How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice provides a broad overview of research on learners and learning and on teachers and teaching. It expands on the 1999 National Research Council publication How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Expanded Edition that analyzed the science of learning in infants, educators, experts, and more. In How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice, the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice asks how the insights from research can be incorporated into classroom practice and suggests a research and development agenda that would inform and stimulate the required change. The committee identifies teachers, or classroom practitioners, as the key to change, while acknowledging that change at the classroom level is significantly impacted by overarching public policies. How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice highlights three key findings about how students gain and retain knowledge and discusses the implications of these findings for teaching and teacher preparation. The highlighted principles of learning are applicable to teacher education and professional development programs as well as to K-12 education. The research-based messages found in this book are clear and directly relevant to classroom practice. It is a useful guide for teachers, administrators, researchers, curriculum specialists, and educational policy makers. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Summary</li>
<li>1 Introduction</li>
<li>2 Key Findings</li>
<li>3 Responses from the Education and Policy Communities</li>
<li>4 Proposing a Research and Development Agenda</li>
<li>References</li>
<li>Appendix A: Meeting Participants</li>
<li>Appendix B: Biographical Sketches</li>
</ul>

How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice

Science & Math

Council, National Research

Learning, Committee on Developments in the Science of

Behavioral Sciences

National Academies Press

The Twenty-Second Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics was held in Washington, D.C., from August 9-14, 1998. It coincided with the 100th anniversary of the David Taylor Model Basin. This international symposium was organized jointly by the Office of Naval Research (Mechanics and Energy Conversion S&amp;T Division), the National Research Council (Naval Studies Board), and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (David Taylor Model Basin). This biennial symposium promotes the technical exchange of naval research developments of common interest to all the countries of the world. The forum encourages both formal and informal discussion of the presented papers, and the occasion provides an opportunity for direct communication between international peers. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Contents</li>
<li>1 Opening Remarks</li>
<li>2 Technical Sessions</li>
<li>3 Hydrodynamics in Ship Design</li>
<li>4 Propulsor Hydrodynamics/Hydroacoustics</li>
<li>5 Cavitation and Bubbly Flows</li>
<li>6 Frontier Experimental Techniques</li>
<li>7 Wave-Induced Ship Motions and Loads</li>
<li>8 Viscous Ship Hydrodynamics</li>
<li>9 Shallow Water Hydrodynamics</li>
<li>10 Weinblum Lecture</li>
<li>11 Water Entry and Wake Dynamics</li>
<li>12 Bluff Body Hydrodynamics</li>
<li>13 Fluid Dynamics in the Naval Context</li>
<li>14 Wave Hydrodynamics</li>
<li>15 CFD Validation</li>
<li>Appendix - List of Participants</li>
</ul>

Naval Hydrodynamics Twenty-Second Symposium

Naval Studies Board

National, Research Council

Office of Naval Research

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division

Earth Sciences

Presents an independent assessment of the INEEL High-Level Waste Program. Includes examination of the set of treatment options chosen by the DOE and identification of other alternatives that DOE might consider, technical analysis, evaluation, and the feasability of treatment options. Softcover.

Alternative High-Level Waste Treatments

Committee on Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) High-Level Waste Alternative Treatments

In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Executive Summary</li>
<li>1 The Problem</li>
<li>2 The New York City Water Supply System</li>
<li>3 Evolution of Key Environmental Laws, Regulations, and Policies</li>
<li>4 Watershed Management For Source Water Protection</li>
<li>5 Sources of Pollution in the New York City Watershed</li>
<li>6 Tools for Monitoring and Evaluation</li>
<li>7 Land Acquisition and Land Use Planning</li>
<li>8 Phosphorus Management Policies, Antidegradation, and Other Management Approaches</li>
<li>9 Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Practices</li>
<li>10 Setbacks and Buffer Zones</li>
<li>11 Wastewater Treatment</li>
<li>12 Overarching Issues</li>
<li>Appendix A: Abridged Version of the New York City Memorandum of Agreement</li>
<li>Appendix B: Use Classifications and Water Quality Criteria for New York State</li>
<li>Appendix C: Microbial Risk Assessment Methods</li>
<li>Appendix D: Analysis of Wastewater Treatment Plants and On-Site Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems</li>
<li>Appendix E: Acronyms</li>
<li>Appendix F: Biographical Information</li>
</ul>

Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply: Assessing the New York City Strategy

