Drawing principally on linguistics, but multidisciplinary in its scope, this book demonstrates that news programmes are as much about showing as telling, as much about ordinary bystanders as about experts, and as much about personal testimony as calling politicians to account. It is suitable for any[...]
Argues that spelling and writing need to be given more consideration in teaching and remedial settings, especially if dyslexic pupils are to be helped back up to grade level. This book covers topics such as: the impact of the National Literacy Strategy; the definition of dyslexia and how common spel[...]
""an invaluable guide for practitioners, quality assurors, university managers and students themselves who wish to better understand the importance of assessment for learning, and it will further scholarship in the field significantly." -Professor Sally Brown Assessment for Learning in Higher Educat[...]
""an invaluable guide for practitioners, quality assurors, university managers and students themselves who wish to better understand the importance of assessment for learning, and it will further scholarship in the field significantly." -Professor Sally Brown Assessment for Learning in Higher Educat[...]
Made up of a number of seminal articles that are translated for the first time in English, this prestigious book from Gregor Schoeler gives a reasoned, informed and comprehensive overflow of how the written and the spoken interacted, diverged and received cultural articulation among the Muslim socie[...]
Ways of Reading is a best-selling textbook for undergraduate students of English Language and English Literature, providing readers with the tools to analyse and interpret the meanings of literary and non-literary texts. Six sections, comprising twenty five self-contained units, cover: techniques of[...]
Features labeled MRIs for different body parts, as well as a schematic diagram and concise statements that explain the correlations between the bones and tissues. An accompanying Website containing digital images helps in creating electronic presentations.[...]
From beyond the grave comes a startling message from one of the world's most renowned psychics, a message containing the answers to these questions and many more...What does happen after death? Where do you go? What is it like "over there?" What does it feel like to be out of our human shell? Do you[...]
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Reissue.[...]
The trusted guide to the statistical methods for quality control. Quality control and improvement is more than an engineering concern. Quality has become a major business strategy for increasing productivity and gaining competitive advantage. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, Sixth Editi[...]
Providing new students and practitioners with an easy-to-understand introduction to the theory and practice an often complicated subject, Introduction to Polymer Rheology incorporates worked problems and problems with appended answers to provide opportunities for review and further learning of more [...]
This set contains Introduction to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting text ISBN 978-0-471-65397-4 and Introduction to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Solutions Manual ISBN 978-0-470-43574-8.[...]
Montgomery and Runger's bestselling engineering statistics text provides a practical approach oriented to engineering as well as chemical and physical sciences. By providing unique problem sets that reflect realistic situations, students learn how the material will be relevant in their careers. With[...]
Praise for the "Fourth Edition""As with previous editions, the authors have produced a leading textbook on regression."--"Journal of the American Statistical Association"A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the fundamentals of regression analysis"Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis,[...]