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Invasive software composition as a new, component-based way to construct software systems is presented. To improve reuse, this method regards software components as greybox and integrates them during

Written for students taking courses in building and surveying, 'Estimating for Builders and Surveyors' describes and explains the method used by the estimator to build up prices or rates for items des

To date little is known about the everyday activities that make up the majority of people's learning lives. This book presents a critical approach to learning using situated learning and activity theory, drawing on the writings of Marx, Gramsci, Marxist-feminists, as well as the sociology of Bourdieu. Though many have demonstrated that schooling and adult training are deeply affected by issues of social class, this book explodes the myth that everyday learning, despite its apparent openness and freedom, can be understood as class-neutral. Based on life-history interviews, selected ethnographic observations in homes and factories, large-scale survey materials as well as microanalysis of human computer interaction, the analysis explores learning across the various spheres of 'working-class life'. The author draws on his own experience as a factory worker, labour educator and academic to offer the most detailed examination of computer literacy and lifelong learning practice amongst workin

Fabric collage is a new method of quilting that gives every sewer the ability to express personal creativity while learning innovative sewing techniques. In The Art of Fabric Collage, designer Rosema

Smart trainers know that games and activities can involve adults in learning like no other instructional method and no one knows more about games than Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan. In this must-hav

This indispensable handbook includes professional development plans that meet the specific needs of dual-language programs, strategies for building learning communities for dual-language teachers, an

Developed at Stanford University Medical Center, Dr. Ferguson's simple method focuses on behavior modification and learning how to eat rather than what to eat. Today, Dr. Ferguson's proven systematic

A picture dictionary with a difference! Using the tried and tested method of 'look, cover and speak', this fun language learning picture book is organised in popular themes like shopping, school, fami

Team learning is an especially powerful way of using small groups. Different authors have used different terms when writing about small groups: learning groups, collaborative learning, cooperative lea

Writing and Community Action: A Service-Learning Rhetoric and Reader encourages inquiry into community and social action issues, supports community-based research, and shepherds students through a ran

This book presents a unified approach to the electromagnetic modeling of practically arbitrary composite metallic and dielectric structures in the frequency domain, based on the method of moments (MoM

This book presents the recent development of stochastic approximation algorithms with expanding truncations based on the TS (trajectory-subsequence) method, a newly developed method for convergence an

Sidorkin (education, Bowling Green State U., Ohio) develops a theoretical approach to education based on the notion of relation. He defines learning as "production of useless things," and schools as t

This book adopts a variety of disciplinary, thematic, and country-based approaches to the complex and contested issues around the character of the nation-state in Latin America.

Offers a nine-step problem-solving approach to address the obstacles faced by school administrators as they initiate or maintain a goal-oriented environment that supports learning and achievement.

Describes the film about the Navajo code talkers of World War II, and provides background information on the unbreakable military code based on the Navajo language and the marines who took part in the

Mediation is a highly effective method of reducing conflict, resolving disputes, and building a productive workplace. Mediation for Managers: Resolving Conflict and Rebuilding Relationships at Work fo

Elaborating on his earlier work, Grammar Wars: 179 games and improvs for learning language arts , the author presents a method for grade school teachers to use in teaching children how to use languag

Diamond in the Sky is a children's book on the life of Dr. Shinichi Suzuki. It is written for the thousands of children (and their parents) who study the SuzukiAr Method of learning music. This book

Strategies for Success, by H. Douglas Brown, enables students and teachers to take a fresh look at the learning process. Its strategies-based instruction guides students to become aware of their learn

Rene Descartes credited his success in philosophy, mathematics, and physics to the discovery of a universal method of inquiry, but he provided no systematic description of his method. Descartes and Me

Part I Overview 1. The Formation of the Middle Classes in Southeast Asia: An Overview Hsin-Huang Michael HsiaoHong-Zen Wang Part II Philippines 2. Method

This book offers a tested method for teaching yourself to become proficient in reading French, quickly building your vocabulary, and enabling you to extract meaning without word-for-word translation.

A simple proven method for improving cash flow so you can live rent-free and retire earlyHow to Invest in Condominiums provides a simple, low-risk blueprint for building cash flow by buying and rentin

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Dr. Anne Witt has developed an effective tool to encourage the mastery of common rhythms for today's band student. Based on Igor Hudadoff's A Rhythm a Day, Witt's method targets the specific rhythmic

Dr. Anne Witt has developed an effective tool to encourage the mastery of common rhythms for today's band student. Based on Igor Hudadoff's A Rhythm a Day, Witt's method targets the specific rhythmic

Dr. Anne Witt has developed an effective tool to encourage the mastery of common rhythms for today's band student. Based on Igor Hudadoff's A Rhythm a Day, Witt's method targets the specific rhythmic

The Science of Decision Making: A Problem-Based Introduction Using Excel, is a comprehensive, coherent, problems-based approach to learning the science of decision-making. It includes models of operat

Are there key respects in which character and character defects are voluntary? Can agents with serious vices be rational agents? Jonathan Jacobs answers in the affirmative. Moral character is shaped t

"Evacuation from Fires, Volume II" in this important new series was developed because of the fundamental importance of removing occupants from harm's way during building fires and the need to demonstr

Between World War I and World War II, African Americans' quest for civil rights took on a more aggressive character as a new group of black activists challenged the politics of civility traditionally

Provides detailed formulas to help calculate the square footage required for every conceivable element of a library building. New to this edition are up-to-date specifications for computer workstation

A dramatic new survival trilogy follows a group of six kids who have been sent to a deserted island for a character-building experience as they embark on a quest for survival that will test their limi

Task-based learning in teaching is where an activity has been designed to help achieve a particular learning goal. This volume brings together a series of studies by different researchers on the impac

Building on his earlier volumes for the series, Pidgins and Creoles , volumes I and II, Holm (U. of Coimbra, Portugal) presents the most important information relating to spoken languages that fall b

This is a unique textbook that utilizes the Problem-Based Learning approach to medical education to present the necessary topics for a core-curriculum in Obstetrics and Gynecology. The contributors ha

Web Project Management presents a solid Web project management method for building commercial Web sites. Developed by pres.co, a leading interactive agency, this refined eight-stage approach lets yo

The Psychopharmacologists 3 completes a trio of interview-based books about the process of therapeutic innovation in clinical psychiatry. David Healy's method is to interview key individuals involved

This book takes the reader step-by-step through the process of helping parents understand the role of performance-based assessment in student learning. Included are suggestions about what to emphasize