Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development


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Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development provides a new perspective on the study of childhood and family life. Successful development is enhanced when communities provide meaningful life pathways that children can seek out and engage. Successful pathways include both a culturally valued direction for development and competence in skills that matter for a child's subsequent success as a person as well as a student, parent, worker, or citizen. To understand successful pathways requires a mix of qualitative, quantitative, and ethnographic methods—the state of the art for research practice among developmentalists, educators, and policymakers alike. This volume includes new studies of minority and immigrant families, school achievement, culture, race and gender, poverty, identity, and experiments and interventions meant to improve family and child contexts. Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development will be of enormous value to everyone interested in the issues of human development, education, and social welfare, and among professionals charged with the task of improving the lives of children in our communities.




Successful Methods of Public Speaking


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Public speaking is greatly feared by many people, but it doesn't have to be. By following the simple and easy exercises mentioned in this book, one can learn how easy it is to improve your public speaking skills and get instant results. As one carefully reads this book, they can realize that there is no substitution for personal sincerity. Unless, the speaker thoroughly believe in the message he/she wish to convey to others, they are not likely to impress others favorably.




Doing a Successful Research Project


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This straightforward, student-friendly guide contains all the practical advice for successfully undertaking a research project, leading students through all the stages of the research process. The second edition of this no-nonsense textbook supports students in conducting their own research projects, whatever discipline they are from. Describing processes, tools and strategies in a simple, succinct way, it supports the reader carefully through the planning and design stages, to implementation, analysis and completion. Doing a Successful Research Project is suitable for an interdisciplinary audience all over the world. It is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking a research project or dissertation across the social sciences, applied social sciences, education, health and business studies. It can also be used as essential or complimentary reading on modules on qualitative and quantitative research and research design.“br/> New to this Edition: - Enhanced coverage of essential topics, including research ethics, the literature review and online methodologies - Increased coverage on quantitative methods - New up-to-date examples of real-life research studies - Broadened scope to encourage appeal to a wide range of academic disciplines




Successful Project Management


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Learn best practices and proven methods from project management professionals—and apply these skills as you work with Microsoft Project. In this practical guide, project management expert Bonnie Biafore shows you how to manage projects efficiently and effectively, sharing the real-world experiences of project managers in several industries. You'll learn how to put the best practices and hard-won lessons of experts to work on your critical projects. Sharpen the skills you need to manage projects expertly—from start to finish Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, management, and team members Apply methods to break down the project into small, manageable pieces Define work assignments, choose resources, and build project schedules Accurately estimate project costs and work with a budget Identify project changes and manage risks Track progress and balance priorities without sacrificing quality Document project history and lessons learned to help improve future projects Project files available on the companion website.




Methods That Matter


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To do research that really makes a difference -- the authors of this book argue -- social scientists need a diverse set of questions and methods, both qualitative and quantitative, in order to reflect the complexity of the world. Bringing together a consortium of voices across a variety of fields, Methods That Matter offers compelling and successful examples of mixed methods research that does just that. Discussing their own endeavors to combine quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the authors invite readers into a conversation about the best designs and practices of mixed methods to stimulate creative ideas and find new pathways of insight. The result is an engaging exploration of a promising approach to the social sciences. --




Logical Investigative Methods


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This book describes how to use logic, reasoning, critical thinking, and the scientific method to conduct and improve criminal and civil investigations. The author discusses how investigators and attorneys can avoid assumptions and false premises and instead make valid deductions, inductions, and inferences. He explains how tools such as interview and interrogation can be used to detect deception and profile unknown individuals and suspects. The book is aimed at improving not only the conduct of investigations, but also the logical use of cognitive, analytical, documentation, and presentation tools to win cases.




Successful Qualitative Research


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*Shortlisted for the BPS Book Award 2014 in the Textbook Category* *Winner of the 2014 Distinguished Publication Award (DPA) from the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)* Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners is an accessible, practical textbook. It sidesteps detailed theoretical discussion in favor of providing a comprehensive overview of strategic tips and skills for starting and completing successful qualitative research. Uniquely, the authors provide a "patterns framework" to qualitative data analysis in this book, also known as "thematic analysis." The authors walk students through a basic thematic approach, and compare and contrast this with other approaches. This discussion of commonalities, explaining why and when each method should be used, and in the context of looking at patterns, will provide students with complete confidence for their qualitative research journey. This textbook will be an essential textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates taking a course in qualitative research or using qualitative approaches in a research project.




Successful Methods for CBSE-UGC NET JRF (Paper 1): Teaching and Research Aptitude, General knowledge. Mindset and Best Methods.


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There harbors an immense pleasure to write a book aimed at cracking the CBSE-UGC NET examination which is a target for lots of aspiring students and research scholars in the country for the eligibility of Lectureship and preferably with the addition of a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) to carry out fundamental and applied research. In the current scope of events, qualifying the NET has become more or less compulsory for a rewarding career in research or lectureship in our country. This was a bold step, and many aspirants were ill prepared for the sudden change. What's more, the inclusion of mathematically inclined aptitude questions were a bane of many and was subjected to intense criticism. In this scenario, many students lay in a precarious position, especially in Paper 1, which includes Teaching and research Aptitude, and General Knowledge. Mere practice was not enough for many, as the Aptitude questions were very new to the aspirants, many of whom are from the arts background with less exposure top mathematical methods. Many aspirants were left bewildered in the choice of the correct method of learning in this section. I strongly feel that this book can help the aspirants to make this "new" section much easier to deal with. However, in conjugation, the aspirant must not forget the hallowed ethos of hard-work, persistence and revision! All the best! This book takes on a new approach for the Paper-1 in NET. Instead of a large "bank" of questions which the aspirant can practice upon, this book focuses on a few questions of different types and walks the aspirant through the solution in a very detailed way. This is done so as to increase the conceptual understanding of the aspirant. This method of learning is retained much better, and increases the problem solving capabilities of the aspirants in a more impactful way.




Total Design


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Based around a core of design activities, this book presents the design function as a systematic and disciplined process, the objective of which is to create innovative products that satisfy customer needs. The author is widely regarded as a foremost authority on an integrated approach to product engineering. Highly suitable for all students in engineering, industrial design, architecture and computer science, as well as for the professional engineer and designer who will find in it a very useful framework to assist their design practice.