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Nutrition for Dance and Performance

Nutrition for Dance and Performance

Nutrition for Dance and Performance is the first complete textbook written by an experienced dietitian specialising in the field of dance nutrition. It seeks to provide both dancers-in-training and instructors with practical advice on dance nutrition for health and performance. It is also highly relevant for dance professionals. With an in-depth and extensive coverage on all nutrition topics relevant to dancers this book covers nutrition for the scenarios dancers face including day-to-day training and rehearsals peak performance injuries immunonutrition nutrition and stress management. Information is included on topics applicable to individual dancers including advice for dancers with Type 1 diabetes and clinical conditions relating to gut health. The book guides the reader through the macronutrients making up the diet their chemical structure and their role in health and optimal performance. Readers are shown how to estimate energy and nutrient needs based on their schedule type of dance undertaken and personal goals before considering the practical aspects of dance nutrition; from nutrition planning to dietary supplements strategies for assessing the need to alter body composition and guidance on undertaking health-focused changes. Nutrition for Dance and Performance combines and condenses the author’s knowledge and many years of experience working in the dance industry to translate nutrition science into a practical guide. Bringing together the latest research in dance science and nutrition this book aims to be a trusted reference and practical textbook for students of Dance Dance Nutrition Dance Performance Sport Nutrition and Sport Science more generally as well as for those training in the dance industry dance teachers and professionals. Jasmine Challis is a freelance Registered Nutritionist (UK Association for Nutrition) and Dietitian registered with the Health Care Professions Council and is on the UK Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENR) focusing on dance. She completed an MRes in Sport and Exercise Science in 2018. She is on the Dance Medicine and Science Expert Panel for One Dance UK and is on the board of The Bridge Dance Project. She has worked across the dance field for over 30 years giving talks running workshops and providing 1:1 sessions for dancers and dance students.

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Public Health Nutrition From principles to practice

Public Health Nutrition From principles to practice

A ground breaking text in the developing field of public health nutrition. 'from the foreword by Basil S. Hetzel At last! A book that approaches public health nutrition in a scholarly scientific and evidence based manner that at the same time delivers the practical competencies and skills required by the professional Public Health Nutritionist. 'Elizabeth Belton Senior Lecturer School of Life Sciences The Robert Gordon University. How can the nutritional health of populations be improved through action at local national and global levels? The work of public health nutritionists is to bring population-wide perspectives to the relationship between food and health. Systematically drawing on international research in Public Health Nutrition leading international practitioners present both the theoretical underpinnings and applied nature of the field of public health nutrition. The book is peer reviewed and divided into four sections:* Principles - presents conceptual frameworks solutions responsibilities and outcome measures philosophical and evidential dimensions standards and dietary guidelines. * Populations - explores groups for whom nutrition is especially relevant providing analysis of the food and health relationship from physiological social cultural political and economic perspectives. * Priorities - examines key issues including vulnerable populations obesity indigenous nutrition international nutrition the nutritional transition food system trends and sustainability. * Practices - covers professional skills for public health practitioners including monitoring the food and nutrition situation of populations physical activity research skills project management professional practice health promotion and communication policy and politics. Public Health Nutrition is an essential resource for public health practitioners researchers and administrators as well as students of nutrition dietetics and public health wishing to obtain advanced and specialised competencies. | Public Health Nutrition From principles to practice

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Food and Nutrition Throughout Life A comprehensive overview of food and nutrition in all stages of life

Food and Nutrition Throughout Life A comprehensive overview of food and nutrition in all stages of life

Nutritional requirements vary greatly according to age and lifestyle. This evidence-based comprehensive text is a complete guide to eating habits across age and population groups. It provides the recommendations for intakes of nutrients and foods and diet to achieve optimum health. Chapters systematically examine the nutritional issues for individuals from preconception pregnancy and breastfeeding through to adulthood and old age. The text features an overview of dietary patterns by age group based on national scientific survey data together with the latest recommendations for optimum nutrition to maintain well-being and address specific health concerns. The final section examines nutrition issues for specific populations including indigenous groups athletes and the disadvantaged. Throughout the text key points are illustrated by case studies and the reader's knowledge is tested via quizzes and study questions. With chapters from leading nutrition researchers and educators in Australia New Zealand and Asia this is an excellent introduction to nutrition through the lifespan. 'A comprehensive overview and detailed discussion of food and nutrition topics for all ages and stages of life. ' - Robynne Snell Curtin University | Food and Nutrition Throughout Life A comprehensive overview of food and nutrition in all stages of life

