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Aging Behavior and Cognition Children, Youth, and Families Defense and National Security Economy and the Workforce Education Humans, Systems, and Technologies Law, Crime, and Justice National Surveys and Statistics Population and Demography Research Quality and Use Society and the Environment Testing and Assessment
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 | How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom
(BBCSS)
2004
How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately,...
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 | How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom
(BBCSS)
2004
How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to...
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 | How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom
(BBCSS)
2004
How do you get a fourth-grader excited about history? How do you even begin to persuade high school students that mathematical functions are relevant to their everyday lives? In this volume,...
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 | Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review
(CLAJ)
2004
For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most contentious issues in American politics. For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on these...
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 | Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health
(IOM,BOCYF)
2004
Children's health has clearly improved over the past several decades. Significant and positive gains have been made in lowering rates of infant mortality and morbidity from infectious diseases and...
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 | On Evaluating Curricular Effectiveness: Judging the Quality of K-12 Mathematics Evaluations
(MSEB,CFE)
2004
This book reviews the evaluation research literature that has accumulated around 19 K-12 mathematics curricula and breaks new ground in framing an ambitious and rigorous approach to curriculum...
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 | Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life: A Research Agenda
(CPOP)
2004
As the population of older Americans grows, it is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Differences in health by racial and ethnic status could be increasingly consequential for health...
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 | Keeping Score for All:The Effects of Inclusion and Accommodation Policies on Large-Scale Educational Assessment
(BOTA)
2004
U.S. public schools are responsible for educating large numbers of English language learners and students with disabilities. This book considers policies for including students with disabilities and...
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 | Implementing Climate and Global Change Research:A Review of the Final U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan
(BECS)
2004
The report reviews a draft strategic plan from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, a program formed in 2002 to coordinate and direct U.S. efforts in climate change and global change...
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 | Measuring Racial Discrimination
(CNSTAT)
2004
Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination pervasive and open denial of civil,...
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 | New Treatments for Addiction: Behavioral, Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions
(BBCSS,HPDP,NBH,IOM)
2004
New and improved therapies to treat and protect against drug dependence and abuse are urgently needed. In the United States alone about 50 million people regularly smoke tobacco and another 5 million...
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 | Monitoring International Labor Standards: Techniques and Sources of Information
(PGA)
2004
This new report provides a framework within which to assess compliance with core international labor standards and succeeds in taking an enormous step toward interpreting all relevant information into...
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 | Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence
(CLAJ)
2004
Because police are the most visible face of government power for most citizens, they are expected to deal effectively with crime and disorder and to be impartial. Producing justice through the fair,...
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 | The 2000 Census: Counting Under Adversity
(CNSTAT)
2004
The decennial census was the federal government s largest and most complex peacetime operation. This report of a panel of the National Research Council s Committee on National Statistics...
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 | Technology for Adaptive Aging
(BBCSS)
2004
Emerging and currently available technologies offer great promise for helping older adults, even those without serious disabilities, to live healthy, comfortable, and productive lives. What...
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 | Reengineering the 2010 Census: Risks and Challenges
(CNSTAT)
2004
At the request of the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Research Council s Committee on National Statistics established the Panel on Research on Future Census Methods to review the early planning...
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 | Evaluating Military Advertising and Recruiting: Theory and Methodology
(BBCSS)
2004
It is anticipated that in the coming decade the Department of Defense (DoD) will field and test new advertising and recruiting initiatives designed to improve the recruiting outlook. The DoD needs a...
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 | Advancing the Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women
(CLAJ)
2004
This report expands on the work of an earlier National Research Council panel whose report, Understanding Violence Against Women, was published in 1996. The report is based on the presentations and...
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 | Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility
(DBASSE)
2004
Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational...
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 | Evolution in Hawaii: A Supplement to Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science
(NAS)
2004
As both individuals and societies, we are making decisions today that will have profound consequences for future generations. From preserving Earth's plants and animals to altering our use of fossil...
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