Books from Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall
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Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology
By John V. Dempsey, Robert A. ReiserWinner of 2006 AECT Award. Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology is intended to provide readers with a clear picture of the field of instructional design and technology,...
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Counseling Theories: Essential Concepts and Applications
By Samuel T. GladdingFor Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy courses. This practical text provides clear, succinct coverage of the core concepts of all of the major contemporary theories of counseling and psychotherapy, including...
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Tools of the Mind: The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education
By Elena Bodrova, Deborah LeongAs the only text of its kind, this book provides in-depth information about Vygotsky's theories, neo-Vygotskians' findings, and concrete explanations and strategies that instruct teachers how to influence student learning...
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Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product
By Gail E. TompkinsKnowing that you must balance your focus in the classroom on the process that children use as they write and the quality of their compositions, "Teaching Writing" continues to provide...
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Student-involved Assessment for Learning
By Richard J. StigginsThis multiple award-winning presentation is the leading book for assessment that focuses on showing teachers how to develop assessments that accurately reflect student achievement AND how to use those assessments...
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Fundamentals of Special Education: What Every Teacher Needs to Know
By Richard Culatta, Margaret G. Werts, James R. TompkinsFor introductory course in Special Education. This brief, core, or supplementary text discusses the basic categorical information about the most prevalant disabilities teachers will encounter in the classroom and the...
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Content Literacy: An Inquiry-based Case Approach
By Elizabeth G. Sturtevant, Wayne M. LinekThis casebook offers middle and secondary school teachers an appealing framework for "observing" how practicing teachers address the need to teach students in Grades 6-12 content literacy (the ability to...
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Language Arts Essentials
By Gail E. TompkinsThis new book from the leading name in literacy and language arts has been crafted to provide concise, critical information for teaching the language arts, backed by the most current...
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Early Childhood Curriculum: A Creative Play Model
By Jan Allen, Carol Elaine CatronAppropriate for courses in Early Childhood Curriculum. Ages birth to 5. This comprehensive guide provides information on planning programs with a play-based, developmental curriculum for children from birth...
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Learning Disabilities: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Classroom Practice
By Barry E. McNamaraCovering characteristics and methods, this comprehensive book discusses how to teach and understand students with learning and other mild disabilities. Each chapter includes case studies, examples, and narratives from teachers...
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Assessing Students with Special Needs to Produce Quality Outcomes
By Carol A. Layton, Robin Hartman LockAssessing Students with Special Needs to Produce Quality Outcomes promotes outcome-based evaluation to guide the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) in selecting appropriate Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals, classroom modifications and accommodations,...
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Word Identification Strategies: Phonics from a New Perspective
By Barbara J. FoxCore text for Phonics courses; supplemental text for courses in Reading Methods.Guiding readers with solid, key principles for teaching phonics, this text shares with prospective and inservice K-5 teachers a...
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Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach
By Terry OvertonFor undergraduate and graduate courses in Assessment of Special Education. The primary focus and goal of Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach, 5th edition by Terry Overton is...
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Child Development: Educating and Working with Children and Adolescents
By Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, Teresa M. McDevittThis practical book examines research and theory about children from birth to age 18. The concepts are solidly based around the activities of schools, agencies, and other settings in which...
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Your First Year of Teaching: Guidelines for Success
By Richard D. KelloughMerrill/Prentice Hall has created a new Professional Development Series, designed to provide a wealth of resources for teachers and other education professionals. The booklets in this series discuss the...
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Crisis Intervention: Promoting Resilience and Resolution in Troubled Times
By Lennis G. Echterling, J. Edson McKee, Jack H. PresburyCore text for crisis intervention courses in Counseling, Social Work, and Clinical Psychology. Here is how some reviewers have described the text. This text presents a compelling argument that victims...
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Applying Psychology: Individual and Organizational Effectiveness
By Andrew J. DuBrinThis introduction to success in the workplace provides an accessible overview of major psychological concepts and techniques that conveys how to exercise a solid professional performance and...
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Cases in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders of Children and Youth
By James M. KauffmanA supplement for Introduction to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders courses, as well as other Special Education courses. This new casebook offers future special education teachers authentic glimpses into the lives...
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Introduction to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Recognizing and Managing Problems in the Classroom
By Mary M. JensenFocusing on today's realities in the schools and in society, this practical book will assist general and special education teachers of preschool through Grade 12 to recognize...
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Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum: Best Practices in Early Childhood Education
By Marjorie J. Kostelnik, Alice Phipps Whiren, Anne Keil SodermanThis best-selling text has been thoroughly updated to include standards coverage and address all aspects of classroom life, including the roles of children and adults, the physical and social environments,...