GBP 130.00
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A Theory of Group Structures Volume II: Empirical Tests

A Theory of Group Structures Volume II: Empirical Tests

First published in 1976 this A Theory of Group Structures is a study of the aggregation of individuals into groups which cuts across many different social sciences. Volume two examines a sequence of twelve experiments and reports empirical tests of the theory presented in volume one. The result is a major revision of existing research into problems of group structure and a case study in paradigm development. This book will be of interest to students of all social sciences. | A Theory of Group Structures Volume II: Empirical Tests

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Nutrition for Dancers Basics Performance Enhancement Practical Tips

Nutrition for Dancers Basics Performance Enhancement Practical Tips

Dancers are top performance athletes on stage – to keep fit andhealthy proper nutrition is an integral part of an optimal dancetraining. Nutrition for Dancers provides the principles of nutritionfor dancers of all genres. Authors Liane Simmel and Eva-Maria Kraft clarify widespread nutritional mistakes and giveadvice on how a healthy diet can be incorporated into the everydaylife of dancers. | Nutrition for Dancers Basics Performance Enhancement Practical Tips

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Food and Nutrition Sustainable food and health systems

Food and Nutrition Sustainable food and health systems

Food-how we produce prepare share and consume it-is fundamental to our wellbeing. It also connects the human body to the complex and dynamic systems of our environment. This is more significant than ever before in human history as climate change and increasing population impact on global ecosystems. This fourth edition of Food and Nutrition has been completely rewritten to reflect an ecosystems approach to human health. It is shaped around four dimensions of human nutrition: biology society environment and economy. Food and Nutrition provides a comprehensive overview of food components and the biochemistry of foods and digestion. It outlines nutrition needs at different life stages dietary disorders and social and cultural influences on food selection and consumption. It also explores the increasing influence of technology on agriculture and food preparation and recent research into intergenerational nutrition and nutrigenomics. At every stage it points to how you can impact your own health and the health of others as a global citizen and as a health or other food-system-related professional. Extensively illustrated with informative graphs diagrams and data and with examples glossaries and reflective exercises Food and Nutrition is the ideal introduction to the field of nutrition and dietetics for the 21st century and a valuable professional reference for early career dietitians. | Food and Nutrition Sustainable food and health systems

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An Introduction to Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment Using Interpreting and Developing Tests

An Introduction to Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment Using Interpreting and Developing Tests

An Introduction to Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment is the successor to Cooper’s prize-winning book Psychological Testing: Theory and Practice. This expanded and updated volume shows how psychological questionnaires and tests can be chosen administered scored interpreted and developed. In providing students researchers test users test developers and practitioners in the social sciences education and health with an evaluative guide to choosing using interpreting and developing tests it provides readers a thorough grasp of the principles (and limitations) of testing together with the necessary methodological detail. This book has three distinctive features. First it stresses the basic logic of psychological assessment without getting bogged down with mathematics; the spreadsheet simulations and utilities which are integrated into the text allow users to explore how numbers behave rather than reading equations. Readers will learn by doing. Second it covers both the theory behind psychological assessment and the practicalities of locating designing and using tests and interpreting their scores. Finally it is evaluative. Rather than just describing concepts such as test reliability or adaptive testing it stresses the underlying principles merits and drawbacks of each approach to assessment and methods of developing and evaluating questionnaires and tests. Unusually for an introductory text it includes coverage of several cutting-edge techniques and this new edition expands the discussion on measurement invariance methods of detecting/quantifying bias and hierarchical factor models and features added sections on: Best practices for translation of tests into other languages and problems of cultural bias Automatic item generation The advantages drawbacks and practicalities of internet-based testing Generalizability theory Network analysis Dangerous assumptions made when scoring tests The accuracy of tests used for assessing individuals The two-way relationship between psychometrics and psychological theory Aimed at non-mathematicians this friendly and engaging text will help you to understand the fundamental principles of psychometrics that underpin the measurement of any human characteristic using any psychological test. Written by a leading figure in the field and accompanied by additional resources including a set of spreadsheets which use simulated data and other techniques to illustrate important issues this is an essential introduction for all students of psychology and related disciplines. It assumes very little statistical background and is written for students studying psychological assessment or psychometrics and for researchers and practitioners who use questionnaires and tests to measure personality cognitive abilities educational attainment mood or motivation. | An Introduction to Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment Using Interpreting and Developing Tests

