Following the great success of the earlier books this fourth book in the Mathematics Recovery series equips teachers with detailed pedagogical knowledge & resources for teaching number to 7 to 11-year olds Drawing on extensive programs of research curriculum development & teacher development the book offers a coherent up-to-date approach emphasising computational fluency & the progressive development of students' mathematical sophistication The book is organized in key domains of number instruction including structuring numbers 1 to 20 knowledge of number words & numerals conceptual place value mental computation written computation methods fractions & early algebraic reasoning Features include fine-grained progressions of instruction within each domain; detailed descriptions of students' strategies & difficulties; assessment tasks with notes on students' responses; classroom-ready instructional activities; an accompanying CD with extensive instructional resources This book is designed for classroom & intervention teachers special education teachers & classroom assistants The book is an invaluable resource for mathematics advisors & coaches learning support staff numeracy consultants curriculum developers teacher educators & researchers ...

Developing Poetry Skills is a resource that provides students with the key skills they need to read & respond to poetry effectively It is designed to introduce students to the enjoyment of reading poetry & to build confidence & understanding throughout Key Stage 3 ...

Authored by the National Strength & Conditioning Association Developing Power is the definitive resource for developing athletic power In Developing Power you'll find research-based recommendations from the world's leading experts on power development Coverage

Includes:: the following
- Assessment protocols for testing jumps throws & ballistic exercises
- Step-by-step instructions for exercises & drills for upper body lower body & total body power
- Guidance on how to add progressions safely & effectively for continued development
- Multiple training methods such as explosive weight training Olympic lifts & plyometrics
- Ready-to-use programs for 12 of the world's most popular sports Leaving no topic uncovered Developing Power is the most comprehensive resource dedicated to increasing athletic power These are the exercises programs & protocols being used at the highest levels of sport & performance With Developing Power the experts at NSCA are ready to elevate your power






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The ability to reflect on practice is a fundamental component of effective medical practice In a sector increasingly focused on professionalism & patient-centred care Developing Reflective Practice is a timely publication providing practical guidance on how to acquire the reflective skills necessary to become a successful clinician This new title draws from a wide range of theoretical & practical multidisciplinary perspectives to assist students practitioners & educators in embedding reflection in everyday activities It also offers structures & ideas for more purposeful & meaningful formal reflections & professional development Developing Reflective Practice Focuses on the developing practitioner & their lifelong learning & the development of professional identity through reflection Provides practical how-to information for students practitioners & educators including realistic case examples & practice-based hints & tips Examines & explains the theoretical & conceptual approaches to reflective practice including its models & frameworks ...

The development of an athlete from basic performance to elite level of accomplishment is a long & complicated process Identifying & nurturing talent developing & fine tuning sport skills & maintaining high levels of performance over the course of a career requires many thousands of hours of training & increasingly the input & support of expert coaches & sport scientists In this fully revised & updated new edition of the leading student & researcher overview of the development of sports expertise a team of world-class sport scientists & professional coaches examine the fundamental science of skill acquisition & explore the methods by which science can be applied in the real-world context of sport performance This book surveys the very latest research in skill acquisition provides a comprehensive & accessible review of core theory & key concepts &

Includes:: an innovative ' Coaches Corner' feature in each chapter in which leading coaches offer insights from elite sport & critique contemporary practice in sport skill development With new chapters offering more material on key topics such as instruction & observation & expert visual perception the second edition of Developing Sport Expertise is invaluable reading for all researchers & students in the areas of expertise in sport skill acquisition motor control & development sport psychology or coaching theory & practice

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What is communication & why is it important? Our ability to communicate is central to everyday life & an essential skill in social work This easy-to-read book offers a step-by-step guide to developing effective communication skills with a diverse range of service users & professionals It is the perfect guide to help manage different communication skills in different settings & more importantly encourage students to continually reflect & develop these skills Key features- Wide range of case studies from an array of service areas & user groups
- Reflective tasks & questions to stimulate critical thinking & discussion
- Skills audits to test where your strengths are & areas for development This book is designed to guide readers in developing their own communication style that best suits them to become an effective social worker whilst meeting the needs of their service user group & individual service user

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Developing Youth Football Players is a comprehensive guide for coaches of players aged 7-14 that provides specific coaching instruction at various levels of development The book presents coaching philosophies skill instruction & practice games for players in three age groups 7 years & up 10 years & up & 12 years & up More than 150 games & exercises & 10 competitions are spread among four development levels to provide a sound proven & progressive system to help young players improve Coaching instruction is provided on how to teach & interact with young players to help ensure the children continue enjoying the game The book is aimed specifically at international youth football coaches & organisations as well as parents of young international football players ...

