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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480256903321

Autore

Kottler Ellen

Titolo

Secrets to success for beginning elementary school teachers / / Ellen Kottler, Nancy P. Gallavan ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4833-6167-5

1-4833-6384-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

371.102

Soggetti

Elementary school teaching - United States

First year teachers - United States

Teacher orientation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 - Learning Your Way around the School""; ""Orient Yourself""; ""Make Friends with the Secretaries and Assistants""; ""Learn the Policies and Regulations""; ""Preview the Daily and Weekly Schedules""; ""Meet Your Grade Level Colleagues""; ""Inspect Your Classroom""; ""Introduce Yourself to the Custodians""; ""Familiarize Yourself with Safety""; ""Investigate Your School�s Traditions""; ""Acquaint Yourself with the School�s History""; ""Introduce Yourself to Others""; ""Take a Breath . . .""

""Chapter 2 - Organizing Your Classroom""""Survey Your Space""; ""Establish Placement and Movement""; ""Arrange Learning Stations and Centers""; ""Consider Whiteboards and Bulletin Boards""; ""Check Equipment and Storage""; ""Locate Materials and Supplies""; ""Color Code Materials and Equipment""; ""Post Schedules and Procedures""; ""Position Baskets, Files, and Mailboxes""; ""Set up Your Desk""; ""Gather First-Aid Supplies""; ""Create an Inviting Sense of Place . . .""; ""Chapter 3 - Knowing Your Students""; ""Get Your Class List""; ""Send a Welcoming Postcard""



""Gather Student Information""""Establish a Shared Learning Community""; ""Learn Your Students� Cultural Backgrounds""; ""Focus on Gender Equity""; ""Explore Your Students� Learning Styles""; ""Address Multiple Intelligences""; ""Investigate Students� Needs and Special Services""; ""Identify Gifted and Talented Students""; ""Learn More as the Year Progresses""; ""Construct a School Supply List""; ""Prepare to Welcome Your Students""; ""Get Ready to Have Fun . . .""; ""Chapter 4 - Beginning and Ending School on the First Day""; ""Meet Your Students as They Arrive""

""Take Your Students to Their New Classroom""""Help Your Students Move in""; ""Use Nametags to Learn Names""; ""Show Students around the Classroom and School""; ""Make Introductions""; ""Try Not to Do Too Much Too Soon""; ""Establish Procedures and Expectations""; ""Organize Classroom Helpers""; ""Introduce the Daily Schedule""; ""Give Students a Meaningful Activity""; ""Prepare a First Day Letter to Parents""; ""Review the Day before Going Home""; ""Look Forward to the Next Day . . .""; ""Chapter 5 - Developing Meaningful Curriculum""; ""Understand Key Concepts""

""Clarify Goals and Objectives""""Follow a Curriculum Checklist to Fit Context""; ""Review National Standards and Purposes""; ""Access State Academic Expectations""; ""Learn School District Scope and Sequence""; ""Consider Your School�s Mission""; ""Design a Yearlong Plan""; ""Think about Content and Skills""; ""Align Curriculum with Instruction and Assessment""; ""Match the Curriculum to Your Students""; ""Take Time to Reflect, Evaluate, and Revise . . .""; ""Chapter 6 - Planning Instruction and Assessment""; ""Select a Lesson Plan Format""; ""Consider Your Students� Needs""

""Analyze Your Teaching Style""

Sommario/riassunto

<font size=""2"">Invaluable for new elementary teachers, this guide covers classroom rules and routines, instruction/assessment techniques, navigating policies and procedures, and communicating effectively with parents and colleagues.</font>



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143294503321

Titolo

Diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Barry J. Maron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Futura, c2004

ISBN

1-280-19730-7

9786610197309

0-470-79903-X

0-470-98746-4

1-4051-4615-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MaronBarry J <1941-> (Barry Joel)

Disciplina

616.1/24

616.124

Soggetti

Heart - Hypertrophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Contents; Foreword; Dedication and Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; 1 Phenotypic Expression and Clinical Course of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 2 Genetic Mutations that Remodel the Heart in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 3 Genetic Basis and Genotype-Phenotype Relationships in Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 4 Historical Perspective, Mechanism, and Clinical Significance of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

5 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Latent (Provocable) Obstruction: Pathophysiology and Management6 Pathophysiology and Clinical Consequences of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 7 Other Modes of Disability or Death Including Stroke, and Treatment Strategies, in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 8 Disturbed Vascular Control in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Mechanisms and Clinical Significance; 9 Clinical Significance of Diastolic Dysfunction and the Effect of Therapeutic Interventions

10 Value of Exercise Testing in Assessing Clinical State and Prognosis



in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy11 Pathophysiology and Significance of Myocardial Ischemia in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 12 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Japan: Clinical, Morphologic and Genetic Expression; 13 Prevalence, Prevention and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 14 Pharmacologic Treatment of Symptomatic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 15 Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Results of Septal Myectomy

16 United States Perspectives on the Role of Dual-Chamber Pacing in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy17 Dual-Chamber Pacing for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy; 18 Alcohol Septal Ablation; 19 Alcohol Septal Ablation in the Treatment of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A Seven-Year Experience; 20 Role of Septal Ablation in a Surgical Center; 21 Molecular and Clinical Tools for Sudden Death Risk Assessment in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 22 Risk Stratification for Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Extreme Left Ventricular Hypertrophy as a New Indicator of Risk

23 Implantable Defibrillator for Prevention of Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy24 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Other Causes of Sudden Death in the Trained Athlete: An Electrophysiologist Perspective on the Management of Benign and Not So Benign Arrhythmias; 25 The Athlete's Heart, ECG, and Differential Diagnosis with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Other Cardiomyopathies; 26 Importance of Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies

27 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Identification with the Italian Preparticipation Athlete Screening Program

Sommario/riassunto

Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a unique, multi-authored compendium of information regarding the complexities of clinical and genetic diagnosis, natural history, and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)-the most common and important of the genetic cardiovascular diseases-as well as related issues impacting the health of trained athletes.    Edited by Dr. Barry J. Maron, a world authority on HCM, and with major contributions from all of the international experts in this field, this book provides a single comprehensive source of information conce