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Routledge Handbook of Food and Nutrition Security

Routledge Handbook of Food and Nutrition Security

The concept of food and nutrition security has evolved and risen to the top of the international policy agenda over the last decade. Yet it is a complex and multi-faceted issue requiring a broad and inter-disciplinary perspective for full understanding. This Handbook represents the most comprehensive compilation of our current knowledge of food and nutrition security from a global perspective. It is organized to reflect the wide scope of the contents its four sections corresponding to the accepted current definitional frameworks prevailing in the work of multilateral agencies and mainstream scholarship. The first section addresses the struggles and progression of ideas and debates about the subject in recent years. The other sections focus on three key themes: how food has been is and should be made available including by improvements in agricultural productivity; the ways in which politico-economic and social arenas have shaped access to food; and the effects of food and nutrition systems in addressing human health known as food utilisation. Overall the volume synthesizes a vast field of information drawn from agriculture soil science climatology economics sociology human and physical geography the nutrition and health sciences environmental science and development studies. | Routledge Handbook of Food and Nutrition Security

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Nutrition for Sport Exercise and Performance A practical guide for students sports enthusiasts and professionals

Nutrition for Sport Exercise and Performance A practical guide for students sports enthusiasts and professionals

Nutrition before during and after training or a sporting event can improve the comfort energy and performance of athletes of all levels from elite to recreational as well as providing long-term health benefits. Nutrition for Sport Exercise and Performance offers a clear practical and accessible guide to the fundamentals of sport and exercise nutrition. The expert authors begin by explaining key principles including understanding energy systems exercise physiology and metabolism. They cover the basics of digestion absorption and nutrition; examine the key macronutrients and micronutrients essential for performance; and discuss the process of dietary assessment. Part 2 goes on to explore in detail nutrition for pre- and post-training hydration the use of supplements and body composition and provides guidance on developing plans for both individual athletes and teams. The final component examines specific nutrition issues and special needs including working with elite athletes strength-and-power athletes young older and disabled athletes endurance sports GI disturbances and rehabilitation issues. Cultural issues are also explored including diets for vegan and vegetarian athletes and religious perspectives and requirements. Featuring contributions from a range of sport and exercise nutrition professionals and including practical diet plans diagrams and the latest research and evidence throughout this is a core reference for undergraduates nutritionists and trainers. | Nutrition for Sport Exercise and Performance A practical guide for students sports enthusiasts and professionals

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Gender Nutrition and the Human Right to Adequate Food Toward an Inclusive Framework

Gender Nutrition and the Human Right to Adequate Food Toward an Inclusive Framework

This book introduces the human right to adequate food and nutrition as evolving concept and identifies two structural disconnects fueling food insecurity for a billion people and disproportionally affecting women children and rural food producers: the separation of women’s rights from their right to adequate food and nutrition and the fragmented attention to food as commodity and the medicalization of nutritional health. Three conditions arising from these disconnects are discussed: structural violence and discrimination frustrating the realization of women’s human rights as well as their private and public contributions to food and nutrition security for all; many women’s experience of their and their children’s simultaneously independent and intertwined subjectivities during pregnancy and breastfeeding being poorly understood in human rights law and abused by poorly-regulated food and nutrition industry marketing practices; and the neoliberal economic system’s interference both with the autonomy and self-determination of women and their communities and with the strengthening of sustainable diets based on democratically governed local food systems. The book calls for a social movement-led reconceptualization of the right to adequate food toward incorporating gender women’s rights and nutrition based on the food sovereignty framework. | Gender Nutrition and the Human Right to Adequate Food Toward an Inclusive Framework

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Queering Nutrition and Dietetics LGBTQ+ Reflections on Food Through Art

Queering Nutrition and Dietetics LGBTQ+ Reflections on Food Through Art

This book presents experiences of LGBTQ+ people relating to food bodies nutrition health wellbeing and being queer through critical writing and creative art. The chapters bring LGBTQ+ voices into the spotlight through arts-based scholarship and contribute to experiential learning allowing for more understanding of the lives of LGBTQ+ people within the dietetic profession. Divided into three parts the first explores eating food and bodies; the second discusses communities connections and celebrations; and the final part covers care in practice. Topics include body image eating disorders weight stigma cooking and culinary journeys queer food culture queer practices in nutrition counseling and gendered understandings of nutrition. Exploring not only experiences of marginalization homophobia transphobia and cisheteronormativity within dietetics and nutritional healthcare this collection also dives into the positive connections and supportive communities that food can create. Special attention is paid to the intersections of oppression colonialism social justice and politics. This book will be beneficial to all health professionals educators and students creating and fostering safer more inclusive and more accepting environments for their LGBTQ+ clients. | Queering Nutrition and Dietetics LGBTQ+ Reflections on Food Through Art

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Foundations of Naturopathic Nutrition A comprehensive guide to essential nutrients and nutritional bioactives

Foundations of Naturopathic Nutrition A comprehensive guide to essential nutrients and nutritional bioactives

Nutrition is a vital part of the complementary approach to health. This uniquely comprehensive and evidence-based text provides a detailed and systematic guide to the principles of clinical nutrition from a naturopathic perspective. The text begins with an overview of basic physiological principles and the body's protective systems such as the antioxidant detoxification and immune systems. The focus then moves to an in-depth examination of food components including essential nutrients such as protein lipids carbohydrates vitamins minerals and trace elements as well as nutritional bioactives such as coenzyme Q10 alpha-lipoic acid phytochemicals digestive enzymes and probiotics. There is detailed information on how each food component is digested and metabolised in the body and guidance on its impact on health including an explanation of the effects of inadequate and excessive intake. The types of supplements available together with dietary sources are also explored. Discussions of important nutritional topics are featured - for example water as therapy obesity anorexia nervosa high-protein diets hypoglycaemia diabetes phytosterols gamma-tocopherol vitamin E and mortality vitamin C and cancer infantile scurvy acid-forming and alkaline-forming diets hair analysis sodium and blood pressure and coenzyme Q10 and cancer. Summary boxes case studies and quizzes will help readers consolidate their knowledge. Foundations of Naturopathic Nutrition is an essential reference for everyone studying nutrition from a complementary health perspective. 'I thoroughly recommend this book as a learning aid for students and as an excellent reference guide for experienced practitioners. ' - Jackie Day President Naturopathic Nutrition Association (UK)'A fabulous resource not only for practitioners but also all those with an interest in nutrition. ' - Professor Alan Bensoussan Director National Institute of Complementary Medicine University of Western Sydney'The foundation nutrition text we've all been waiting for. Fay Paxton has drawn from her many years of clinical nutrition experience combining it with relevant research-based evidence to produce an exhaustive body of work that is unique in its specific relevance to naturopathic and complementary medicine students and practitioners. ' - David Stelfox Associate Program Leader Naturopathy Endeavour College of Natural Health | Foundations of Naturopathic Nutrition A comprehensive guide to essential nutrients and nutritional bioactives

GBP 130.00
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Statistical Power Analysis A Simple and General Model for Traditional and Modern Hypothesis Tests Fifth Edition

Statistical Power Analysis A Simple and General Model for Traditional and Modern Hypothesis Tests Fifth Edition

Statistical Power Analysis explains the key concepts in statistical power analysis and illustrates their application in both tests of traditional null hypotheses (that treatments or interventions have no effect in the population) and in tests of the minimum-effect hypotheses (that the population effects of treatments or interventions are so small that they can be safely treated as unimportant). It provides readers with the tools to understand and perform power analyses for virtually all the statistical methods used in the social and behavioral sciences. Brett Myors and Kevin Murphy apply the latest approaches of power analysis to both null hypothesis and minimum-effect testing using the same basic unified model. This book starts with a review of the key concepts that underly statistical power. It goes on to show how to perform and interpret power analyses and the ways to use them to diagnose and plan research. We discuss the uses of power analysis in correlation and regression in the analysis of experimental data and in multilevel studies. This edition includes new material and new power software. The programs used for power analysis in this book have been re-written in R a language that is widely used and freely available. The authors include R codes for all programs and we have also provided a web-based app that allows users who are not comfortable with R to perform a wide range of analyses using any computer or device that provides access to the web. Statistical Power Analysis helps readers design studies diagnose existing studies and understand why hypothesis tests come out the way they do. The fifth edition includes updates to all chapters to accommodate the most current scholarship as well as recalculations of all examples. This book is intended for graduate students and faculty in the behavioral and social sciences; researchers in other fields will find the concepts and methods laid out here valuable and applicable to studies in many domains. | Statistical Power Analysis A Simple and General Model for Traditional and Modern Hypothesis Tests Fifth Edition

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Foods Nutrition and Sports Performance An international Scientific Consensus organized by Mars Incorporated with International Olympic Comm

