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Winner of AM&P EXCEL Bronze Award Your Students, My Students,
Our Students explores the hard truths of current special education
practice and outlines five essential disruptions to the status quo.
Authors Lee Ann Jung, Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Julie Kroener
show you how to: Establish a school culture that champions equity
and inclusion. Rethink the long-standing structure of least
restrictive environment and the resulting service delivery.
Leverage the strengths of all educators to provide appropriate
support and challenge. Collaborate on the delivery of instruction
and intervention. Honor the aspirations of each student and plan
accordingly. To realize authentic and equitable inclusion, we must
relentlessly and collectively pursue change. This book-written not
for ""special educators"" or ""general educators"" but for all
educators-addresses the challenges, maps out the solutions, and
provides tools and inspiration for the work ahead. Real-life
examples of empowerment and success illustrate just what's possible
when educators commit to the belief that every student belongs to
all of us and all students deserve learning experiences that will
equip them to live full and rewarding lives.
Now in its 3rd edition, Better Learning Through Structured Teaching
is the definitive guide to the gradual release of responsibility-an
instructional framework any teacher can use to help students to be
more successful and self-directed learners.To gradually release
responsibility is to equip students with what they need to master
content and develop new competencies. On a day-to-day basis, it
means delivering lessons intentionally structured to incorporate
four interrelated phases: * Focused Instruction ("I do it") that
sets students up for cognitive apprenticeship by establishing
lesson purpose, modeling strategies and skills, and sharing
information and insight. * Guided Instruction ("We do it together")
that incorporates targeted prompts, cues, and questions to scaffold
understanding. * Collaborative Learning ("You do it together") that
allows students to consolidate and extend understanding through
accountable group tasks built on discussion and cooperative problem
solving. * Independent Learning ("You do it alone") that provides
students opportunities to practice and apply the skills and
knowledge they've acquired to create authentic products and ask new
questions. Authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey detail the
components of each phase, sharing proven strategies and real-life
examples. You'll find a variety of useful tips for classroom
implementation, along with new guidance on teacher credibility,
social-emotional learning, and embedding assessment throughout all
four phases. No matter what grade level or subject you teach,
Better Learning Through Structured Teaching is an essential
resource for improving your practice and empowering your students.
This timely Handbook provides a conceptual discussion and a wide
empirical presentation of new disruptive forms of innovation
producing appropriate technologies, addressing the needs of
low-income populations, and providing alternative solutions for
sustainable development. The Handbook of Innovation &
Appropriate Technologies for International Development expertly
analyses and compares contributions of appropriate technologies in
developing, emerging and industrialized economies, including China
and India, and their global development impacts. Additionally, it
covers the transversal role of new international communication
technologies, open access, digital tools as well as
entrepreneurship and innovation from within emerging economies and
in industrialized nations. Using empirical analyses of cases and
experiences in manufacturing sectors and services, it covers both
the formal and informal economy, and provides an insightful focus
on differences and similarities across borders and sectors. NGO and
private sector practitioners, public sector officers as well as
academics specialized in development economics, entrepreneurship
and engineering or management studies will find this Handbook to be
illuminating and very informative. Science and technology producers
and entrepreneurs will appreciate the global look into more
sustainable development as related to appropriate technologies, and
how they can be used across all economic backgrounds.
What is FIT Teaching? What is a FIT Teacher? The Framework for
Intentional and Targeted Teaching (R)-or FIT Teaching (R)-is a
research-based, field-tested, and experience-honed process that
captures the essentials of the best educational environments. In
contrast to restrictive pedagogical prescriptions or formulas, FIT
Teaching empowers teachers to adapt the most effective planning,
instructional, and assessment practices to their particular context
in order to move their students' learning from where it is now to
where it should be. To be a FIT Teacher is to make a heroic
commitment to learning-not just to the learning of every student in
the classroom, but to the professional learning necessary to grow,
inspire, and lead. This book introduces the powerful FIT Teaching
Tool, which harnesses the FIT Teaching approach and presents a
detailed continuum of growth and leadership. It's a close-up look
at what intentional and targeting teaching is and what successful
teachers do to: Plan with purpose. Cultivate a learning climate.
Instruct with intention. Assess with a system. Impact student
learning. Designed to foster discussion among educators about what
they are doing in the classroom, the FIT Teaching Tool can be used
by teachers for self-assessment; by teacher peers for collegial
feedback in professional learning communities; by instructional
coaches to focus on the skills teachers need both onstage and off;
and by school leaders to highlight their teachers' strengths and
value. Join authors Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Stefani
Arzonetti Hite for an examination of what makes great teachers
great, and see how educators at all grade levels and all levels of
experience are taking intentional steps toward enhanced
professional practice.
