Overview :Research and Educational Leadership is the first book to directly address the implications of the National Research Council's (NRC's) Scient... Read More
Overview :The National Research Council of Canada is a unique organization, internationally known and regarded. It was first established through a sub... Read More
Overview :Coal will continue to provide a major portion of energy requirements in the United States for at least the next several decades. It is imper... Read More
Overview :Aging is a process that encompasses virtually all aspects of life. Because the speed of population aging is accelerating, and because the da... Read More
Overview :Possible new breakthroughs in understanding the aging mind that can be used to benefit older people are now emerging from research. This vol... Read More
Overview :Researchers, historians, and philosophers of science have debated the nature of scientific research in education for more than 100 years. Re... Read More
Overview :Institutional review boards (IRBs) are the linchpins of the protection systems that govern human participation in research. In recent years,... Read More
Overview :This book sets out technological research topics designed to facilitate and expand distributed work--including telecommuting, working while ... Read More
Overview :Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically fac... Read More
Overview :Americans agree that our students urgently need better science education. But what should they be expected to know and be able to do? Can th... Read More
Overview :In recent years much has happened to justify an examination of biological research in light of national security concerns. The destructive a... Read More
Overview :Transforming education into an evidence-based field depends in no small part on a strong base of scientific knowledge to inform educational ... Read More
Overview :The effort to understand and combat infectious diseases has, during the centuries, produced many key advances in science and medicine--inclu... Read More
Overview :This book provides a comprehensive review of geomagnetism and describes the scope of the science and its interdisciplinary importance. It ex... Read More
Overview :The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the nation's primary resource for advancing scientific research, development, and evaluation on c... Read More
Overview :Aquaculture now supplies half of the seafood and fisheries products consumed worldwide and is gaining international significance as a source... Read More