Best Selling Books by L. Harris

It seems like common sense that children do better when parents are actively involved in their schooling. But how well does the evidence stack up? The Broken Compass puts this question to the test in the most thorough scientific investigation to date of how parents across socioeconomic and ethnic groups contribute to the academic performance of K-12 children. The surprising discovery is that no clear connection exists between parental involvement and student performance. Keith Robinson and Angel Harris assessed over sixty measures of parental participation, at home and in school. While some of the associations they found were consistent with past studies, others ran contrary to previous research and popular perceptions. It is not the case that Hispanic and African American parents are less concerned about education--or that "Tiger parenting" among Asian Americans gets the desired results. Many low-income parents want to be involved in their children''s school lives but often receive little support from school systems. For immigrant families, language barriers only worsen the problem. In this provocative work, Robinson and Harris believe that the time has come to reconsider whether parental involvement can make much of a dent in the basic problems facing American schools today.

It''s time for you to get out of the rut that you are in! It''s time for you to focus powerfully! It''s time for you to get out of that comfort zone that you have created! It''s time for you to make the necessary changes in your life! It''s time for you to get ready, get set and go for it! It''s time for you to start enjoying your journey through life, instead of simply enduring it! It''s time for you to move forward and enjoy the ride of your life on the way to your destiny! Destination Destiny: Discovering Your Destiny in the Midst of Life''s Disappoitments will inspire you and challange you to become all that you were created to be!

This book will be of interest to psychologists, educators and philosophers. It highlights the child''s increasing insight into the complexity and subtlety of our mental life.

Three essays are presented that discuss, in general terms, information that was collected in 1987-88 concerning the current status of black studies in the United States. The researchers were invited to survey selected black studies departments, programs, institutes, and centers judged to be representative of the structural diversity and programmatic scope of Afro-American and Africana studies across the country; to evaluate their present capacities and strengths; and to assess their future needs. Since the conversations on which this material is based were confidential it could not be reported in full; however, the essays contain substantial amounts of general information. The essays are entitled: "The Intellectual and Institutional Development of Africana Studies" (Robert L. Harris, Jr.); "Black Studies: An Overview" (Darlene Clark Hine); and "Black Studies in the Midwest" (Nellie McKay). (GLR)

This is the Novell-authorized quick reference for NetWare administration covering all of the new features of NetWare 6.5. This book covers the ins and outs for everyday administration without wading the reader down with unnecessary concepts and theory.

This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.

Months after his wife had been brutally murdered, FBI profiler Alec Blade was on the desperate hunt to bring her killer to justice. But after setting up residence in a sleepy Florida town, Alec made ...

Intended for special events planners on college campuses, this book offers advice on matters of etiquette and protocol for campus events. Chapters cover the following topics: (1) invitations (e.g., the precedence of extending invitations, invitation components, formal invitations, types of invitations); (2) forms of address (with examples of appropriate uses of a variety of titles); (3) receiving guests (name badges, the receiving line, seating arrangements, and parking); (4) food and beverages (cocktails, cash bars, selecting wines and food, toasting, buffets, served meals, and teaching students to provide first-class service); (5) academic traditions (academic dress, faculty colors, symbols of office, order of processions, commencements, and inaugurations); (6) international relations (protocol for government officials, welcoming international visitors, working with an interpreter, gifts, food, and drink); (7) hosting people with disabilities (wheelchairs and other physical aids, impairments of hands or arms, visually impaired people, and hearing or speech impairments); (8) business etiquette basics (welcoming guests in one''s office, visiting another person''s office, meeting manners, board meetings, telephone etiquette, professional accessories, and thank-you notes). (Contains 16 references and index.) (DB)

While much has been written on alternative paradigm research, there is little concrete advice on how to effectively use the theoretical notions of naturalistic inquiry in practice. Doing Naturalistic Inquiry is the practical guide designed to help beginning researchers apply the constructivist paradigm. Based upon the theoretical work of Lincoln and Guba in developing the naturalistic—or constructivist--paradigm, Erlandson and his colleagues show readers how these ideas shape the practice of conducting alternative paradigm research. The book covers the research process from design through data collection analysis and presentation and examines important issues generally minimized in positivist research texts ethics, trustworthiness, and authenticity. Cases from a wide variety of disciplines demonstrate the efficacy of the methods described. Doing Naturalistic Inquiry is a highly useful teaching tool for anyone using a constructivist lens on research.

The standard reference in occupational health and safety for over 50 years, the new Patty''s presents for the first time a separation of industrial hygiene and toxicology topics, offering complete reorganization of the material into four volumes of clearly defined topic areas.

USA. Report on the development and administrative aspects of otis, a vocational training information system designed to aid human resources planning in the state of oklahoma - contains detailed information on public sector and private sector training programmes, methodology for the matching of labour demand and labour supply, etc., together with a summary of major findings and recommendations. References and statistical tables.

Covering basic theosophical teachings and organisational functioning of the ''Point Loma Theosophical Society''. Questions asked by opposing counsel in a bona fide lawsuit. Answers given under oath by Iverson L Harris, then Chairman of the Society''s Cabinet, Covina, California, February 1945.

Intended to help distinguish between insect debris normal to various food production milieux and those introduced by unsanitary conditions. Volume I discusses insects and insect fragments in food sanitation-contamination and gives general, legal and technical background information. Volume II contains color plates. Can be used as a textbook for industry and college sanitation-analytical workshops and courses.

Intended to help teachers both improve students'' text comprehension and better understand the teaching-learning process involved, this book focuses on comprehension and concept development as the central core of an effective educational program. The book''s five sections deal with teaching explicit comprehension skills, precomprehension and postcomprehension strategies, interactive comprehension strategies, integrative comprehension strategies, and readability and the future of the textbook. The titles of the 15 essays and their authors are as follows: (1) "''Teaching'' Comprehension," by P. David Pearson and Margie Leys; (2) "How to Teach Readers to Find the Main Idea," by Joanna P. Williams; (3) "Developing Comprehension of Anaphoric Relationships," by Dale D. Johnson; (4)"Knowledge and Comprehension: Helping Students Use What They Know," by Judith A. Langer and Victoria Purcell-Gates; (5) "The Advance Organizer: Its Nature and Use," by Robert W. Jerrolds; (6) "Anticipation and Prediction in Reading Comprehension," by Joan Nelson-Herber; (7) "Response Instruction," by Beau Fly Jones; (8) "Using Classroom Dialogues and Guided Practice to Teach Comprehension Strategies," by Scott G. Paris; (9) "Reciprocal Teaching: Activities to Promote Reading with Your Mind," by Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar and Ann L. Brown; (10) "Using Children''s Concept of Story to Improve Reading and Writing," by Dorothy S. Strickland and Joan T. Feeley; (11) "Integration of Content and Skills Instruction," by Olive S. Niles; (12) "Levels of Comprehension: An Instructional Strategy for Guiding Students'' Reading," by Harold L. Herber; (13) "Thinking About Reading," by Susan Sardy; (14) "Matching Reading Materials to Readers: The Role of Readability Estimates in Conjunction with Other Information about Comprehensibility," by George Klare; and (15) "Textbook Adoptions: A Process for Change," by Jean Osborn and Marcy Stein. (HTH)

Describes and analyzes the results of a study of the American labor movement comparing the working class to the black minority. Begins with the history of slavery and explores its long term effects of work in mines, steel, stockyards, railroads and other fields.

The standard reference in occupational health and safety for over 50 years, the new Patty''s presents for the first time a separation of industrial hygiene and toxicology topics, offering complete reorganization of the material into four volumes of clearly defined topic areas.