1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480204603321

Autore

Williams R. Bruce

Titolo

Brain-compatible learning for the block / / R. Bruce Williams, Steven E. Dunn ; cover designer, Monique Hahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4522-9716-9

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

371.2/42

Soggetti

Block scheduling (Education)

Learning

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""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - Physiology and Philosophy""; ""The Brain�s Structure and Functions""; ""Brain Compatibility and Multifaceted Learning""; ""Brain-Compatible Learning Climate""; ""Sample Four-Phase Lesson Plan�What�s on Your Mind?""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 2 - Four-Phase Lesson and Unit Design""; ""Inquiring�Gathering�Processing�Applying""; ""Four Phases Assist in Schemata Formation""; ""Essential Questions""

""Attend�Experience�Reflect""""Internal Structure""; ""Integrated Assessment""; ""Compare/Contrast Four-Phase Lesson with Traditional Lessons""; ""Benefits of Four-Phase Lesson Design""; ""Planning a Unit and a Lesson""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 3 - Extended Time Formats Including Block Scheduling""; ""Adequate Time""; ""Alternative Scheduling Formats""; ""Sample Four-Phase Lesson Plan�Can Prejudice Kill a Mockingbird?""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 4 - Content and Curriculum""; ""To Cover or to Catalyze Learning?""

""Prioritizing Curriculum in Extended Time Formats""""Brain-Compatible Curriculum""; ""Sample Four-Phase Lesson Plan�Circles that Cycle""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 5 - Instruction: The Art and Science of Teaching in Extended Time Formats""; ""Opportunity for Growth and



Change""; ""Energizing Educational Principles""; ""Brain-Compatible Instructional Strategies""; ""Professional Learning Communities: Pathway to a New Paradigm""; ""Sample Four-Phase Lesson Plan�Gender, Age, and Pyramids�Only Your Sarcophagus Knows for Sure!""; ""Reflective Questions""

""Chapter 6 - Assessment: Measuring Achievement and Growth in Extended Time Formats""""The Right Stuff""; ""Caught in the Act of Learning: Authentic Assessment""; ""Assessment for Learning""; ""No Child Left Behind (NCLB)""; ""Testing Matters""; ""Assessment in Four-Phase Lesson and Unit Design""; ""Sample Four-Phase Lesson Plan�Science Schmience or who Framed Sir Isaac Newton?""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The second edition provides detailed sample lesson plans and includes additional strategies for using extended time formats effectively.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789973003321

Autore

Bradstock Ross A

Titolo

Flammable Australia [[electronic resource] ] : fire regimes, biodiversity and ecosystems in a changing world / / Ross A. Bradstock, A. Malcolm Gill, Richard J. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., 2012

ISBN

0-643-10484-4

1-280-12848-8

9786613532367

0-643-10483-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GillA. Malcolm

WilliamsRichard J. <1955->

Disciplina

333.720994

577.240994

577.340994

Soggetti

Fire ecology - Australia

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; List of reviewers; List of contributors; Evolution and prehistory; 1 The prehistory of fire in Australasia; 2 Fire regimes and the evolution of the Australian biota; Processes; 3 Fuel, fire weather and fire behaviour in Australian ecosystems; 4 Measuring and monitoring of contemporary fire regimes in Australia using satellite remote sensing; 5 Functional traits: their roles in understanding and predicting biotic responses to fire regimes from individuals to landscapes; 6 Fire regimes and soil-based ecological processes: implications for biodiversity

7 Global change and fire regimes in AustraliaEcosystems; 8 Fire regimes in Australian tropical savanna: perspectives, paradigms and paradoxes; 9 Fire regimes in arid hummock grasslands and Acacia shrublands; 10 Fire regimes in Australian sclerophyllous shrubby ecosystems: heathlands, heathy woodlands and mallee woodlands; 11 Bushfires and biodiversity in southern Australian forests; 12 How do fire regimes affect ecosystem structure, function and diversity in grasslands and grassy woodlands of southern Australia?; New challenges; 13 Fire regimes and carbon in Australian vegetation

14 A revolution in northern Australian fire management: recognition of Indigenous knowledge, practice and management15 Future fire regimes of Australian ecosystems: new perspectives on enduring questions of management; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Leading researchers give an overview of the field of fire ecology in Australia.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694178803321

Titolo

Credit card interchange fees : antitrust concerns? : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, July 19, 2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 185 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Interchange fees (Banking) - United States

Banks and banking - Service charges - United States

Credit card fees - United States

Competition - United States

Antitrust law - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia