychological measurement, Thorndike and Thorndike-Christ provide all of the pertinent information future professionals need to know in order to develop the skills to use test information wisely. Incorporating standard measurement concepts as they apply to both educational and psychological assessments, the new eighth edition continues to provide a technically rigorous treatment of the core issues in measurement in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand presentation. In preparing students to become independent users of test information, it describes problems in measurement, explains how these problems are approached and solved, surveys a broad range of sources, and provides guidance in how to find, evaluate, and use information about specific tests. The new eighth edition of Measurement and Evaluation in Psychology and Education includes increased coverage of No Child Left Behind, extended coverage of the role of ethics in tests, and a new chapter on advanced topics in testing. Part Two of the book has been reorganized to clarify concepts and the book as a whole has been streamlined and updated to include the most current research and testing information. Intended for use in undergraduate or graduate level introductory courses in psychological and educational measurement, Measurement and Evaluation in Psychology and Education focuses on basic issues in measurement provides a general overview that is not overly specialized. - 76.70

This engaging and informative text will hold the attention of students and scholars as they take a journey through time to understand the role that history and philosophy have played in shaping the course of sport and physical education in Western and selected non-Western civilizations. From Mesoamerica and Ancient Greece to the 2008 Olympic Games, the book touches on religion, politics, social movements, and individuals as they contributed to the development of sport and physical education. An extensive array of pedagogical tools--including timelines, comprehensive lists of chapter objectives, suggested websites, and discussion questions--aids the learning experience. - 44.50

A supplement for Early Childhood courses in Education, Child Development, and Child/Family Studies departments. This text? interprets for pre-service and in-service teachers alike the Code of Ethics of the NAEYC. Coverage encourages readers to examine the beliefs that will guide their own ethics and, in so doing, expand their knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding ethical practice. The authors make excellent use of adult learning principles that engage readers in reflective practices to create an accessible, engaging, and highly interactive text. As a part of the Student Enrichment Series, this guide can be packaged for no additional charge? with a core Merrill Education text, or $2.00 in a package which contains the Teacher Prep website S/A Code, and can also be purchased individually.? Please contact your local Merrill Education/Prentice Hall Representative for a special package ISBN before placing your order with your bookstore. - 11.40

For courses in Inclusion/Mainstreaming or Introduction to Special Education. This successful and comprehensive, categorically-organized methods-based text examines how to teach all students with varying abilities in the same classroom.? The Seventh Edition of Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms is uncompromising in its dedication to prepare educators to effectively teach the range of students found in the typical elementary or secondary classroom. Using a case-based approach, the text provides information about four groups of students with special needs: students with disabilities, gifted and talented learners, culturally and linguistically diverse individuals, and students at risk for school failure. In addition, it demonstrates the vast resources we now have available through technology, and presents practical strategies for adapting standard instruction to meet the learning needs of all students in general education classrooms.? Furthermore, the reauthorization of IDEA is included, emphasizing for readers why this law is important and how it impacts educators and professionals.? As the practice of inclusion expands, the challenges for teachers increase.'Teaching Students? in General Education Classrooms, 7th Edition? is everything a future teacher needs to know in order to work effectively and sensitively within increasingly diverse elementary and secondary classrooms. - 73.60

The Fifth Edition returns to its roots with a strong orientation toward practical classroom material, methods, and topics, continuing its commitment to presenting the voices of people with disabilities and their perspectives throughout the book, and providing clear and concise discussion of the nature and characteristics of exceptional students. It provides a problem-solving approach by presenting current special education dilemmas and challenging students to think about their solutions. The new edition retains its consistent outline in the categorical chapters and improves upon it with the addition of new recurring headings, creating a powerful learning tool for students. No book delivers the nuts and bolts of inclusive practice better, with practical interventions in every chapter. - 63.00

Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education has always been known for it's innovation, strong research base and accessibility.? The ninth edition has all of those strengths, but has a greater focus on highly effective, research-based practices that are described in a very step-by-step, applied manner.? This book is for those teachers who will be professionals in the area of special education or those who are working with students that have exceptionalities. - 84.00