books: designing effective ...     books:       Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design47 reviews Jenifer Tidwell O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 More Practical Concepts, Less Psychology While I don't own a physical copy of this book, I had used an electronic form of it in the course of my studies. I will first forewarn those who are interested in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) that this text does not heavily focus on the science of Psychological principles such as Gestalt Perception, nor does it concern itself with techniques/methodologies such as Threading and ...             Trading Systems That Work: Building and Evaluating Effective Trading Systems16 reviews Thomas Stridsman McGraw-Hill, 2000 professional methodology of systems dvelopment Very good book for serious system developers. Most books on the topic present a system, optimize it so it fits a particular market, show couple of very convincing graphs and voila, here is the contribution to the trading science. In this book the author presents system development in the context of portfolio trading: a robust system should work in a variety of markets. Stridsman takes you ...             Making Instruction Work: Of Skillbloomers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Designing and Developing Instruction That ...4 reviews Robert F. Mager Center for Effective Performance, 1997 Mager - The Master of Simplicity and Common Sense Dr. Robert F. Mager may be the master of understatement. When you read his precise recipe for creating successful instruction, you are left with the realization that your life could have been much simpler had you encountered this wisdom earlier in your existence. Dr. Mager is not recounting some brand new theory or blinding discovery. He is communicating a logical and systematic process for ...             HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages (Visual Blueprint)4 reviews Rob Huddleston Visual, 2008 Awesome Resource! What a great pickup this book has been! As someone who has worked with html at the code level for many years, I picked this up with the intention of honing my CSS skills. After reviewing the topics I already felt comfortable with so as to make sure I was doing things correctly, I was able to quickly get up to speed on the topics that most interested me. Arranged so that skills build ...             Designing Effective Instruction5 reviews Gary R. Morrison, Steven M. Ross, ... Wiley, 2006 One of the Best Textbooks for Basic ID I have used this text in several editions, both as a reference in my work as an Instructional Developer and as a one of several suggested ID texts I've used in teaching this subject. It is one of the most comprehensive basic texts for the entire ID process, providing information not available in other more simplified texts. For this reason, you do not tend to read it as you would a novel. You ...             Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (4th Edition)13 reviews Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant Addison Wesley, 2004 The seminal HCI book No other book in the field of HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) is as broad, has so many useful guidelines and is a better bibliography as Shneiderman DTUI (Designing the User Interface). DTUI will *not* give you in-depth knowledge of every aspect of HCI, because that's an impossible task for a single book. Instead, DTUI focuses on giving you an overview and understanding of central HCI ...             Designing Effective Mathematics Instruction: A Direct Instruction Approach (4th Edition)2 reviews Marcy Stein, Diane Kinder, ... Prentice Hall, 2005 Math Instruction This is THE BEST book I have read on math instruction. It fits my philosophy of sequential learning. It breaks every math skill into hierarchial steps, offers instructional presentation strategies, and assessment strategies. Every teacher of math needs to look at this book.             The Accelerated Learning Handbook: A Creative Guide to Designing and Delivering Faster, More Effective ...9 reviews Dave Meier McGraw-Hill, 2000 excellent training tool I was getting ready to prepare a training program for 44 persons when I read this book. Immediately! after I used the guidelines to prepare my session. Preparation was fast and easy -and fun! I really couldn't believe that it was that easy to apply and it has been one of my best sessions to date. I refer to it when I need a refresher or a new perspective. I definately reccomend this book for ...             HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages with HTML, CSS, and XHTML4 reviews Paul Whitehead Visual, 2005 Great Book! I learned alot from this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who was interested in web design and development.             The Advisory Guide: Designing and Implementing Effective Advisory Programs in Secondary Schools Rachel A. Poliner, Carol Miller Lieber Educators for Social Responsibility, 2004 School leaders agree that advisory is a core structure for personalizing schooling for adolescents. The challenge is crafting the best program for your students and faculty. The Advisory Guide helps secondary educators design and implement an advisory program tailored to their school?s needs and goals. In this comprehensive guide, the design chapters present snapshots of various advisory models, and help planning teams think through nine ...             