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Addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is absolutely essential for every learner? It shows how knowledge can be organised to both radically improve learner intellectual performance and significantly decrease the cost of a general education.

The book will be designed primarily for graduate students (or advanced undergraduates) who are learning psychometrics, as well as professionals in the field who need a reference for use in their practice. We would assume that users have some basic knowledge of using SAS to read data and conduct basic analyses (e.g., descriptive statistics, frequency distributions). In addition, the reader should be familiar with basic statistical concepts such as descriptive statistics (e.g., mean, median, variance, standard deviation), percentiles and the rudiments of hypothesis testing. They should also have a passing familiarity with issues in psychometrics such as reliability, validity and test/survey scoring. We will not assume any more than basic familiarity with these issues, and will devote a portion of each chapter (as well as the entire first chapter) to reviewing many of these basic ideas for those not familiar with them.We envision the book as being useful either as a primary text for a course on applied measurement where SAS is the main platform for instruction, or as a supplement to a more theoretical text. We also anticipate that readers working in government agencies responsible for testing and measurement issues at the local, state and national levels, and private testing, survey and market research companies, as well as faculty members needing a practical resource for psychometric practice will serve as a market for the book. In short, the readership would include graduate students, faculty members, data analysts and psychometricians responsible for analysis of survey response data, as well as educational and psychological assessments.The goal of the book is to provide readers with the tools necessary for assessing the psychometric qualities of educational and psychological measures as well as surveys and questionnaires. Each chapter will cover an issue pertinent to psychometric and measurement practice, with an emphasis on application. Topics will be briefly discussed from a theoretical/technical perspective in order to provide the reader with the background necessary to correctly use and interpret the statistical analyses that will be presented subsequently. Readers will then be presented with examples illustrating a particular concept (e.g., reliability). These examples will include a discussion of the particular analysis, along with the SAS code necessary to conduct them. The resulting output will then be discussed in detail, focusing on the interpretation of the results. Finally, examples of how these results might be written up will also be included in the text. It is hoped that this mixture of theory with examples of actual practice will serve the reader both as a pedagogical tool and as a reference work.

Focuses on the changing nature of instructional leadership in the 21st century. The goal is to examine instructional leadership from multiple educational and international perspectives. Unlike many leadership books that focus on conceptualizations and personal narratives, this volume provides empirical evidence of how instructional leadership is evolving in the 21st century.

Contains articles by the marketing field's researchers and scholars. This title presents a view of the marketing research methodologies.

Provides articles by the marketing field's leading researchers and academicians. This work includes chapters that are not only theoretically rigorous but also offer detail, including literature reviews, advanced methodologies, empirical studies, emerging trends, international developments, and guidelines for implementation.

Part of "The Review of Marketing Research" annual series that provides articles by the marketing field's leading researchers and scholars. The series includes literature reviews, methodologies, empirical studies, trends, international developments, guidelines for implementation, and suggestions for future theory development and testing.

The Review of Marketing Research annual series provides articles by the marketing field's leading researchers and academicians. RMR publishes long chapters that are not only theoretically rigorous but also offer richer detail, including literature reviews, methodologies, empirical studies, emerging trends, and international developments.

Providing state-of-the-art articles by the marketing field's leading researchers and academicians, the volumes in this annual series include approximately 7-8 chapters. Each contribution undergoes a double-blind review process, and each volume represents an across-the-board view of the wide range of marketing research methodologies.

Looks at school leadership and reform in an alternative way, following the story of change at Washington School, a troubled grades 5-6 centre in a small town in Western Oklahoma. Not only does the book address a neglected population, it uses the occasion to invert thinking about school reform.

Covers topics such as the development of Calculus through the actuarial sciences and map making, logarithms, the people and practices behind real world mathematics, and fruitful ways in which the history of mathematics informs mathematics education. The book is aimed at undergraduate mathematics majors and for use in mathematics education courses aimed at teachers.

Covers topics such as the development of Calculus through the actuarial sciences and map making, logarithms, the people and practices behind real world mathematics, and fruitful ways in which the history of mathematics informs mathematics education. The book is aimed at undergraduate mathematics majors and for use in mathematics education courses aimed at teachers.

Eloisa Rodriguez takes us into the daily lived experiences of members of a community school, Esperanza School, situated in a rural area in Honduras. Her work engages readers in a critical analysis of what the Esperanza School represents for the community. Rodriguez explores the characteristics that have made the Esperanza School a community school.

Offer an accessible resource, long-awaited by educators whose individual instructional practice and/or institutional paradigm shifted to a more collaborative approach to language education. This title closely examines ESL/EFL co-teaching and other collaborative practices.

Offer an accessible resource, long-awaited by educators whose individual instructional practice and/or institutional paradigm shifted to a more collaborative approach to language education. This title closely examines ESL/EFL co-teaching and other collaborative practices.

Features the most current empirical research about the successes and challenges of the small schools movement and the implications for urban public educational policy. By documenting the practices that take place in various critical small schools in New York City, this titles shows how these schools have narrowed the achievement gap and increased graduation and college acceptance rates.

Provides a solid theoretical and empirical grounding from the psychology of religion and spirituality to the emerging field of workplace spirituality. Leading researchers in the psychology of religion have contributed up-to-date reviews within their areas of expertise to help guide the emergence of this exciting new discipline.

Features the most current empirical research about the successes and challenges of the small schools movement and the implications for urban public educational policy. By documenting the practices that take place in various critical small schools in New York City, this titles shows how these schools have narrowed the achievement gap and increased graduation and college acceptance rates.

Provides a solid theoretical and empirical grounding from the psychology of religion and spirituality to the emerging field of workplace spirituality. Leading researchers in the psychology of religion have contributed up-to-date reviews within their areas of expertise to help guide the emergence of this exciting new discipline.

Exploring the struggles that administrators have when they attempt to include all members of their school communities - teachers, students, and parents - in the various aspects of schooling, this book looks at the contexts within which these encounters occur, the various challenges that arise, and the strategies that administrators employ to meet these tests.

Examining how to encourage the development of others towards social justice practices, this book explores the processes of development including practices such as mentoring, coaching, professional development, and looks at alternatives to reculture the work environment and enhance collaborative partnerships.

Examining how to encourage the development of others towards social justice practices, this book explores the processes of development including practices such as mentoring, coaching, professional development, and looks at alternatives to reculture the work environment and enhance collaborative partnerships.

Comprising critical essays about social issues facing society, this book includes chapters on: the history of teaching and learning about social issues; George S. Counts and social issues; propaganda analysis; Harold Rugg's textbook program; Hunt and Metcalf's Reflective Thinking and Social Understanding Model; and Donald Oliver, James Shaver and Fred Newmann's Public Issues Model.

Identifying and describing several different contemporary science teaching approaches, this book presents recent applications of these approaches in promoting interest among students. It promotes conceptual understanding of science concepts among them as well, and recognizes pertinent issues related to strategies of teaching science and describes best practice.