Books published by SAGE Publications Inc

This book introduces current perspectives on Rasch measurement theory with an emphasis on developing Rasch-based scales. Authors George Engelhard Jr and Jue Wang introduce Rasch measurement theory step by step, with chapters on scale construction, evaluation, maintenance, and use. Points are illustrated and techniques are demonstrated through an extended example: The Food Insecurity Experience (FIE) Scale.

This book presents methods for describing and analyzing dependency and irregularity in long time series. Irregularity refers to cycles that are similar in appearance, but unlike seasonal patterns more familiar to social scientists, repeated over a time scale that is not fixed. Until now, the application of these methods has mainly involved analysis of dynamical systems outside of the social sciences, but this volume makes it possible for social scientists to explore and document fractal patterns in dynamical social systems.

A revised and comprehensive new edition providing current information on every facet of special education law for special education teachers and administrators.

Photovoice for Social Justice helps readers in the health and social sciences learn the foundations and applications of this exciting qualitative method. Written for both students and researchers new to photovoice, this brief text takes readers from the process of conceptualizing and implementing a photovoice study to analyzing data, to finally presenting the results. The authors provide practical tools for projects such as sample consent forms, recruitment flyers, and photo-taking tips.

IR: Seeking Security, Prosperity, and Quality of Life in a Changing World invites students into the debates in world politics and supports them as they engage with ideas and events by providing a clear introduction to not just what happens, but why and how it happens. Assuming no prior knowledge about international relations, award-winning teachers and scholars James M. Scott, Ralph G. Carter, and A. Cooper Drury meet students where they are and provide them with a framework to make sense of the complicated events and interactions of world politics. The latest edition is thoroughly updated to provide insights into recent world developments.

This third edition helps the reader understand the essential role managers play in optimizing organizational performance.

Comprehensive edited IR reader introducing students to critical scholarship and debates in the field, helping them engage critically.

Designed for everyone involved in the educational system¿including district administrators, teachers, students, parents, and the business community¿this book provides a practical plan with steps to harmonize whole-school health, including sustainable growth in student character development, improvement of organizational health, and reduction of violence and other threats to education. A blueprint of applicable resources is provided, including: ·         15 easy-to-follow guidelines for successfully implementing social-emotional learning practices·         A spotlight on issues such as empathy, identity formation, self-control, and conflict resolution·         Dozens of real-world stories from educators·         Anecdotal and data-driven results from successful implementation

Practical resources for building cohesive governance teamsAs a supplement to the best-selling The Governance Core, this practical guide will help trustees and superintendents adopt a governance mindset and partnership that creates coherence throughout the district. With a systems thinking approach, the authors provide readers with the strategies and tools needed to build cohesive teams and engage in deeper learning and decision making. The Taking Action Guide for the Governance Core offers readers:  ¿ a deeper understanding of core governance and how to build it¿ a 100-day plan to help new trustees get started¿ protocols and sample agendas for focusing on strategy and systems during open board meetings

Be the caring and positive force that girls needSocial media, friendships, dating culture, academic pressures, bullying, self-concept, fear of failure¿ These are just a few of the complex challenges facing adolescent girls. In a world that is changing rapidly, it can be difficult to know how to foster effective communication and provide authentic support for the girls that we teach, parent, mentor, and coach.   The newly updated edition of Girls Without Limits offers relevant insights and concrete strategies that will help you: ¿ Understand the unique challenges girls face, including relationship troubles, social and academic pressures, disrespect and harassment, body image, academic and career choices, and becoming leaders ¿ Teach girls the skills they need to safely and confidently navigate social media and other evolving technologies¿ Empower girls with the skills they need to establish healthy and supportive relationships, build a strong sense of self, and develop the confidence they need to confront negative societal expectations and make healthy, positive decisions

Enhance teachers¿ expertise ¿ in every term, every school year.Teachers and school leaders have ambitious goals, but improvement work in busy schools is hard. Eminently practical and field tested around the globe, the evidence-informed process outlined in this book will provide you with a framework for robust, sustainable and powerful professional learning. No matter your years of experience or level of expertise, Teaching Sprints will support you to enhance your expertise in a way that is sustainable on the ground. In Teaching Sprints, readers will find:·         three big ideas about practice improvement ·         a detailed description of a simple improvement process·         advice on how to establish a routine for continual improvement

Multiple Regression: A Practical Introduction is a text for an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate course in statistics for social science and related fields. Drawing on decades of teaching this material, the authors present the ideas in an approachable and nontechnical manner, with no expectation that readers have more than a standard introductory statistics course as background. The book includes many interesting example analyses and interpretations, along with exercises.

This comprehensive text introduces regression, the general linear model, structural equation modeling, the hierarchical linear model, growth curve models, panel data, and event history models, and includes discussion of published implementations of each technique showing how it was used to address substantive and interesting research questions. It takes a step-by-step approach in the presentation of each topic, using mathematical derivations where necessary, but primarily emphasizing how the methods involved can be implemented, are used in addressing representative substantive problems than span a number of disciplines, and can be interpreted in words. The book demonstrates the analyses in STATA and SAS.

In Great Teaching by Design, the authors explore what future and new teachers need to know and should know about teaching in today's classrooms.

While some qualitative methods texts touch upon online communities as a potential data source, show how to conduct interviews and focus groups online, or select recording devices and analysis software, no book to date has guided readers in the creation of a comprehensive digital workflow for their research. By working through each chapter in this book, readers will be able to generate a unique digital workflow for designing and implementing their research.

Leading for All is a practical guide that provides a clear pathway for educators to develop a more inclusive school community from start to finish. The authors share lessons learned from years building district schools where all students are served in their neighborhood school and in classrooms with their general education peers.Features include: Three focus areas to guide change: Creating Inclusive Cultures, Improving Instructional Practices, and Increasing Student Voice 7 Components of Inclusive and Equitable Learning Communities Supporting resources for promoting inclusion throughout the school day, including co-curricular activities and transportation Stories of real students and teachers and the actions that impacted their success

Sociology of Sexualities takes a sociological approach to the study of sexualities involving an exploration of sexuality as a social construction.

Provides a basic introduction to the critical thinking skills employed within the intelligence community.

By studying how the individual constructs his or her view of social diversity and how she or he is defined and influenced by social diversity, the authors present all that psychology has to offer on this critically important topic.

Introduce and use this practical field book, full of steps, reflections, and case studies, and win over those disengaged families who don't participate yet.

Bestselling author John W. Creswell draws on years of teaching, writing, and conducting his own projects to offer effective techniques and procedures with many applied examples from research design, qualitative inquiry, and mixed methods.

A revised and updated edition of this accessible yet provocative survey of contemporary social and sociological theories.

This book will spur you to demand that student achievement programs "show the evidence!" of genuine school and student improvement.

Putting forth a reciprocal theory of violence and nonviolence, this book addresses virtually all forms of violence, from verbal abuse to genocide, and treats all of these expressions of violence as interpersonal, institutional, and structural phenomena.

Drawing on fundamental ideas about the relationship of citizens to the public sphere, Richard C Box presents a model of `citizen governance'. Recognizing the challenges in the community governance setting, he advocates rethinking the structure of local government and the roles of citizens, elected officials and public professionals.

This lively and well-written book will provoke management scholars, students, executive consultants and especially team members themselves to consider how the discipline of teamwork affects them and what they ought to do about it.

''''This groundbreaking work offers practical applications to explore multiple intelligences in the classroom using the unique metaphor of the rainbow to elaborate on Gardner's original seven intelligences.