Amartya Sen uses his 1999 work Development as Freedom to evaluate the processes & outcomes of economic development Having come to the conclusion that development is best summed up as the expansion of freedom Sen examines traditional definitions & understandings of the term He says people tend to think of freedoms as economic (the freedom to enter into market exchanges) or political (the freedom to vote & be an active citizen) & tries to understand why the definition has been so narrow hitherto He concludes that an evaluation of true freedom must necessarily include the freedom to access social services such as healthcare sanitation & nutrition just as much as it must acknowledge economic & political freedoms Evaluating the relevance of the current thinking behind development Sen concludes that the term ‘freedom’ cannot simply be about income In many ways measuring income does not account for various “unfreedoms” (manmade or natural bars to wellbeing) that hinder development Sen’s evaluation is all the more powerful for its clarity " The freedom-centered perspective has a generic similarity to the common concern with "quality of life" ...

In Development as Freedom Amartya Sen explains how in a world of unprecedented increase in overall opulence millions of people living in the Third World are still unfree Even if they are not technically slaves they are denied elementary freedoms & remain imprisoned in one way or another by economic poverty social deprivation political tyranny or cultural authoritarianism The main purpose of development is to spread freedom & its &thousand charms& to the unfree citizens Freedom Sen persuasively argues is at once the ultimate goal of social & economic arrangements & the most efficient means of realizing general welfare Social institutions like markets political parties legislatures the judiciary & the media contribute to development by enhancing individual freedom & are in turn sustained by social values Values institutions development & freedom are all closely interrelated & Sen links them together in an elegant analytical framework By asking & What is the relation between our collective economic wealth & our individual ability to live as we would like?& & by incorporating individual freedom as a social commitment into his analysis Sen allows economics once again as it did in the time of Adam Smith to address the social basis of individual well-being & freedom ...

If you are instructor in a course that uses Development Economics & wish to have access to the end-of-chapter problems in Development Economics please e-mail the author at debrajraynyuedu For more information please go to httpwwweconnyueduuserdebraj If you are a student in the course please do not contact the author Please request your instructor to do so The study of development in low-income countries is attracting more attention around the world than ever before Yet until now there has been no comprehensive text that incorporates the huge strides made in the subject over the past decade Development Economics does precisely that in a clear rigorous & elegant fashion Debraj Ray one of the most accomplished theorists in development economics today presents in this book a synthesis of recent & older literature in the field & raises important questions that will help to set the agenda for future research He covers such vital subjects as theories of economic growth economic inequality poverty & undernutrition population growth trade policy & the markets for land labor & credit A common point of view underlies the treatment of these subjects that much of the development process can be understood by studying factors that impede the efficient & equitable functioning of markets Diverse topics such as the new growth theory moral hazard in land contracts information-based theories of credit markets & the macroeconomic implications of economic inequality come under this common methodological umbrella The book takes the position that there is no single cause for economic progress but that a combination of factors--among them the improvement of physical & human capital the reduction of inequality & institutions that enable the background flow of information essential to market performance--consistently favor development Ray supports his arguments throughout with examples from around the world The book assumes a knowledge of only introductory economics & explains sophisticated concepts in simple direct language keeping the use of mathematics to a minimum Development Economics will be the definitive textbook in this subject for years to come It will prove useful to researchers by showing intriguing connections among a wide variety of subjects that are rarely discussed together in the same book & it will be an important resource for policy-makers who increasingly find themselves dealing with complex issues of growth inequality poverty & social welfare ...