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  • Mount St. Helens: The Rebirth of Mount St. Helens

    by Barbara Decker ...
    On the morning of May 18, 1980, one of the most perfectly formed volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of the Northwest erupted. Nine hours later Mount St. Helens had lost 1,300-feet from its peak, 230 square miles of pristine forest had been destroyed, and a cubic mile of the mountain had been erupted 12 miles into the atmosphere. This is the story of that day, the mountain, and its recovery. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Practising Social Work Research

    Case Studies for Learning

    by Rick Csiernik, Rachel Birnbaum, Barbara Decker Pierce ...
    Research is as critical to social work practice as individual and group counseling skills, policy analysis, or community development. Using an approach similar to those adopted in direct practice courses, this book integrates research with social work practice and in so doing, promotes an understanding and appreciation of the research process to social work students.Sixteen case studies adapted ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    Reconsidering Medical Education in the Twenty-First Century

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  • Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology

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    The Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology encompasses applications of psychological knowledge and procedures in all areas of psychology. This compendium is a major source of information for professional practitioners, researchers in psychology, and for anyone interested in applied psychology. The topics included are, but are not limited to, aging (geropsychology), assessment, clinical, cognitive, ... Read more

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  • New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance

    Edited by Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham ...
    This book concentrates on the last twenty years of research in the area of goal setting and performance at work. The editors and contributors believe goals affect action, and this volume has a lineup of international contributors who look at the recent theories and implications in this area for IO psychologists and human resource management academics and graduate students. ... Read more

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  • Evidence-based Social Work

    A Critical Stance

    by Mel Gray, Debbie Plath, Stephen Webb ...
    Evidence-based practice is now a core element of many governments’ approaches to policy-making and social intervention. It has become a powerful movement that promises to change the content and structure of social work and its allied professions. Its emergence has generated much debate and raised challenging questions, however, particularly at the interface of research, policy, and practice.This ... Read more

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  • Applied Social Psychology

    Understanding and Managing Social Problems

    Edited by Linda Steg, Kees Keizer, Abraham P. Buunk, Talib Rothengatter ...
    Applied Social Psychology combines the science of social psychology with the practical application of solving social problems that exist in the real world. This exciting textbook provides a thorough explanation of how social psychologists can contribute to the understanding and management of different social problems. A highly prestigious team of contributors from across Europe and the United ... Read more

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  • Researching Resilience

    Edited by Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar ...
    While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.This collection assembles qualitative and ... Read more

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  • Methods in Educational Research

    From Theory to Practice

    by Marguerite G. Lodico, Dean T. Spaulding, Katherine H. Voegtle ...
    Series Book 28 - Research Methods for the Social Sciences
    Methods in Educational ResearchMethods in Educational Research is designed to prepare students for the real world of educational research. It focuses on scientifically-based methods, school accountability, and the professional demands of the twenty-first century, empowering researchers to take an active role in conducting research in their classrooms, districts, and the greater educational ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

    by Irving B. Weiner, Neal W. Schmitt, Scott Highhouse ...
    Series Book 12 - Handbook of Psychology
    Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the ... Read more

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  • Cooperative Learning

    Integrating Theory and Practice

    by Robyn M. Gillies ...
    *"Gilles focuses the majority of the book on the relationship in the classroom between the individual teacher and the students. She gives teachers ammunition to overcome resistance to cooperative learning by presenting well-substantiated research on virtually every page of her book showing the benefits of having students study together."—Ted Wohlfarth, PSYCCRITIQUES*"This text′s greatest strengths ... Read more

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  • Social Work ASWB Masters Practice Test, Second Edition

    170 Questions to Identify Knowledge Gaps

    by Dawn Apgar, PhD, LSW, ACSW ...
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    $53.99 USD