John R : 1297 books
Fuel and Combustion Systems Safety
What you don't know can kill you!
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Practical, easy-to-follow advice that saves lives
Based on the author's thirty years of hands-on experience working in the field of industrial fuel systems and combustion equipment safety, this book integrates safety codes with practical, tested, and proven guidance that makes it viable to...
Measurement for the Social Sciences
The C-OAR-SE Method and Why It Must Replace Psychometrics
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2010
This book proposes a revolutionary new theory of construct measurement – called C-OAR-SE – for the social sciences. The acronym is derived from the following key elements: construct definition; object representation; attribute classification; rater entity identification; selection of item type;...
by Hilary Ockendon, John R. Ockendon
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Now in its second edition, this book continues to give readers a broad mathematical basis for modelling and understanding the wide range of wave phenomena encountered in modern applications. New and expanded material includes topics such as elastoplastic waves and waves in plasmas, as well as new...
People and Rail Systems
Human Factors at the Heart of the Railway
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Following on from 2005's Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expertise and experience on rail human factors. The content is both comprehensive and cutting-edge, featuring...
Styles and Strategies for Teaching Middle School Mathematics
21 Techniques for Differentiating Instruction and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Addressing NCTM process standards, this book presents four mathematical learning styles and offers middle school teachers effective, research-based instructional strategies for teaching mathematics to each type of learner.
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Ministry Education That Transforms
Modeling and Teaching the Transformed Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2018
God clearly intends that lives of Christians and the life of the church should differ from those of the unredeemed. The Christian and the church should be “salt and light.” Preparing spiritual leaders who have the grace, credibility, and wisdom to effect such change demands more than transmission...
Life-span Developmental Psychology
Introduction To Research Methods
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
What are the changes we see over the life-span? How can we explain them? And how do we account for individual differences? This volume continues to examine these questions and to report advances in empirical research within life-span development increasing its interdisciplinary nature. The relationships...
by John R. Short
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This book, first published in 1984, is an attempt to make students aware of the variety in the urban condition and to introduce them to some of the relationships operating between space and society. From the broad aim of seeking to show the relationship between urbanism and society flows a number...
Multiple Solutions of Boundary Value Problems
A Variational Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
Variational methods and their generalizations have been verified to be useful tools in proving the existence of solutions to a variety of boundary value problems for ordinary, impulsive, and partial differential equations as well as for difference equations. In this monograph, we look at how variational...
Visions for the Global Economy
Economic Growth, Global Economic Governance, and Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Visions for the Global Economy explores a collection of global issues that are vital to every student of world affairs. It addresses key topics on the global stage, focusing on the foundational aspects of these global issues. It gets to the heart of diverse arguments that create roadblocks to progress...
Community Natural Resource Management and Poverty in India
The Evidence from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
A comparative analysis of two contrasting strategies in the implementation of Community Natural Resource Management (CNRM) programmes in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
This book examines whether the introduction of CNRM schemes in rural India made an impact on poverty alleviation. These programmes...
Apocalypse Observed
Religious Movements and Violence in North America, Europe and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2005
Apocalypse Observed is about religious violence. By analyzing five of the most notorious cults of recent years, the authors present a fascinating and revealing account of religious sects and conflict. Cults covered include:
* the apocalypse at Jonestown
* the Branch Davidians at Waco
* the...
Math Tools, Grades 3–12
60+ Ways to Build Mathematical Practices, Differentiate Instruction, and Increase Student Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Teach to the Common Core, differentiate instruction, and keep students engaged—all at the same time!
With new Common Core–aligned tools and strategies, this second edition of a bestseller is an all-in-one math classroom management resource. Covering everything from lesson design to math-specific...
Environmental Trace Analysis
Techniques and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
This book covers all aspects of environmental trace analysis from sampling through to preparation of the sample to the analytical techniques used to quantify the level of trace metals or organic compounds. The book is divided into two areas: sample preparation for inorganic analysis and sample preparation...