Michael Mckenna: 13 books
by Michael McKenna
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
In this book Michael McKenna advances a new theory of moral responsibility, one that builds upon the work of P. F. Strawson. As McKenna demonstrates, moral responsibility can be explained on analogy with a conversation. The relation between a morally responsible agent and those who hold her morally...
by Michael McKenna
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
The origins of, and in many ways the prototype for, modern reality programming can be traced to Real People, a show that premiered on the NBC network in April of 1979. An instant ratings success, Real People appealed to an audience that clamored for stories about “everyday” men and women. However,...
The ABC Movie of the Week
Big Movies for the Small Screen
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
On September 23, 1969, five years after the first made-for-television movie premiered, the ABC network broadcast Seven in Darkness. This was the first television film for an anthology show called the Tuesday Night Movie of the Week. Dedicating ninety minutes of weekly airtime to a still-emerging genre...
Free Will
A Contemporary Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
As an advanced introduction to the challenging topic of free will, this book is designed for upper-level undergraduates interested in a comprehensive first-stop into the field’s issues and debates. It is written by two of the leading participants in those debates—a compatibilist on the issue of...
by Harry Turtledove, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Stephen Leigh
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2019
Alternate histories. Alternate realities.
It’s said that every choice creates multiple timelines, each one exploring what could have happened if a different decision had been made. Most of these alternate histories stem from different outcomes to a pivotal battle, or to an assassination attempt,...
Medical Management of the Thoracic Surgery Patient E-Book
Expert Consult - Online and Print
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
Medical Management of the Thoracic Surgery Patient, by Michael I. Lewis, MD and Robert J. McKenna, Jr., MD, is a comprehensive pulmonary and thoracic reference that takes a practical approach to the diagnosis, workup and care of the thoracic surgery patient. It is geared towards pulmonary and critical...
by Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl, EdD, Michael C. McKenna
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
From leading experts, this indispensable resource presents a practical model for conducting reading assessments for screening, diagnosis, and progress monitoring in each of the three tiers of response to intervention (RTI). K-8 teachers and school personnel are guided to use norm-referenced, informal,...
World Literacy
How Countries Rank and Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
International literacy assessments have provided ample data for ranking nations, charting growth, and casting blame. Summarizing the findings of these assessments, which afford a useful vantage from which to view world literacy as it evolves, this book examines literate behavior worldwide, in terms...
Differentiated Reading Instruction
Strategies for the Primary Grades
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
This book provides a research-based framework for making differentiated instruction work in the primary grades. It includes scientifically validated techniques for teaching each component of the beginning reading program. The authors describe how to use assessment to form differentiated small groups...
Cracking the Common Core
Choosing and Using Texts in Grades 6-12
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
This book guides teachers in grades 6-12 to strategically combine a variety of texts--including literature, informational texts, and digital sources--to meet their content-area goals and the demands of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It presents clear-cut ways to analyze text complexity, design...
Organizing the Early Literacy Classroom
How to Plan for Success and Reach Your Goals
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Filled with clear explanations and doable strategies, this book helps PreK-2 teachers juggle the demands of planning effective instruction and creating a literacy-rich classroom environment. Realistic vignettes illustrate how to set goals, develop standards-based curricula and assessments, establish...
Integrating Multiple Literacies in K-8 Classrooms
Cases, Commentaries, and Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2003
This text gives prospective and practicing teachers a comprehensive understanding of how to teach multiple literacies in elementary arid middle school classrooms. All of the Iiteracies—dance, music, visual arts, popular culture, media, and computer technologies—are integrated with reading and...
Differentiated Literacy Instruction
Assessing, Grouping, Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The goal of this book is to answer the question What is differentiated instruction? It offers pre-service and in-service teachers the background and foundational skills they will need to understand, plan for, and achieve effective differentiated literacy instruction in their classrooms, based on individual...