Foods Nutrition and Sports Performance An international Scientific Consensus organized by Mars Incorporated with International Olympic Comm

This book includes all the papers presented at the meeting revised to take account of all the points made during discussions and the Consensus Statement itself. The topics covered include recommendations for optimum carbohydrate protein fat total energy fluid and electrolyte and vitamin mineral intakes to maximise sports performance. | Foods Nutrition and Sports Performance An international Scientific Consensus organized by Mars Incorporated with International Olympic Comm

GBP 180.00
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Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples Nutrition Botany and Use

Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples Nutrition Botany and Use

First published in 1991 Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples details the nutritional properties botanical characteristics and ethnic uses of a wide variety of traditional plant foods used by the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Comprehensive and detailed this volume explores both the technical use of plants and their cultural connections. It will be of interest to scholars from a variety of backgrounds including Indigenous Peoples with their specific cultural worldviews; nutritionists and other health professionals who work with Indigenous Peoples and other rural people; other biologists ethnologists and organizations that address understanding of the resources of the natural world; and academic audiences from a variety of disciplines. | Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples Nutrition Botany and Use

GBP 170.00
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Statistics in Corpus Linguistics Research A New Approach

Statistics in Corpus Linguistics Research A New Approach

Traditional approaches focused on significance tests have often been difficult for linguistics researchers to visualise. Statistics in Corpus Linguistics Research: A New Approach breaks these significance tests down for researchers in corpus linguistics and linguistic analysis promoting a visual approach to understanding the performance of tests with real data and demonstrating how to derive new intervals and tests. Accessibly written this book discusses the ‘why’ behind the statistical model allowing readers a greater facility for choosing their own methodologies. Accessibly written for those with little to no mathematical or statistical background it explains the mathematical fundamentals of simple significance tests by relating them to confidence intervals. With sample datasets and easy-to-read visuals this book focuses on practical issues such as how to: • pose research questions in terms of choice and constraint; • employ confidence intervals correctly (including in graph plots); • select optimal significance tests (and what results mean); • measure the size of the effect of one variable on another; • estimate the similarity of distribution patterns; and • evaluate whether the results of two experiments significantly differ. Appropriate for anyone from the student just beginning their career to the seasoned researcher this book is both a practical overview and valuable resource. | Statistics in Corpus Linguistics Research A New Approach

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Research and Statistics for Social Workers

Research and Statistics for Social Workers

Using real social work examples written specifically to ally student fears Research and Statistics for Social Workers brings research and statistics together bridging the gap to practice. This book covers - conceptualization ethics cultural competence design qualitative research individual and program evaluation as well as nonparametric and parametric statistical tests. The tests are explained narratively mathematically as well as with a comprehensive step-by-step fully illustrated SPSS computer analysis of social work data.

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Statistical Methods An Introduction to Basic Statistical Concepts and Analysis

Statistical Methods An Introduction to Basic Statistical Concepts and Analysis

Statistical Methods: An Introduction to Basic Statistical Concepts and Analysis Second Edition is a textbook designed for students with no prior training in statistics. It provides a solid background of the core statistical concepts taught in most introductory statistics textbooks. Mathematical proofs are deemphasized in favor of careful explanations of statistical constructs. The text begins with coverage of descriptive statistics such as measures of central tendency and variability then moves on to inferential statistics. Transitional chapters on z-scores probability and sampling distributions pave the way to understanding the logic of hypothesis testing and the inferential tests that follow. Hypothesis testing is taught through a four-step process. These same four steps are used throughout the text for the other statistical tests presented including t tests one- and two-way ANOVAs chi-square and correlation. A chapter on nonparametric tests is also provided as an alternative when the requirements cannot be met for parametric tests. Because the same logical framework and sequential steps are used throughout the text a consistency is provided that allows students to gradually master the concepts. Their learning is enhanced further with the inclusion of thought questions and practice problems integrated throughout the chapters. New to the second edition: Chapters on factorial analysis of variance and non-parametric techniques for all data Additional and updated chapter exercises for students to test and demonstrate their learning Full instructor resources: test bank questions Powerpoint slides and an Instructor Manual | Statistical Methods An Introduction to Basic Statistical Concepts and Analysis

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Long Term Results of Infant School Methods

Long Term Results of Infant School Methods

First published in 1950 Long Term Results of Infant School Methods was written to explain and summarise the results of Gardner’s experiment to test the extent to which the effect of different styles of Infant school education experimental or control would also be apparent at a later stage. The book details how the tests and the schools involved were chosen; the different types of tests conducted and their respective aims; and a summary of Gardner’s conclusions. It will appeal to those with an interest in the history and theory of education.