Interventions for Reading Problems: Designing and Evaluating Effective Strategies (The Guilford Practical ...1 review Edward J. Daly III, Sandra Chafouleas, ... The Guilford Press, 2004 Very practical... This is a very useful and practical resource for designing interventions for reading problems in the schools. The book takes a very hands-on approach to designing these interventions, and takes you step-by-step through the process. Overall, it's a great book for school professionals.             Designing Effective Web Surveys Mick P. Couper Cambridge University Press, 2008 Designing Effective Web Surveys is a practical guide to designing Web surveys, based on empirical evidence and grounded in scientific research and theory. It is designed to guide survey practitioners in the art and science of developing and deploying successful Web surveys. It is not intended as a "cook book"; rather it is meant to get the reader to think about why we need to pay attention to design. It is intended for academic, government, and ...             Mediation in the Campus Community: Designing and Managing Effective Programs (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult ...2 reviews William C. Warters Jossey-Bass, 1999 From a program Director's Perspective "Mediation in the Campus Community" is an essential tool for anyone contemplating the development of a campus mediation program, and an invaluable tool for maintaining a program as well. It is an effective "how to" guide and offers an overview of all of the issues that will be faced in designing and implementing a mediation program. A great resource!             Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments: Reading, Designing, and Writing Effective Arguments (3rd Edition)1 review Lester Faigley, Jack C Selzer Longman, 2006 Good Reasons with Good Service Excellent book condition- as promised. Competitive price and faster than estimated shipping. Highly recommended to all.             Designing Effective Women's Ministries3 reviews Jill Briscoe, Laurie Katz McIntyre, ... Zondervan, 1995 Nuts and Bolts of Effective Women's Ministry If you've felt the nudge and heard the call to start ministering to women in your community and church -- click on the apporpriate buttons and buy this book. Through candid, practical chapters Briscoe and company lead you through the nuts and bolts of building an effective ministry. The glue, of course, that holds it all together is prayer and the authors leave no doubt that they put their ...             HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages14 reviews Ruth Maran Visual, 2000 Wonderful start to learn HTML I have been working with HTML for nearly four years, but to teach it to a beginner is often mind boggling for it is like learning another language - worse, it is code and tags not words for people to relate to, for it is often intimidating to people wanting to learn but are floored when they first start. This is THE book for people starting out. It covers all aspects in easy to understand terms, ...             Designing Effective Database Systems (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series)4 reviews Rebecca M. Riordan Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005 Database Systems Made Easy! Rebecca Riordan is one of the few authors that I trust so implicitly that I'll order any book she writes if the subject is even remotely of interest. She is able to explain complex, even daunting, subjects so clearly that they are easy to learn. And, as an added bonus, she has a witty, interesting style that ensures her readers are never bored even if the sujbect matter may be a bit on the dry ...             Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations2 reviews Henry Mintzberg Prentice Hall, 1992 Excellent book that give good insight in how companies work When you have read this very practice book, you can see how organisations work, were the weaknesses en strengths are in the company en how you can give advise to solve the problems.             Designing Effective Instruction, 4th Edition2 reviews Gary R. Morrison, Steven M. Ross, ... Wiley, 2003 A Nicely Updated Resource for New Instructional Designers This time-tested resource has been updated to include reference to current paradigmatic trends and issues in the field of instructional design, and current "Expert Edge" inserts offer new instructional designers the experience of small cases of interest in practice today. The authors are recognized in the field of educational technology, and there are many inserts from the leaders in field and ...             Designing Effective Mathematics Instruction: A Direct Instruction Math (3rd Edition)6 reviews Marcy Stein, Jerry Silbert, ... Prentice Hall, 1997 The best single resource for K-8 math teachers Designing Effective Mathematics Instruction offers brilliant solutions to most of the problems that your students might be having. It includes all the most important mathematics topics from kindergarten through fractions and "pre-algebra." 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