Search results

"A compelling text you will refer to over and over again." - Jane Browning, Executive Director, Learning Disabilities Association of America. "An excellent guide for parents...replete with concrete examples and information." - Dr. James Garbarino, author of "Lost Boys and Parents Under Siege". Of the estimated 10 million U.S. students who struggle with learning to read, the vast majority are boys. Research shows that if these children do not "close the gap" before they finish third grade, they a...

The area of organizations and management environments presents special problems for researchers. How far can findings be validated? What can be successfully drawn from the research? How should different contexts such as developing countries be approached? How scientific should the approach be? This collection discusses these issues as it analyzes the whole process of research. The essays range from a theoretical underpinning of techniques to the practical details of writing up findings. By re-ex...

Based on five years of research in high school and community college programs, this book explores the potential for using work-based learning as part of a broad education reform strategy.

Critical thinking--the ability to approach a problem both analytically and creatively--is the bedrock of success for companies and their people. Fortunately, it’s a skill that can be learned. The Critical Thinking Toolkit gets employees thinking better and faster with training exercises that offer an invigorating departure from the everyday and the potential for big payoffs in the form of enhanced “on-your-feet” thinking, innovative problem-solving, and profitable idea generation from everyone o...

"This time-management book is based on the principles of leadership guru John Adair. Expert and practical advice aid in managing time more effectively. Strategies discussed include developing a personal sense of time, identifying long-term goals, and linking those goals to daily action planning. Oth

This book makes a significant contribution to a hitherto much neglected area. The book brings together a wide range of papers on a scale rarely seen with a geographic spread that enhances our understanding of the complex journey undertaken by those who aspire to become teachers of teachers. The authors, from more than ten countries, use a variety of approaches including narrative/life history, self-study and empirical research to demonstrate the complexity of the transformative search by indivi...

In their previously published, top-selling book, "Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews", Robert Bacal and Douglas Max described past employee performance. In "Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals", Bacal and Max go a step further with hundreds of precisely-worded future performance goals.Use these "perfect phrases" in the context of an annual performance review to let your people know what is expected of them in the coming year, or use them in regular "performance planning" meetings...

Teach with Style presents a simple, coherent, and easy-to-use method for teaching adults based on the ways that adults learn best. Created by educator and trainer Jim Teeters, the Teach with Style program provides over 150 strategies and learning activities that effectively promote adult learning combined with a program of continuous improvement for beginning or advanced instructors.

Like previous volumes in the "Educational Innovation in Economics and Business" series, this one is genuinely international in terms of its coverage. It reflects the worldwide interest in, and commitment to, innovation in business education with a view to enhancing the learning experience of both undergraduates and postgraduates. It should prove of value to anyone engaged directly in business education.

Wiley Series 62 Exam Review prepares candidates for the Corporate Limited Representative Examination, which qualifies a representative to manage the sale of public offerings and corporate stocks. The book addresses characteristics of securities and investments, corporate securities markets, securities and investments evaluation, and securities industry regulation. Candidates will gain access to an online test bank for each chapter and thorough preparation for the FINRA exam.

A look at the effective use of presentations both traditional and high-tech, with advice ranging from planning to handling questions and questioners and even what to wear. An appendix provides recommended reading and includes video and audio resources.

A wide range of literature now exists to cover most areas in the field of education and training. Until now, however, there has not been any detailed and cohesive study which has sought to consider the different initiatives concerned with equal opportunities and training issues in organisations. Equality in the Workplace is a practical guide which fills that gap. It has been planned to enable readers to put it to a wide variety of uses, depending on their perspective and activities concerning eq...