Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and rapid growth of transportation across the USA in the mid-1800s.

This book is designed to show how the integration of social learning can improve social skills of young African American males. The importance of early intervention is also stressed.

Many school districts are moving away from segregation to the integration of children with disabilities in the regular classroom. This book details strategies for the inclusion of disabled students in the mainstream.

Improving Human Learning in the Classroom provides a functional and realistic approach to facilitate learning through a demonstration of commonalities between the various theories of learning. Designed to assist educators in eliciting students' prior knowledge, providing feedback, transfer of knowledge, and promoting self-assessment, Taylor and MacKenney provide proven strategies for infusing various learning theories into a curriculum, guiding educators to find their own strategies for promoting learning in the classroom. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods investigate learning theories and reforms in education. Quantitative data sources build the theoretical framework for educating the student, as well as developing strategies for closing the achievement gap. Taylor and MacKenney fuse personal experiences with solid strategies for human learning.

"Parenting Skills and Collaborative Services for Students with Disabilities is a valuable resource for teaching institutions, public schools, parents and parental groups, and agencies serving disabled individuals."--Jacket.

George Taylor argues that youth involvement in drug treatment programmes can help address problems that are often overlooked, including the difficulty of communicating with clients who are culturally & socio-economically distant from the programme organisers.

This book provides a realistic approach to applying human learning in the classroom. It's designed for the teacher who is aware of many different theories of learning and who might like to learn methods of transposing these theories to the classroom. No knowledge of any kind of psychological pedagogy is required. Professor Taylor's experience culled through over 30 years in the field combined with his flair for easily explaining complex matters, makes an invaluable reading experience for today's teacher.

Offers a variety of informal assessment techniques to support standardized tests as well as a functional assessment model to follow in assessing behaviors.

Practical and simple introduction to statistical research. Analyses both quantitative and qualitative methods and gives reasons for their use in appropriate situations.

The Primer is a practical resource for education and social science beginner researchers who can be tentative about how to begin their research projects and find the detailed research books overwhelming, initially. Central to the Primer is a process, developed by Jackson, to guide beginner researchers in conceptualizing and framing a research project. The process, information, examples and exercises were field tested with over 100 doctoral students in dissertation proposal development courses. The contents have proven successful in meeting beginners’ initial needs. Written in nontechnical language, readers are guided incrementally through the complexities of focusing a research study, and how to address the initial problems they can encounter when embarking on the research journey. Part I provides preliminary considerations about research and being a researcher. Part II describes ways of thinking about conceptualizing and framing a research study. Part III contains a comparative overview of the quantitative and qualitative research approaches, and highlights some of the research methods associated with each. Part IV assists novice researchers in becoming familiar with data sources for research, contents of a research proposal and a research report, and answers procedural questions that are frequently asked. Cover picture: Samuel Joseph, St. Croix, Virgin Islands.