Business & Money

Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy

Strategy, Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management

Economics

This workshop summary was produced in the course of a broader study that is exploring how information technology research can foster new and improved government services, operations, and interactions with citizens. This workshop summary examines how this technology can contribute to more-effective response and recovery efforts to crises such as natural disasters or terrorist attacks, as well as to mitigation and preparedness in order to reduce the impact of these events. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>1 Introduction</li>
<li>2 Information Technology Trends Relevant to Crisis Management</li>
<li>3 Information Technology Research Opportunities</li>
<li>4 Achieving an Impact in the Crisis Management Community</li>
<li>5 The Broader Context: Information Technology in Government</li>
<li>Appendix A: Detailed Workshop Agenda and Participants</li>
<li>Appendix B: Brief Case Studies of Crises</li>
<li>Appendix C: Synopsis of the CSTB Report: Computing and Communications in the Extreme</li>
</ul>

Information Technology Research for Crisis Management

Computers & Technology

Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications

Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Government

Networking & Cloud Computing

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is aware of the potential toxicological hazards to crew members that might be associated with prolonged spacecraft missions. Despite major engineering advances in controlling the atmosphere within spacecraft, some contamination of the air appears inevitable. NASA has measured numerous airborne contaminants during space missions. As the missions increase in duration and complexity, ensuring the health and well-being of astronauts traveling and working in this unique environment becomes increasingly difficult.  As part of its efforts to promote safe conditions aboard spacecraft, NASA requested the National Research Council (NRC) to develop guidelines for establishing spacecraft maximum allowable concentrations (SMACs) for contaminants, and to review SMACs for various spacecraft contaminants to determine whether NASA's recommended exposure limits are consistent with the guidelines recommended by the subcommittee. In response to this request, the NRC first developed criteria and methods for preparing SMACs for spacecraft contaminants, published in its 1992 report Guidelines for Developing Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Space Station Contaminants. Since then, the NRC's Subcommittee on Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations has been reviewing NASA's documentation of chemical-specific SMACs. This report is the fourth volume in the series Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Space Station Contaminants. The first volume was published in 1994 and the second and third in 1996.  Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 4 has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their technical expertise and diverse perspectives in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee for reviewing NRC and Institute of Medicine reports. The purpose of that Independent review was to provide candid and critical comments to assist the NRC in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.  Table of ContentsFront MatterSpacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants: IntroductionSummary of Report on Guidelines for Developing SMACSReview of SMAC ReportsReferencesAppendix A: Guidelines for Developing Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Space Station Contaminants: Executive SummaryAppendix B: Reports on Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne ContaminantsB1 ActoneB2 C3 to C8 Aliphatic Saturated AldehydesB3 Hydrogen ChlorideB4 IsopreneB5 MethylhydrazineB6 Perfluoropropane and Other Aliphatic PerfluoroalkanesB7 PolydimethylcyclosiloxanesB8 Dichlorofluoromethane (Freon 21)B9 Chlorodifluormethane (Freon 22)B10 Trichlorofluoromethane (Freon 11)B11 Dichlorodifluoromethane (Freon 12)B12 4-Methyl-2-PentanoneB13 ChloroformB14 FuranB15 Hydrogen Cyanide

Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants, Volume 4

Subcommittee on Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations National Research Council

Astronomy & Space Science

Mathematics Education in the Middle Grades: Teaching to Meet the Needs of Middle Grades Learners and to Maintain High Expectations In September 1998, the Math Science Education Board National held a Convocation on Middle Grades Mathematics that was co-sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Middle School Association, and the American Educational Research Association. The Convocation was structured to present the teaching of middle school mathematics from two points of view: teaching mathematics with a focus on the subject matter content or teaching mathematics with a focus on the whole child and whole curriculum. This book discusses the challenges before the nation's mathematical sciences community to focus its energy on the improvement of middle grades mathematics education and to begin an ongoing national dialogue on middle grades mathematics education. Table of ContentsFront MatterLetter from the Program Steering CommitteeExecutive SummaryParticipant ObservationsTeaching and Learning Mathematics at the Middle Grades: Setting the StageContent and Learning Issues in the Middle GradesTeaching Issues in the Middle GradesOrganizational Issues in the Middle GradesClosing RemarksAction ConferencesAppendix 1. Convocation and Action Conference AgendasAppendix 2. Biographical Information on Convocation and Action Conference SpeakersAppendix 3. Convocation and Action Conference Participant ListsAppendix 4. Marcy's DotsAppendix 5. Discussion Session WorksheetsAppendix 6. Background Paper for the Convocation: What is 8th Grade Mathematics: A Look from NAEPAppendix 7. Resources

Mathematics Education in the Middle Grades: Teaching to Meet the Needs of Middle Grades Learners and to Maintain High Expectations

