Hoffman: 730 books
Working Minds
A Practitioner's Guide to Cognitive Task Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2006
How to collect data about cognitive processes and events, how to analyze CTA findings, and how to communicate them effectively: a handbook for managers, trainers, systems analysts, market researchers, health professionals, and others.
Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) helps researchers understand...
by James V. Hoffman, Peter Afflerbach, Ann M. Duffy-Hester
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This book appears at a time when the crisis rhetoric about schools, teaching, and learning to read is extremely high. There is a rising call within the profession for a balanced perspective on reading. Balancing Principles for Teaching Elementary Reading aspires to help set the agenda for improving...
To Save Humanity
What Matters Most for a Healthy Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
"The UN was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell." --Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General 1953-1961 The turn of the 21st century was an objective low point in the history of human health: AIDS was scourging Africa, millions of women died each...
The Engineering Capstone Course
Fundamentals for Students and Instructors
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
This essential book takes students and instructors through steps undertaken in a start-to-finish engineering project as conceived and presented in the engineering capstone course. The learning experience follows an industry model to prepare students to recognize a need for a product or service, create...
Meeting Excellence
33 Tools to Lead Meetings That Get Results
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2010
Meeting Excellence is a comprehensive resource that provides a wide range of ready-to-use tools that have been developed and tested by a meeting initiative within Novartis Pharmaceuticals. It is based on years of research observing team meetings, examining existing meeting documents, and conducting...
The Happy Expat
Your Guide to Joyfully Retiring Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
This book will help you: Find a location that fits you and your lifestyle, overcome challenges that get in the way of living abroad, clarify the type of life you want for a retirement abroad, work with friends and family to stay connected, understand the technology that can make connections to home possible, and cope with culture change.
by D. Stephen Voss, Abraham Hoffman, Paul Soifer
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
CliffsQuickReview course guides cover the essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions.
Whether you are a student under pressure, an interested citizen trying to brush up, or a recent arrival trying...
by Jenifer Fox, Whitney Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Hundreds of useful ideas for meeting the needs of each child
The Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists is the definitive reference for DI for teachers in grades K-12. Ready for immediate use, it offers over 150 up-to-date lists for developing instructional materials, lesson planning, and...
by Devra B. Adelstein, Ann Alaoglu, E. James Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that...
by Steve Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
A starter guide that covers Apache Flume in detail.Apache Flume: Distributed Log Collection for Hadoop is intended for people who are responsible for moving datasets into Hadoop in a timely and reliable manner like software engineers, database administrators, and data warehouse administrators
by Ashley Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2013
There has never been a relational database management system Guide like this. relational database management system 21 Success Secrets is not about the ins and outs of relational database management system. Instead, it answers the top 21 questions that we are asked and those we come across in our forums,...
The Weight of the Nation
Surprising Lessons About Diets, Food, and Fat from the Extraordinary Series from HBO Documentary Films
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
People today work harder and take better care of their health than any previous generation. So how could two-thirds of us fail to measure up when it comes to eating right and exercising? HBO and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences have joined together to bring you the nation's...
Hybrid Organizations
New Business Models for Environmental Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
This book offers a glimpse into the future. The companies it describes are pioneers, the first-movers in market shifts that will eventually become mainstream. These "hybrid organizations" – or what others call "values-driven" or "mission-driven" organizations – operate...
Instructional Design—Step by Step
Nine Easy Steps for Designing Lean, Effective, and Motivational Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Learn a simple, proven, step-by-step method for designing lean, eff ective, and motivationaleducation and training from author Dr. John S. Hoff man, a thirty-year training veteran.A practitioners guide geared toward the newcomer to professional instructional design,Instructional DesignStep by Step...