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| "The Nonprofit Board Answer Book : A Practical Guide for Board Members and Chief Executives" |
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| "Teaching Naked : How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning" |
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| "Lean for Dummies, 2nd Edition" |
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| "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team : Participant Workbook for Team Leaders" |
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| "Mindful Leadership : The 9 Ways to Self-Awareness, Transforming Yourself, and Inspiring Others" |
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| "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: Team Assessment" |
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| "Managing to Change the World : The Nonprofit Manager's Guide to Getting Results" |
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| "Grant Seeking in Higher Education : Strategies and Tools for College Faculty" |
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| "Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports" |
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| "Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders : Treating People, Not Behaviors" |
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| "On Being a Master Therapist : Practicing What You Preach" |
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| "French All-in-One For Dummies : with CD" |
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| "Strategies and Checklists for Mentors : Mentoring Excellence Toolkit #1" |
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| "Market Wizards : Interviews With Top Traders Updated" |
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| "Christian History : An Introduction" |
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| "International Management Behavior 7E - Global and Sustainable Leadership by Henry W. Lane, Martha L. Maznevski (Paperback,..." |
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| "Excel 2016 Power Programming with VBA by Michael Alexander, Richard Kusleika, John Walkenbach (Paperback, 2016)" |
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| "Unequaled : Tips for Building a Successful Career Through Emotional Intelligence" |
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| "Ancient Greek Civilization" |
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| "Neuro-linguistic Programming for Dummies 3E" |
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| "Forensic Psychology : Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions" |
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| "Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management Paperback" |
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| "China's Mobile Economy - Opportunities in the Largest and Fastest Information Consumption Boom" |
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| "Thinkquiry Toolkit 1 : Reading and Vocabulary Strategies for College and Career Readiness" |
| "Essential easy-to-implement tools for teachers to help improve literacy across the content areas as mandated by the CCSS Thinkquiry Toolkit 1 Second Edition is a collection of teacher instructional practices student learning strategies and collaborative routines that improves reading comprehension and vocabulary learning in grades 4 through 12 Each practice strategy or routine is research-based high impact multi-purpose and effective in improving student learning across multiple content areas It addresses the importance of the ability to read write speak listen and think well enough to learn whatever one wants to learn to demonstrate that learning and to transfer that learning to new situations Thinkquiry Toolkit 1 iscomprised of five sections Overview of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy and the related instructional shifts Selecting the Right Tools for Maximum Learning Laying the Foundation Before ReadingLearning Building New Knowledge During ReadingLearning and Expanding and Deepening Understanding After ReadingLearning If teachers collaboratively use these practices strategies and routines; teach them to students; and use them regularly across content areas students will develop confidence and competence as readers writers and learners A division of Public Consulting Group (PCG) PCG Education provides instructional and management services and technologies to schools school districts and state education agencies across the US and internationally They apply more than 30 years of management consulting expertise and extensive real-world experience as teachers and leaders to strengthen clients instructional practice and organizational leadership enabling student success"
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| "Ukulele for Dummies 2E" |
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| "Teaching Naked Techniques : A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes" |
| "Put Teaching Naked to work in your classroom with clear examples and step-by-step guidance Teaching Naked Techniques (TNT) is a practical guide of proven quick ideas for improving classes and essential information for designing anything from one lesson or a group of lessons to an entire course TNT is both a design guide and a 'sourcebook' of ideas a great companion to the award-winning Teaching Naked book Teaching Naked Techniques helps higher education faculty design more effective and engaging classrooms The book focuses on each step of class preparation from the entry point and first encounter with content to the classroom 'surprise' There is a chapter on each step in the cycle with an abundance of discipline-specific examples plus the latest research on cognition and technology quick lists of ideas and additional resources By rethinking the how when and why of technology faculty are able to create exponentially more opportunities for practical student engagement Student-centered activity-driven and proven again and again these techniques can revolutionize your classroom Create more effective engaging lessons for higher education Utilize technology outside of the classroom to better engage during class time Examine discipline-specific examples of Teaching Naked Techniques Prepare for each class step by step from the student's perspective Teaching Naked flips the classroom by placing the student's first contact with the material outside of class This places the burden of learning on the learner ensures student preparation and frees up class time for active engagement with the material for more effective learning and retention Teaching Naked Techniques is the practical guide for bringing better learning to your classroom"
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