Practical ideas for teaching students the skills they need to really learn This vital teachers' resource answers such questions as «Can intelligence be developed? Do teacher expectations shape student learning? How can I make learning 'stick' for my students?» Drawing from theory and research in learning, this book offers clear, practical guidance along with inspirational ideas to show how teachers can enable students to gain both the cognitive competence and confidence needed to succeed academically. Offers techniques for students to develop their reading, writing, and math abilities Provides suggestions for helping students build perseverance and diligent work habits Helps cultivate students' reasoning skills for problem solving Includes ideas for teachers to improve their students' verbal and written skills The book applies to any and all learners, including special needs students, and is richly illustrated with stories, activities, and examples from across the curricula.
A blueprint to successful value investing Successful value investors have an ingrained mental framework through which all investments decisions are made. This framework, which stems from the father of value investing, Benjamin Graham-who believed that investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike-can put you in a better position to improve the overall performance of your portfolio. Written by Sham Gad-founder of the Gad Partners Funds, a value-focused investment partnership inspired by the 1950s Buffett Partnerships-The Business of Value Investing effectively examines the fundamental tenants of this approach and skillfully illustrates the six essential elements of the entire process. Opening with some informative discussions of how value investing focuses more on buying a piece of a business, and less on buying a company's stock, this reliable resource quickly moves on to detail exactly what it takes to become a successful value investor. Outlines the six essential elements required for a successful risk averse value investment approach Contains case studies that illustrate how to approach investing in an intelligent, businesslike fashion Walks you through the pitfalls that most investors initially fall into With The Business of Value Investing as your guide, you'll quickly become familiar with one of the most effective investment strategies ever created.
Learn the essential tools for developing a sound service-oriented architecture SOA Modeling Patterns for Service-Oriented Discovery and Analysis introduces a universal, easy-to-use, and nimble SOA modeling language to facilitate the service identification and examination life cycle stage. This business and technological vocabulary will benefit your service development endeavors and foster organizational software asset reuse and consolidation, and reduction of expenditure. Whether you are a developer, business architect, technical architect, modeler, business analyst, team leader, or manager, this essential guide-introducing an elaborate set of more than 100 patterns and anti-patterns-will help you successfully discover and analyze services, and model a superior solution for your project,. Explores how to discover services Explains how to analyze services for construction and production How to assess service feasibility for deployment How to employ the SOA modeling language during the service identification and examination process How to utilize the SOA modeling patterns and anti-patterns for service discovery and analysis Focusing on the Service-Oriented Discovery and Analysis Life Cycle Stage, this book will help you acquire a broad SOA Modeling knowledge base and leverage that to increase efficiency and productivity in the workplace.
Ideal for any IT professional who uses Cisco technologies on a daily basis, or anyone who is preparing for their Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification. The topics covered will be more in depth than other introductory-level books of similar topics, and will span from layer 2 technologies such as switching, STP, etherchannel, and trunking, all the way to application layer security topics such as firewall inspection and intrusion prevention systems. Items being covered in the middle will include all the common routing protocols RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP. Many other routing technologies and WAN protocols will be covered including Multicast, MPLS, Cable and DSL. Coverage of redundancy protocols such as HSRP, VRRP and GLBP will be examined. A thorough coverage of convergence topics such as how voice, video and wireless traffic affect the network, and what can be done to improve the effects such as QOS and queuing. This book is a key component for any IT professional preparing for their CCNP certification, as it covers in-depth the topics tested on in all four CCNP exams: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (642-901) Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (642-812) Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (642-825) Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (642-485) CD includes the exclusive Sybex Test Engine, with two Practice CCNP exams, as well as author code files. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
How to find diverse investment opportunities in the emergent global economy This just-in-time book will help any investor find safe havens that will turn the economic downturn into a unique wealth-building experience. As long as stocks continue to post new highs and surprising lows, investors will need dynamic strategies to make a profit. Wealth Building Strategies in Energy, Metals, and Other Markets explains that money management and long-term trend identification are the keys to investing success. This groundbreaking book includes a proprietary investing system that targets the widest possible array of global indexes with low correlations. Examines what's next for the housing and energy markets Breaks down major topics such as banking, credit, inflation and deflation, and the mortgage bubble, and shows investors what to expect Offers a key to turning finances around and a path for continued successful investing The author–host of the popular Goldseek Radio show–includes frequently asked questions and offers expert investing advice.
How to foster happier employees for a healthier bottom line Managers could learn a lot from a message echoed by generations of dairy farmers: «Contented cows give better milk.» This book is not, repeat, not a management tome. In this fully revised and expanded edition to a book which absolutely, positively makes the case that treating people right is one of the best things any business can do for its bottom line, Contented Cows Still Give Better Milk offers sound, practical advice for those who know that their reputation as an employer is as important as bandwidth. Offers updated case studies and new examples from on-site research in a number of real organizations, as well as inspiring examples of companies that know how to do it right . . . and few that didn't Fad-free prescriptive advice informed by the authors' combined four-plus decades of training and consulting with thousands of managers and employees, conducting employee engagement surveys, and translating the attendant learning to management audiences in a form they can appreciate and use Coauthor Bill Catlette's Bottom Line Leadership Seminar has helped thousands of managers become more effective leaders Direct from the horse's . . . actually cow's mouth, this fully revised and expanded second edition will teach readers that having a focused, engaged, and capably led workforce is one of the best things any organization can do for its bottom line.
В книге раскрываются основы выразительности речи и чтения, особенности чтения произведений различных жанров и показывается методика обучения школьников и студентов этому виду творческой деятельности на уроках литературы. Книга может быть полезна преподавателям «Практикума по выразительному чтению», «Техники речи», «Методики преподавания литературы» и студентам педагогических вузов, учащимся педагогических колледжей, учителям общеобразовательных и специальных коррекционных школ.
Цель учебного пособия – обеспечить профессиональную подготовку будущих учителей-дефектологов, педагогов-психологов, учителей-логопедов, обучающихся по направлению подготовки 050700.62 (44.03.03) – «Специальное (дефектологическое) образование» (профили «Дошкольная дефектология», «Логопедия», «Олигофренопедагогика», «Специальная психология»). Материал пособия изложен с учетом изменений в современной образовательной политике, дидактике обучения и дефектологии. В учебном пособии обобщены многолетние исследования, посвященные выявлению особенностей коммуникативно-речевой сферы у детей старшего дошкольного возраста с функциональными нарушениями зрения. Материал учебного пособия может быть полезен для научных работников, преподавателей средних и высших образовательных учреждений, а также в процессе профессиональной переподготовки работников образования. Содержание учебного пособия может быть использовано работниками образовательных организаций, в которые интегрируются дети с функциональными нарушениями зрения, с целью повышения профессиональной компетенции педагогов и улучшения качества образовательного процесса, а также родителями детей со зрительной патологией.
Монография адресована студентам, магистрантам, аспирантам, обучающимся по психолого-педагогическим специальностям и направлениям, а также преподавателям и психологам образования. Монография может быть использована в содержании обучения по психолого-педагогическому направлению магистерских программ. В монографии представлена программа психологического сопровождения поликультурного образования по отношению к субъектам образовательного процесса: ученикам, педагогам и родителям.
Третий том романа «Фернандо Магеллан» посвящен заключительному этапу экспедиции. Его следовало бы назвать именем капитана Хуана Элькано, приведшего в Испанию единственный сохранившийся корабль. Нелегкая жизнь на островах, стычки с аборигенами, ужасная встреча с португальцами, голод и смерть на плавучих гробах – удел соратников покойного адмирала.