Writing is one of the most demanding tasks that academics and researchers face. In some disciplines we learn some of what we need to know to be productive, successful writers; but in other disciplines there is no training, support or mentoring of any kind.
Remember also that healthy habits may fail, effective patterns may break and writing strategies may work well in one context but not in others. In academic writing there seems to be a fairly common need for people to start and stop, to
jump in ...
Muslim women living in America continue to be marginalized and misunderstood since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, yet their contributions are changing the face of Islam as it is seen both within Muslim communities in the West and by non-Muslims.
... the Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Bin Baz, gave permission for Saudi men to marry
American women when they came to the United States and then divorce them
before returning home, saying that would help satisfy the sexual desires
inevitably evoked by the wanton and seductive American environment. The vast
majority of Muslims living in America, those from immigrant backgrounds, African
Americans, or other converts to Islam, come from traditions and personal
circumstances in which ...
'Budgeting God's Way: Training Up a Child' teaches children how to manage their money?what to do with the money that God has provided, whether it is through allowances, monetary gifts, doing chores around the house or packing grocery bags at the supermarket. They will learn the value of time, money and talent early, as well as God's plan for them.
'Budgeting God's Way: Training Up a Child' teaches children how to manage their money?what to do with the money that God has provided, whether it is through allowances, monetary gifts, doing chores around the house or packing grocery bags ...
advantage, though not greater than the Bank of England has always enjoyed, as
is here held out to bond fide bankers, that designing persons might come forward
professing the wish to become a banker or bankers, for the sake only of obtaining
a large sum in sterling notes, or bullion coin, in addition to their income, from their
real or personal capital they were willing should be so held in trust by the Court of
Chancery. Let it be enacted, that whenever any person or persons, not having ...
_Timesaver For Exams_ is a new series of photocopiable materials for English teachers to use with students who are preparing for exams. They save teacher preparation time with a wide range of refreshing easy-to-use lessons and activities, providing motivational ideas for exam classes. The engaging and contemporary content is aimed at teenagers and young adults with an emphasis on repeated practice of exam task types and includes exam tips and skills practice.
_Timesaver For Exams_ is a new series of photocopiable materials for English teachers to use with students who are preparing for exams. They save teacher preparation time with a wide range of refreshing easy-to-use lessons and activities, providing motivational ideas for exam classes. The engaging and contemporary content is aimed at teenagers and young adults with an emphasis on repeated practice of exam task types and includes exam tips and skills practice.
Defining and Testing Indicators of Positive Development
This volume presents the results of the Flourishing Children Project. The study addressed gaps in the research on indicators of positive development of adolescents. Such indicators are essential for the balanced and scientifically sound study of adolescents. Yet measures of many aspects of flourishing are not available, and when they do exist, they are rarely measured in a developmentally appropriate manner for adolescents. In addition, they are often too long for program evaluations and surveys, have not been tested on diverse populations, nor carefully validated as predictors of positive outcomes. The Flourishing Children Project undertook the development of scales for adolescents ages 12-17 for 19 aspects of flourishing covering six domains: flourishing in school and work, personal flourishing, flourishing in relationships, relationship skills, helping others to flourish, and environmental stewardship. This volume describes the four-stage process of developing the scales, including: Reviewing the literature for extant measures for items to test and synthesizing the existing research into consensus definitions for each construct; conducting cognitive testing of items with adolescents and their parents; pilot testing the items; and conducting psychometric analyses.