Student learning communities (SLCs) are more than just a different
way of doing group work. Like the professional learning communities
they resemble, SLCs provide students with a structured way to solve
problems, share insight, and help one another continually develop
new skills and expertise. With the right planning and support,
dynamic collaborative learning can thrive everywhere. In this book,
educators Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Almarode explain how
to create and sustain student learning communities by: Designing
group experiences and tasks that encourage dialogue. Fostering the
relational conditions that advance academic, social, and emotional
development. Providing explicit instruction on goal setting and
opportunities to practice progress monitoring. Using thoughtful
teaming practices to build cognitive, metacognitive, and emotional
regulation skills. Teaching students to seek, give, and receive
feedback that amplifies their own and others' learning. Developing
the specific leadership skills and strategies that promote
individual and group success. Examples from face-to-face and
virtual K-12 classrooms help to illustrate what SLCs are, and
teacher voices testify to what they can achieve. No more hoping the
group work you're assigning will be good enough-or that
collaboration will be its own reward. No more crossing your fingers
for productive outcomes or struggling to keep order, assess
individual student contributions, and ensure fairness. Student
Learning Communities shows you how to equip your students with what
they need to learn in a way that is truly collective, makes them
smarter together than they would be alone, creates a more positive
classroom culture, and enables continuous academic and
social-emotional growth.
When a body is presumed to be her missing husband’s, a woman must
unravel the secrets of her own past to clear her name, find the
truth, and put her conscience to rest once and for all. All Ruby
wanted was a fresh start. But after an early retirement and a
relocation to a tight-knit community with her husband, Tom, and her
daughter, Lily, her new beginning takes a turn. First her troubled
daughter and then her husband disappear without a trace. Unsure how
to cope, grief-ridden Ruby turns to her neighborhood friends to
find a way forward with new hobbies, including a murder club where
they try to solve cold cases. But just as unexpectedly as her
family vanished, a body floats to the surface of the nearby lake.
And everyone is sure the body belongs to Tom…everyone except
Ruby. Determined to find out what happened to her family once and
for all, Ruby digs into her neighbors’ lives, and her own, only
to uncover secrets that raise more questions than they answer. And
the biggest question of all—why doesn’t she recognize the body?
Can the entire course of a life be traced back to a single moment?
On a coveted two-week beach vacation, working mom Kate Baker’s
nine-year-old daughter, Olivia, vanishes suddenly among the
waves—a heart-dropping incident that threatens to uproot her
entire reality. But in the next moment, Olivia resurfaces, joyously
splashing. What would I do if she didn’t come up? Kate wonders.
How would I live without her? In another set of circumstances that
hold a different fate, Kate doesn’t have to wonder. Because in
that “other†world, in the pulse-pounding seconds after Olivia
goes under, she doesn’t come back up. Told in parallel timelines,
Kate begins to live two lives—one in which Olivia resurfaces and
one in which she doesn’t. In the reality that follows her
daughter’s death, she maneuvers through every mother’s worst
nightmare, facing grief, rage, and the quesÂtion of purpose in the
aftermath of such profound loss. She endures, day by day, in a
world without her daughter. In her alternate timeline, while she
explores a tremulous romance with her best friend, Jason, she finds
herself grappling with the ex-husband who abandoned Kate and Olivia
years prior. Even as Kate scrambles to hold her daughter close,
Olivia pulls further away. The line between joy and loss seems to
get thinner with each passing day. Woven into a single story, both
Kates discover a breathtaking fragility and resilience in their
respective journeys. Bringing to light the drastic polarities dire
circumstances often create, The Other Year explores truths about
love, loss, and the sharp turns any life can take in the blink of
an eye. “In this world-altering women's fiction novel, single
mother Kate Baker looks away for a single moment, only to lose
sight of her daughter in the ocean. As a result, her world splits
into two separate realities: one where she gets to keep being
a mother and the other where she doesn't. The message is
clear: Love your people. A tear-jerker with heart.†—Brenda
Novak, New York Times bestselling author Contemporary women’s
fiction Stand-alone novel Book length: 95,000 words Includes
discussion questions for book clubs
For every teacher it's different, but you know who they are for
you-the students who are "hard to teach." Maybe they're reading far
below grade level. Maybe they're English learners. Maybe they have
diagnosed learning disabilities or behavioral issues. Maybe they're
underachieving for reasons that are unknown. They have been
overlooked or underserved or frustrated, and they're not learning
as they should. Until now. Until you. How to Reach the Hard to
Teach presents a thoughtful and practical approach to achieving
breakthrough success with linguistically and culturally diverse
students who struggle in school. Combining elements of the SIOP (R)
Model and the FIT Teaching (R) approach, authors Jana Echevarria,
Nancy Frey, and Douglas Fisher take stock of what we know about
excellent instruction and distill it into five guiding principles:
Set high expectations. Provide access to the core curriculum. Use
assessment to inform instruction. Attend to language
development-both English and academic. Create a supportive
classroom climate. You'll learn specific practices associated with
each principle and see how real-life teachers are employing these
practices in their classrooms so that all students have the
opportunity to learn and receive optimal support for that learning.
Every teacher has had the experience of seeing a "hard to teach"
student in a new light and realizing all he or she might achieve.
This book is about shining that light of possibility on the
students who challenge us most, interrogating our beliefs, and
taking action to ensure they receive the best instruction we have
to offer.
Classroom management is traditionally a matter of encouraging good
behavior and discouraging bad by doling out rewards and
punishments. But studies show that when educators empower students
to address and correct misbehavior among themselves, positive
results are longer lasting and more wide reaching. In Better Than
Carrots or Sticks, longtime educators and best-selling authors
Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey provide a practical
blueprint for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom
climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral
issues together. After a comprehensive overview of the roots of the
restorative practices movement in schools, the authors explain how
to: Establish procedures and expectations for student behavior that
encourage the development of positive interpersonal skills. Develop
a nonconfrontational rapport with even the most challenging
students. Implement conflict resolution strategies that prioritize
relationship building and mutual understanding over finger-pointing
and retribution. Rewards and punishments may help to maintain order
in the short term, but they're at best superficially effective and
at worst counterproductive. This book will prepare teachers at all
levels to ensure that their classrooms are welcoming, enriching,
and constructive environments built on collective respect and
focused on student achievement.
A step-by-step guide to Plant communication. Everyone has an innate
ability to consciously communicate with Plants. As Jen Frey reveals
in depth, if we are willing to listen, we can hear the Plants
speaking to our Hearts and teaching us how to heal. With the
support of our Plant allies, we can be our truest selves and
remember our intrinsic wholeness. Presenting a step-by-step guide,
Frey shows how to awaken your ability to directly receive the
unique wisdom and healing gifts that the Plants want to offer you.
Exploring how communicating with Plants is more like a communion
than an exchange of words, she describes how the primary language
we share with Plants is through the Heart, and she shows how Plant
communication brings an expansion of Heart intelligence and
emotional growth. She explains the synergistic process of moving
into intimacy with a Plant Spirit and shares how the Plants help us
overcome anxiety, grief, fears, and limiting beliefs and teach us
to trust, forgive, embrace self-love, and enjoy the sweetness of
life. Sharing teachings she has received from a variety of Plants
such as Yarrow, Mugwort, Maple, Dandelion, Poison Ivy, and Japanese
Hops, Frey follows each Plant ally’s wisdom with a step-by-step
activity or practice that allows you to actualize the teaching in
an immediate way. She includes both native and invasive Plants
because the concept of “invasive†is alien in the context of
Plant Spirits and each of them has valuable lessons to share. She
concludes with Tulsi, showing how this Plant is essential to
helping us recover our sacred nature, especially in a time of great
Earth changes. Through the skills taught in this guide, we each can
connect our Hearts with the wisdom of Plant Spirits, have support
and guidance whenever we need it, and learn new ways of living in a
co-creative partnership with Nature.
Are we missing the opportunity to reach struggling learners from
the very beginning? Are we hastily-and unnecessarily- referring
students to intervention programs that substitute for high-quality
core instruction? What if we could eliminate the need for
intervention programs in the first place? Response to Intervention
(RTI) programs are only as powerful and effective as the core
instruction on which they're built. High-quality instruction, then,
is the key ingredient that helps all students excel, and it's at
the heart of Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey's unique approach to the
RTI model - Response to Instruction and Intervention, or RTI2. In
Enhancing RTI, the authors argue that students learn best when
classroom instruction and supplemental intervention mirror each
other in both content and purpose. This book provides K-12 teachers
with the knowledge and tools they need to implement a cohesive RTI2
system that helps all children learn by proactively addressing
their needs. To this end, you will learn how to: Integrate and
align core instruction and supplemental intervention. Assess your
own classroom instruction, in addition to your students' responses
to it. Strengthen existing school improvement efforts within an
RTI2 framework. Utilize systematic feedback to raise student
achievement. Fisher and Frey maintain that the RTI2 model not only
promotes active student learning, but it also, when done right,
promotes a culture of hardwired excellence at all levels of
instruction.
The discrete logarithm problem based on elliptic and hyperelliptic
curves has gained a lot of popularity as a cryptographic primitive.
The main reason is that no subexponential algorithm for computing
discrete logarithms on small genus curves is currently available,
except in very special cases. Therefore curve-based cryptosystems
require much smaller key sizes than RSA to attain the same security
level. This makes them particularly attractive for implementations
on memory-restricted devices like smart cards and in high-security
applications.
The Handbook of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography
introduces the theory and algorithms involved in curve-based
cryptography. After a very detailed exposition of the mathematical
background, it provides ready-to-implement algorithms for the group
operations and computation of pairings. It explores methods for
point counting and constructing curves with the complex
multiplication method and provides the algorithms in an explicit
manner. It also surveys generic methods to compute discrete
logarithms and details index calculus methods for hyperelliptic
curves. For some special curves the discrete logarithm problem can
be transferred to an easier one; the consequences are explained and
suggestions for good choices are given. The authors present
applications to protocols for discrete-logarithm-based systems
(including bilinear structures) and explain the use of elliptic and
hyperelliptic curves in factorization and primality proving. Two
chapters explore their design and efficient implementations in
smart cards. Practical and theoretical aspects of side-channel
attacks and countermeasures and a chapter devoted to
(pseudo-)random numbergeneration round off the exposition.
The broad coverage of all- important areas makes this book a
complete handbook of elliptic and hyperelliptic curve cryptography
and an invaluable reference to anyone interested in this exciting
field.
Economics can be inspiring - often taking a stand against
convention, achieving challenging results, discussing unorthodox
viewpoints and suggesting new policies. Bruno S. Frey illustrates
what he perceives to be the inspirational quality of economics and
how this differs from the type of economics studied in many
academic institutions. He introduces insights into economics from a
psychological perspective, dealing with issues such as
transformation of anomalies, identification in democracy and
crowding effects, and focuses on intrinsic motivation and how it is
undermined. Inspiring Economics also looks at the integration of
economics and politics, covering topics including popular
initiatives and referenda, authoritarian nations and foreign aid,
and the way in which the cost of war is reflected on the capital
market. This groundbreaking empirical study of human motivation and
behaviour will be a fascinating read for those interested in
economics and economic theory.
This innovative book proposes a new institutional arrangement for
government to fulfil the needs of its citizens as well as possible.
Existing aspects of federalism and direct democracy in Europe are
strengthened, and as a result future developments arising in the
region are coped with better. In this book Bruno Frey and Reiner
Eichenberger propose a new model of federalism which includes new
types of governmental units established by citizens from below.
These units are called functional, overlapping and competing
jurisdictions as they extend over task-specific areas and therefore
overlap. They also provide competitive governance via direct and
representative democratic institutions, and as jurisdictions they
have independent power over taxation policy. This new model is more
responsive to citizens' preferences and adjusts more dynamically to
provide public services efficiently. The authors suggest that this
new system should be allowed to develop in Europe to safeguard
diversity and ensure that decentralization emerges effectively. It
would also allow for the flexible integration of East European
transition economies into the European Union and may also combine
with traditional modes of government in developing countries. This
book will be warmly welcomed by economists, political scientists
and sociologists interested in the future of the European Union, by
all those studying federal systems of government, and by those
interested in the prospects for improving democratic institutions
throughout the world.
Build students' confidence and competence with tutoring strategies
that spark meaningful, accelerated learning. Tutoring is much more
than telling students information. Effective tutoring begins with
the strong and caring relationship a tutor establishes with a
learner to build trust, fuel motivation, and drive critical
learning. How Tutoring Works distills the complexity of strategic
moves effective tutors make to build students' confidence and
competence. Harnessing decades of Visible Learning (R) research,
this easy to read, eye-opening guide details the six essential
components of any effective tutoring intervention-establishing a
relationship and credibility, addressing student confidence and
challenges, setting shared goals, helping a student learn how to
learn, teaching and learning content, and establishing a habit of
deliberate practice. Indispensable for any educator who intervenes
with students, this rich resource includes: Examples of impactful
tutoring conversations, including what to say and what not to say
when building a relationship with a learner. Specific approaches to
use when establishing credibility, addressing challenges to
learning, leveraging the relevance of knowledge, setting goals, and
ensuring practice. Learning strategies, with effect size, for
teaching and learning content, including specific strategies for
improving reading, writing, and mathematics. Tips and tools for
helping students develop powerful cognitive, metacognitive, and
affective study skills. Resources and advice for establishing an
effective and transformational tutoring program. Done well,
tutoring can repair a student's damaged relationship to learning,
address unrealized potential, and alter the course of a young
person's life. A strong and nurturing relationship between tutor
and learner is key.
Now in its Seventh Edition, Neil J. Salkind's bestselling
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics with new
co-author Bruce B. Frey teaches an often intimidating subject with
a humorous, personable, and informative approach that reduces
statistics anxiety. With instruction in SPSS(R), the authors guide
students through basic and advanced statistical procedures, from
correlation and graph creation to analysis of variance, regression,
non-parametric tests, and more. The Seventh Edition includes new
real-world examples, additional coverage on multiple regression and
power and effect size, and a robust interactive eBook with video
tutorials and animations of key concepts. In the end, students who
(think they) hate statistics will understand how to explain the
results of many statistical analyses and won't be intimidated by
basic statistical tasks.
"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping
beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies
differently."-David Byrne, New York Times Book Review How the
history of technological revolutions can help us better understand
economic and political polarization in the age of automation The
Technology Trap is a sweeping account of the history of
technological progress and how it has radically shifted the
distribution of economic and political power among society's
members. As Carl Benedikt Frey shows, the Industrial Revolution
created unprecedented wealth and prosperity over the long run, but
the immediate consequences of mechanization were devastating.
Middle-income jobs withered, wages stagnated, the labor share of
income fell, profits surged, and economic inequality skyrocketed.
These trends broadly mirror those in our current age of automation.
But, just as the Industrial Revolution eventually brought about
extraordinary benefits for society, artificial intelligence systems
have the potential to do the same. The Technology Trap demonstrates
that in the midst of another technological revolution, the lessons
of the past can help us to more effectively face the present.
This easy-to-use playbook prompts educators to clarify, articulate,
and actualize instructional leadership goals with the aim of
delivering on the promise of equity and excellence for all.
Passion, vision, relatability-can we ever quantify the facets of
successful leadership? Is there sufficient "there-there" behind
these feel-good words to transform a school into a culture of
learning and bold hope? Yes, and yes! Inspired by John Hattie's
impressive research, Fisher, Frey, Lassiter, and Smith bring their
trademark clarity to turn aspiration into energized action. For
each of the five components that all effective leaders
possess-trustworthiness, competence, dynamism, immediacy, and
forward-thinking-leaders learn the first steps and bold leaps to
mentor others. Each chapter abounds with professional development
tools, including: Self-assessments so you know your baseline Pause
and ponder questions to envision change REAL features to lead with
alacrity Checklists to stay focused and strategic Relevant research
to assimilate and share Now more than ever, schools need to be
places where openness and trust are baked into every hallway hello
and every meeting, so collective talents can take us farther than
we ever imagined. Let Leader Credibility be your guide to steering
others to that greatness.
This Fifth Edition of Neil J. Salkind's Statistics for People Who
(Think They) Hate Statistics: Using Microsoft Excel, presents an
often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is clear,
informative, and personable. Opening with an introduction to Excel,
including coverage of how to use functions and formulas, this
edition shows students how to install the Excel Data Analysis Tools
option to access a host of useful analytical techniques. New to the
Fifth Edition is new co-author Bruce Frey who has added a new
feature on statisticians throughout history (with a focus on the
contributions of women and people of color). He has updated the
"Real-World Stats" feature, and added more on effect sizes, updated
the discussions on hypotheses, measurement concepts like validity
and reliability, and has more closely tied analytical choices to
the level of measurement of variables.
Montana Legacy by Katie Frey Family secrets and irresistible
attraction could cost him everything Now that Nick Hartmann is the
guardian of his orphaned niece, he needs to hire a tutor, fast.
Rose Kelly is the best, but can he resist his overpowering desire
for her? This stunning new hire may not be who she seems, and
divided family loyalties and shocking secrets may cost Nick
everything, including his heart. One Night Expectations by LaQuette
For these Brooklyn power players, one night holds surprises to last
a lifetime. When her grandfather meddles in the billion-dollar deal
she's closing for the family company, Amara feels betrayed...and
rebellious. A chance encounter with Lennox is just the kind of
trouble she's looking for. But when Amara discovers she is
pregnant, their night together soon becomes a threat to her
aspirations and could send her lifelong ambitions up in flames?
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