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Here, Gunn and Singh take a good look at one of society's most
perplexing problems_our cultural testing bias. We live in an open
society where the key to opportunity is a good education, but what
if some people can't get that good education because their test
scores are too low? A quick look at the world of testing will
reveal that African Americans and Hispanics are clustered at the
bottom of the scoring range. Why? Educators recognized the testing
bias many years ago and began searching for a culture-free form of
testing, but most of these efforts have failed. Gunn and Singh have
a different approach. They believe that test-taking is a skill like
many other cognitive endeavors, and in this book provide guidance
in teaching math, verbal reasoning, abstraction, and language
skills to minority children. Features: Factual data on standardized
tests fairness, Examples of unfair test questions. The authors
describe how learning can be fun by showing: How problem solving
can be made simple, How parents can teach verbal skills to their
children Their experience is that as the learning takes place,
minority children gain in self-pride and draw closer to their
parents. It is likely to be the same for many others who read this
book. Intended for students, parents, teachers, educators,
education policymakers, test designers, and mental health
professionals.
Sukhmani (The Pearl of Happiness) is a popular Sikh text by Guru
Arjan, which inculcates the Sikh religious ethos and philosophical
perspective on wellbeing and happiness. The book features a new
translation of this celebrated Sikh text and provides the first
in-depth analysis of it. The Sikh View on Happiness begins with an
overview of the nature of suffering and the attainment of happiness
in Indian religions. This provides the foundation for the
examination of the historical, social, and religious context of the
Sukhmani and its contribution to the development of the Sikh
tradition. In addition to exploring the spiritual teachings of the
Sukhmani, Nayar and Sandhu draw upon the Sikh understanding of the
mind, illness, and wellbeing to both introduce key Sikh
psychological concepts and illustrate the practical application of
traditional healing practices in the contemporary context. In doing
so, they highlight the overlap of the teachings in the Sukhmani
with concepts and themes found in Western psychotherapy, such as
mindfulness, meaningful living, and resilience.
Sukhmani (The Pearl of Happiness) is a popular Sikh text by Guru
Arjan, which inculcates the Sikh religious ethos and philosophical
perspective on wellbeing and happiness. The book features a new
translation of this celebrated Sikh text and provides the first
in-depth analysis of it. The Sikh View on Happiness begins with an
overview of the nature of suffering and the attainment of happiness
in Indian religions. This provides the foundation for the
examination of the historical, social, and religious context of the
Sukhmani and its contribution to the development of the Sikh
tradition. In addition to exploring the spiritual teachings of the
Sukhmani, Nayar and Sandhu draw upon the Sikh understanding of the
mind, illness, and wellbeing to both introduce key Sikh
psychological concepts and illustrate the practical application of
traditional healing practices in the contemporary context. In doing
so, they highlight the overlap of the teachings in the Sukhmani
with concepts and themes found in Western psychotherapy, such as
mindfulness, meaningful living, and resilience.
Geothermal air coolers have been identified as efficient,
economical and environment friendly alternative to the conventional
heating and cooling systems. These are attractive because the total
energy output is greater than the energy used to drive it. This
book therefore, provides the basic concepts, design, modeling and
analysis of a geothermal air cooling system in summer climates. The
design and fabrication of the ground loop heat exchanger for
cooling has been explained. The development and implementation of a
module for handling heat transfer and soil temperature algorithms
for the simulation of underground pipe is also discussed. Also
using this model the effect of parameters like pipe radius and
length, air flow rate and pipe depth under the ground surface on
the performance of the ground loop heat exchanger were
quantitatively assessed. Further the book explains the
experimentation performed which includes the experimental
verification of the developed underground pipe model and the
investigation of the heat transfer characteristics of the
underground pipe during heating season. The results obtained are
helpful in design and fabrication of geothermal air cooling system
It examines in a succinct manner the larger and recurrent issue of
the role of state by focusing upon education delivery mechanisms,
the health care system and agricultural extension services in
Punjab. The study highlights the constraints, deficiencies and
under-effectiveness of public utilities by using a plethora of
facts and figures. State withdrawal along with reckless
commercialization have thoroughly crippled the service sectors
providing public goods. It has adversely affected sizeable sections
of society. People with multiple incapacitations were not enabled
by the state to participate and benefit from the market in any
meaningful way. The narrative is put in a user-friendly perspective
by combining theory, empirics, and policies, which makes it a
lively reading. It provides a brilliantly crafted useful policy
prescription with a logically built-up case for the higher role of
the state in order to ensure wider inclusion and quality
effectiveness.
This story shows the effect of addiction on an addict and his
family members .
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