Designed to help K-5 teachers develop and implement a personalized plan for instruction in blended environments, this resource identifies key competencies and strategies for development.

An alternate workbook to accompany Essential Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition, this text helps students to practice their skills and offers 'In Focus' sections for those using R, SAS or STATA as opposed to SPSS or Excel.

Clearly and lucidly written, this book offers broad coverage of theoretical debates, using case studies from the author's own extensive research to bring the various theories alive. With a sociological approach throughout, it provides up-to-date coverage of key topics including gender and violence, collective violence and media and violence.

The essential, concise guide to both the 'how' and the 'why' of triangulation and mixed methods.

The fourth edition of Content Analysis introduces students and scholars to a method of analysing the textual fabric of contemporary society, exploring the conceptual aspects, key components and evaluative techniques of content analysis.

Applicable to educators across all disciplines and grade levels, this book provides the tools to analyze, design, and refine cognitively engaging tasks of learning.

Using a scientific and evidence based approach, this text addresses the neuroscience and psychology of addiction, with chapters focusing on psychological, biological and societal aspects.

A trusted, full-featured companion to criminological research, this edition expands and updates case studies, methods and project strategies to help students prepare, do and present their research.

Taking readers from media students to media professionals, Introducing Media Practice brings together the 'why' and the 'how to' of media studies. It explains how adding theory to practice improves students' media projects, and shows them how to develop the kind of project skills they need for a career in the creative and media industries. With a clear, easy-to-follow structure, the book: Covers the full range of media practice skills, from building production teams and writing briefs, throug...

This text introduces a socio-cultural approach to public relations as a way of analysing the growing importance of public relations in its social, cultural and political contexts and brings theory to life with a range of case studies, including YouTube vlogging, the global fair trade movement and the 2016 EU referendum in the UK.