http://books.emeraldinsight.com/permissions/rss.asp Emerald Bookstore - Subject Browse en Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762307418 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762307418 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781846638909 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781846638909 Examines the nature and seriousness of fieldworkers' problems of failure to gain access, achieve comprehension, and avoid intrusion. This volume speaks of access to human subjects data, dealing with methods and concerns about intrusion. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762309740 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762309740 Whilst these papers consider issues relating to access and exclusion for students, the remit of this volume is deliberately broad. It includes articles on access and exclusion with regard to academics and their managers, curriculum content and the manner in which the media approach this topic. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080436708 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080436708 Examines how the higher education environment is being shaped by new information technologies, with a particular focus on technologies based in the Internet. This work illustrates a vision of how virtual universities and their elements are emerging, and of how they can be shaped to the needs of knowledge-based societies. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781780525488 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781780525488 Presents and celebrates Action Learning and Action Research (ALAR) through stories, experiences, reflections and specific works of key proponents and participants in ALAR World Congresses. This title argues for the benefits of action research for sustainable development and problem solving in a turbulent world in the 21st century. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762311453 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762311453 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857249050 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857249050 A representation of a narrative inquiry conducted with five ninth grade boys that were identified as displaying multiple literacies, looking specifically at how these boys storied their literate identities. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781781905036 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781781905036 Advanced Literacy Practices: From the Clinic to the Classroom includes elements of designing literacy clinics, models of reading and writing practices, technology-based instruction, and frameworks for meeting the diverse needs of students. Recommendations are provided in this research-based practical guide for planning and instruction within litera Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762304127 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762304127 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762304295 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762304295 Presents a variety of topics relevant to disorders of learning and behavior, from a diverse international group of researchers. This title includes a chapter that presents a comprehensive discussion and analysis of working memory in readers with learning disabilities and its relation to deficits in executive processing. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559381963 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559381963 Part of the series "Advances in Learning and Behavioural Disabilities", this title includes such topics as: study times in good and poor comprehenders; diagnostic spelling analysis; spatial learning and instruction of children with learning difficulties; and, ageing and prospective memory. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559386500 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559386500 Discusses such topics as learning disabilities and intelligence, mainstreaming an emotionally handicapped student in science, the success of social skills training with delinquent youth, and the social competence of individuals with learning disabilities. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559389051 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559389051 Deals with a variety of topics, such as developmental language disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and self-regulated strategy development. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080433486 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080433486 There have been marked developments in the field of measurement in education and psychology. This book presents the developments that have occurred and puts them into perspective. It discusses the challenge to improve measurement both for research and for the assessment of student performance and learning in schools. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762301034 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762301034 Covers chapters on different theoretical perspectives in motivation research. This work provides an overview of the social cognitive motivational theories and the issues that these models and perspectives are confronting at the edge of motivational science. It includes chapters such as self-efficacy theory, self-concept theory, and others. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559387699 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559387699 Part of a series that reflects research and theory concerned with motivation and achievement in work, school and play, this title focuses on a particular issue or theme. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762308293 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762308293 This volume considers African-American education in the 21st century through the lens of the Chicago School Tradition, at the University of Chicago. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312955 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312955 Research in learning and behavioral disabilities, employing a variety of methods and techniques, has provided information relevant to practitioners. This volume discusses, applies and evaluates different methodological approaches to learning and behavioral disorder research; and serves as a reference to educators, researchers, and others. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762310555 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762310555 The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in the USA is the most ambitious and successful attempt by any country to establish a certification system for recognizing and rewarding teachers who reach high professional standards. This book focuses on The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857248299 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857248299 Includes chapters on curriculum based measurement and response to intervention, dynamic assessment and working memory, diagnostic accuracy and functional diagnosis, assessment of social behavior, assessment and intervention in reading and writing, and assessment and intervention in social and emotional competence and self-determination. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT