wyszukanych pozycji: 5
Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present, and Future
ISBN: 9780231123884 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This book surveys the past, present, and potential future variability of hurricanes and typhoons on a variety of timescales using newly developed approaches based on geological and archival records, in addition to more traditional approaches based on the analysis of the historical record of tropical cyclone tracks. A unique aspect of the book is that it provides an overview of the developing field of paleotempestology, which uses geological, biological, and documentary evidence to reconstruct prehistoric changes in hurricane landfall. The book also presents a particularly wide sampling of...
This book surveys the past, present, and potential future variability of hurricanes and typhoons on a variety of timescales using newly developed appr...
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709,55 zł |
Who Will Teach?: Policies That Matter
ISBN: 9780674951921 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Will America find enough good teachers to staff its public schools? How can we ensure that all our children will be taught by skilled professionals? The policies that determine who teaches today are a confusing and often conflicting array that includes tougher licensing requirements, higher salaries, mandatory master's degrees, merit pay, and alternative routes to certification. Who Will Teach? examines these policies and separates those that work from those that backfire. The authors present an intriguing portrait of America's teachers and reveal who they are, who they have... Will America find enough good teachers to staff its public schools? How can we ensure that all our children will be taught by skilled professionals... |
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342,15 zł |
Methods Matter: Improving Causal Inference in Educational and Social Science Research
ISBN: 9780199753864 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Educational policy-makers around the world constantly make decisions about how to use scarce resources to improve the education of children. Unfortunately, their decisions are rarely informed by evidence on the consequences of these initiatives in other settings. Nor are decisions typically accompanied by well-formulated plans to evaluate their causal impacts. As a result, knowledge about what works in different situations has been very slow to accumulate. Over the last several decades, advances in research methodology, administrative record keeping, and statistical software have...
Educational policy-makers around the world constantly make decisions about how to use scarce resources to improve the education of children. Unfortuna...
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458,63 zł |
Teaching the New Basic Skills
ISBN: 9780684827391 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Fifteen years ago, a U.S. high school diploma was a ticket to the middle class. No longer. The skills required to earn a decent income have changed radically. The skills taught in most U.S. schools have not. Today the average 30-year-old person with a high school diploma earns $20,200, and the nation faces a future of growing inequality and division. Teaching the New Basic Skills shows how to avoid such a future. By telling stories of real people in real businesses and real schools, the book shows the skills students need to get decent jobs and how schools can change to teach those...
Fifteen years ago, a U.S. high school diploma was a ticket to the middle class. No longer. The skills required to earn a decent income have changed ra...
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192,19 zł |
Climate Extremes and Society
ISBN: 9780521298483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Extreme climatic events present society with significant challenges in a rapidly warming world. Ordinary citizens, the insurance industry and governments are concerned about the apparent increase in the frequency of weather and climate events causing extreme, and in some instances, catastrophic, impacts. Climate Extremes and Society focuses on the recent and potential future consequences of weather and climate extremes for different socioeconomic sectors. The book also examines actions that may enable society to better respond to climate variability. It provides examples of the impact of...
Extreme climatic events present society with significant challenges in a rapidly warming world. Ordinary citizens, the insurance industry and governme...
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280,63 zł |