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  • Modelling Written Communication

    A New Systems Approach to Modelling in the Social Sciences

    by Deirdre Pratt ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers an alternative view to current postmodern approaches to composition. It takes a critical realist stance to arrive at the “essence” of written communication with the aim of informing a practical application: a computerised writing tutor. Following Robert Franck’s seminal work on modelling, a theoretical model of writing was first formulated, consisting of an architecture of ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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    by Phillip Bonacich, Philip Lu ...
    A comprehensive textbook on the tools of mathematical sociology and their applicationsMathematical models and computer simulations of complex social systems have become everyday tools in sociology. Yet until now, students had no up-to-date textbook from which to learn these techniques. Introduction to Mathematical Sociology fills this gap, providing undergraduates with a comprehensive, self ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Understanding Reading

    A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read, Sixth Edition

    by Frank Smith ...
    Series series Routledge Education Classic Edition
    Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic text Smith’s purpose remains the same: to shed light on fundamental aspects of the complex human act of reading – linguistic, physiological, psychological, and social – and of what is involved in learning to read ... Read more

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  • Bringing Reading Research to Life

    Edited by Margaret G. McKeown, PhD, Linda Kucan, PhD ...
    This book brings together some of the world’s foremost literacy scholars to discuss how research influences what teachers actually do in the classroom. Chapters describe the current state of knowledge about such key topics as decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, digital literacies, reading disabilities, and reading reform. At the same time, the authors offer a unique “inside view” of their own ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Inspiring Writing through Drama: Creative Approaches to Teaching Ages 7-16

    Creative Approaches to Teaching Ages 7-16

    by Patrice Baldwin, Rob John ...
    Inspiring Writing through Drama offers interactive, high-quality drama schemes that will motivate andinspire students aged 7-16 to write for a range of purposes and audiences. Each drama unit offers: � A planning grid flagging the writingopportunities within the drama� Original resources, such as poems, text messagesand fragments of graffiti� Individual, group and whole-class writingopportunities, ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Field Experiments and Their Critics

    Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences

    Edited by Dawn Langan Teele ...
    Series series The Institution for Social and Policy St
    In recent years, social scientists have engaged in a deep debate over the methods appropriate to their research. Their long reliance on passive observational collection of information has been challenged by proponents of experimental methods designed to precisely infer causal effects through active intervention in the social world. Some scholars claim that field experiments represent a new gold ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Understanding Literacy Development

    A Global View

    Edited by Anne McKeough, Linda M. Phillips, Vianne Timmons, Judy Lee Lupart ...
    The acquisition and maintenance of literacy is of pressing interest and concern to educators and educational policy makers worldwide. What are the common themes, the common questions, and the unique circumstances and initiatives that spring from this interest and concern? To address these questions, Understanding Literacy Development: A Global View brings together leading experts from around the ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Reader's Theater Scripts: Improve Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension: Grade 5

    by Sarah Kartchner Clark ...
    Series series Reader's Theater Scripts
    Students love the center stage! Improve secondary-level students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful reading practice for performance. You'll motivate students with these easy-to-implement reader's theater scripts that also build students' knowledge through grade-level content. Book includes 12 original leveled scripts, graphic organizers, and a Teacher Resource CD including ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moving Critical Literacies Forward

    A New Look at Praxis Across Contexts

    Edited by Jessica Pandya, JuliAnna Ávila ...
    Taking the pulse of current efforts to do—and, in some cases, undo—critical literacy, this volume explores and critiques its implementation in learning contexts around the globe. An impressive set of international authors offer examples of productive critical literacy practices in and out of schools, address the tensions and gaps between these practices and educational policies, and attempt to ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Photography as a Social Research Method

    by Sten Langmann, David Pick ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on photography within the social research field, building a solid foundation for photography as a social research method and describing different techniques and applications of photo research. It provides a comprehensive approach to research photography, from preparation and the ethical considerations that need to be understood prior to going into the field, to collecting data, ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Interviewing in Social Science Research

    A Relational Approach

    by Lee Ann Fujii ...
    Series series Routledge Series on Interpretive Methods
    What is interviewing and when is this method useful? What does it mean to select rather than sample interviewees? Once the researcher has found people to interview, how does she build a working relationship with her interviewees? What should the dynamics of talking and listening in interviews be? How do researchers begin to analyze the narrative data generated through interviews?Lee Ann Fujii ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Ethics of Online Research

    Edited by Kandy Woodfield ...
    Series Book 2 - Advances in Research Ethics and Integrity
    This volume focuses on the ethics of internet and social networking research exploring the challenges faced by researchers making use of social media and big data in their research. The internet, the world wide web and social media – indeed all forms of online communications – are attractive fields of research across a range of disciplines. They offer opportunities for methodological initiatives ... Read more

    $39.99 USD