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What works in education? How do we know? How can teachers find out? How can educational research find its way into the classroom? How can we apply it to help our individual students? Questions like these arise in most schools, and busy educators often don't have time to find the answers Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock have examined decades of research findings to distill the results into nine broad teaching strategies that have positive effects on student learning:

* Identifying similarities and differences.
* Summarizing and note taking.
* Reinforcing effort and providing recognition.
* Homework and practice.
* Nonlinguistic representations.
* Cooperative learning.
* Setting objectives and providing feedback.
* Generating and testing hypotheses.
* Questions, cues, and advance organizers.

This list is not new. But what is surprising is finding out what a big difference it makes, for example, when students learn how to take good notes, work in groups, and use graphic organizers. The authors provide statistical effect sizes and show how these translate into percentile gains for students, for each strategy. And each chapter presents extended classroom examples of teachers and students in action; models of successful instruction; and many "frames," rubrics, organizers, and charts to help teachers plan and implement the strategies..
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"Cohen-Cruz's book is a highly effective local (and global) act in itself; paralleling the culturally democratic acts it is inspired by, Local Acts will in turn inspire others."—Lucy R. Lippard, author of The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society

An eclectic mix of art, theater, dance, politics, experimentation, and ritual, community-based performance has become an increasingly popular art movement in the United States. Forged by the collaborative efforts of professional artists and local residents, this field brings performance together with a range of political, cultural, and social projects, such as community-organizing, cultural self-representation, and education.

Local Acts presents a long-overdue survey of community-based performance from its early roots, through its flourishing during the politically-turbulent 1960s, to present-day popular culture. Drawing on nine case studies, including groups such as the African American Junebug Productions, the Appalachian Roadside Theater, and the Puerto Rican Teatro Pregones, Jan Cohen-Cruz provides descriptions of performances and processes, first-person stories, and analysis. She shows how the ritual side of these endeavors reinforces a sense of community identification while the aesthetic side enables local residents to transgress cultural norms, to question group habits, and to incorporate a level of craft that makes the work accessible to individuals beyond any one community. The book concludes by exploring how community-based performance transcends even national boundaries, connecting the local United States with international theater and cultural movements..
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This workshop was attended by leaders in the field of astronomical instrumentation from over a dozen countries Papers describe not only instruments in operation at most major astronomical observatories but also plans and detailed designs for the next generation of instruments. Subjects discussed include spectrographs, sensors, telescope and instrument control, computer support, optical components, adaptive optics, and data acquisition techniques. This book will be of great interest to those who plan or design new instruments for astronomy..
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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 748 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Treaty-based excise tax exemptions.
Author: Joseph A. Cruz
Publication:The Tax Adviser (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: American Institute of CPA's
Volume: 35 Issue: 3 Page: 132(2)

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This digital document is an article from Journal of School Health, published by American School Health Association on August 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2432 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Student Satisfaction with the Student Health Service at Escuela Preparatoria No. 5 in Guadalajara, Mexico.(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Eduardo Angel De Leon Madrigal
Publication:Journal of School Health (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2001
Publisher: American School Health Association
Volume: 71 Issue: 6 Page: 242

Article Type: Statistical Data Included

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This digital document is an article from Hawaii Business, published by Hawaii Business Publishing Co. on October 1, 2002. The length of the article is 693 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: One plus one: 2 many? these entrepreneurs have full-time jobs and own small businesses. How do they survive?
Author: Cathy S. Cruz
Publication:Hawaii Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: Hawaii Business Publishing Co.
Volume: 48 Issue: 4 Page: S9(1)

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