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Psychological Assessment and Testing A Clinician's Guide

Psychological Assessment and Testing A Clinician's Guide

Expanding upon and updating the first edition this comprehensive guide instructs readers on how to effectively conduct psychological assessment and testing in their practice efficiently advancing a case from the initial referral and clinical interview through the testing process and leading to informed diagnosis and treatment recommendations. This second edition incorporates updated editions of all major tests pertinent revisions from the DSM-5 more in-depth analysis of testing topics and coverage of new constructs that are the targets of psychological testing relevant to outpatient mental health practice. Readers will learn about the fundamentals of assessment testing and psychological measurement the complete process of psychological testing using a broad range of major tests supplemented by interpretive flowcharts and case examples. . Downloadable practice and report forms along with data tables with pre-drafted interpretive excerpts for all tests are also available for immediate use in clinical practice. Psychologists in both practice and training will come away with the tools and knowledge needed to successfully conduct psychological assessment and testing within the contemporary mental health field. | Psychological Assessment and Testing A Clinician's Guide

GBP 69.99
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Statistical Concepts - A First Course

Statistical Concepts - A First Course

Statistical Concepts—A First Course presents the first 10 chapters from An Introduction to Statistical Concepts Fourth Edition. Designed for first and lower-level statistics courses this book communicates a conceptual intuitive understanding of statistics that does not assume extensive or recent training in mathematics and only requires a rudimentary knowledge of algebra. Covering the most basic statistical concepts this book is designed to help readers really understand statistical concepts in what situations they can be applied and how to apply them to data. Specifically the text covers basic descriptive statistics including ways of representing data graphically statistical measures that describe a set of data the normal distribution and other types of standard scores and an introduction to probability and sampling. The remainder of the text covers various inferential tests including those involving tests of means (e. g. t tests) proportions variances and correlations. Providing accessible and comprehensive coverage of topics suitable for an undergraduate or graduate course in statistics this book is an invaluable resource for students undertaking an introductory course in statistics in any number of social science and behavioral science disciplines. | Statistical Concepts - A First Course

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Assessment Policy Reform

Assessment Policy Reform

This book highlights the impact of policy and politics on assessment across the globe. With contributions from England the Irish Republic Northern Ireland Norway Sweden Switzerland and Wales it explores state-led assessment policies and practices that have been the subject of much debate. We are experiencing a shift from using assessments — especially national tests — as measurement instruments designed to produce information to a reliance on tests to influence policy and instruction. Once tests become high stakes — for students teachers and schools — even those that might have been reasonable monitors of educational success can lose dependability and credibility. However not all countries’ assessment policies follow the same model and the contributors explore and analyse a range of different national (and supra-national) assessment policy approaches and perspectives. The chapters identify the impetus behind changing assessment policies and practices and analyse ways forward and innovative approaches. Readers can draw their own conclusions about which model(s) can provide the best outcomes for learners – surely the most important part of the equation. This book was originally published as a special issue of Assessment in Education: Principles Policy & Practice. | Assessment Policy Reform

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More Trouble with Maths A Complete Manual to Identifying and Diagnosing Mathematical Difficulties

More Trouble with Maths A Complete Manual to Identifying and Diagnosing Mathematical Difficulties

Now in an updated third edition this invaluable resource takes a practical and accessible approach to identifying and diagnosing many of the factors that contribute to mathematical learning difficulties and dyscalculia. Using a combination of formative and summative approaches it provides a range of norm-referenced standardised tests and diagnostic activities each designed to reveal common error patterns and misconceptions in order to form a basis for intervention. Revised to reflect developments in the understanding of learning difficulties in mathematics the book gives a diagnostic overview of a range of challenges to mathematical learning including difficulties in grasping and retaining facts problems with mathematics vocabulary and maths anxiety. Key features of this book include: Photocopiable tests and activities designed to be presented in a low-stress way Guidance on the interpretation of data allowing diagnosis and assessment to become integrated into everyday teaching Sample reports showing the diagnostic tests in practice Drawing on tried and tested methods as well as the author’s extensive experience and expertise this book is written in an engaging and user-friendly style. It is a vital resource for anyone who wants to accurately identify the depth and nature of mathematical learning difficulties and dyscalculia. | More Trouble with Maths A Complete Manual to Identifying and Diagnosing Mathematical Difficulties

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