Grades, National Convocation on Mathematics Education in the Middle

Mathematics

The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultural view of the world. The United States is, perhaps more than any other industrialized country, distinguished by the size and diversity of its racial and ethnic minority populations. Current trends promise that these features will endure. Fifty years from now, there will most likely be no single majority group in the United States. How will we fare as a nation when race-based issues such as immigration, job opportunities, and affirmative action are already so contentious today? In America Becoming, leading scholars and commentators explore past and current trends among African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans in the context of a white majority. This volume presents the most up-to-date findings and analysis on racial and social dynamics, with recommendations for ongoing research. It examines compelling issues in the field of race relations, including: <ul>
<li>Race and ethnicity in criminal justice.</li> <li>Demographic and social trends for Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.</li> <li>Trends in minority-owned businesses.</li> <li>Wealth, welfare, and racial stratification.</li> <li>Residential segregation and the meaning of "neighborhood."</li> <li>Disparities in educational test scores among races and ethnicities.</li> <li>Health and development for minority children, adolescents, and adults.</li> <li>Race and ethnicity in the labor market, including the role of minorities in America's military.</li> <li>Immigration and the dynamics of race and ethnicity.</li> <li>The changing meaning of race.</li> <li>Changing racial attitudes. 
</li> </ul>
 This collection of papers, compiled and edited by distinguished leaders in the behavioral and social sciences, represents the most current literature in the field. Volume 1 covers demographic trends, immigration, racial attitudes, and the geography of opportunity. Volume 2 deals with the criminal justice system, the labor market, welfare, and health trends, Both books will be of great interest to educators, scholars, researchers, students, social scientists, and policymakers. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>1. Racial Trends in the Administration of Criminal Justice</li>
<li>2. Race and Criminal Justice</li>
<li>3. Commentary on Randall Kennedy's Overview of the Justice System</li>
<li>4. Race and Ethnicity in the Labor Market: Trends Over the Short and Long Term</li>
<li>5. Racial Differences in Labor Market Outcomes Among Men</li>
<li>6. Racial Trends in Labor Market Access and Wages: Women</li>
<li>7. Ethnic and Racial Differences in Welfare Receipt in the United States</li>
<li>8. Labor Force Trends: The Military as Data</li>
<li>9. Trends in Minority-Owned Businesses</li>
<li>10. Wealth and Racial Stratification</li>
<li>11. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health: Recent Trends, Current Patterns, Future Directions</li>
<li>12. Racial and Ethnic Trends in Children's and Adolescents' Behavior and Development</li>
<li>13. The heal th of Minority Children in the Year 2000: The Role of Government Programs in Improving the Health Status of America's Children</li>
<li>14. Racial Variations in Adult Health Status: Patterns, Paradoxes, and Prospects</li>
<li>15. Health-Care use in the Veterans Health Administration: Racial Trends and the Spirit of Inquiry</li>
<li>Appendix A: Acronyms</li>
<li>Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States</li>
<li>Appendix C: Biographical Sketches</li>
<li>Index</li>
</ul>

America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Volume 2

Politics & Social Sciences

Smelser, Neil

Social Sciences

Consumer health websites have garnered considerable media attention, but only begin to scratch the surface of the more pervasive transformations the Internet could bring to health and health care. Networking Health examines ways in which the Internet may become a routine part of health care delivery and payment, public health, health education, and biomedical research. Building upon a series of site visits, this book: <ul>
<li>Weighs the role of the Internet versus private networks in uses ranging from the transfer of medical images to providing video-based medical consultations at a distance. 
</li> <li>Reviews technical challenges in the areas of quality of service, security, reliability, and access, and looks at the potential utility of the next generation of online technologies. 
</li> <li>Discusses ways health care organizations can use the Internet to support their strategic interests and explores barriers to a broader deployment of the Internet. 
</li> <li>Recommends steps that private and public sector entities can take to enhance the capabilities of the Internet for health purposes and to prepare health care organizations to adopt new Internet-based applications.</li> </ul> Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Executive Summary</li>
<li>1. Overview and Introduction</li>
<li>2. Health Applications of the Internet</li>
<li>3. Technical Challenges</li>
<li>4. Organizational Challenges to the Adoption of the Internet</li>
<li>5. Issues for Public Policy</li>
<li>6. Conclusions and Recommendations</li>
<li>Appendix A: Site Visit Summaries</li>
<li>Appendix B: National Library of Medicine Awards to Demonstrate Health Applications of the Next Generation Internet</li>
<li>Appendix C: Biographies of Committee Members</li>
<li>Appendix D: Individuals Who Participated in Site Visits or Briefed the Study Committee</li>
<li>Index</li>
</ul>

Networking Health: Prescriptions for the Internet

Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

Committee on Enhancing the Internet for Health Applications: Technical Requirements and Implementation Strategies

Certification

This study is a review and evaluation of the U.S. Army's Report to Congress on Alternative Approaches for the Treatment and Disposal of Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS). CAIS are test kits that were used to train soldiers from 1928 to 1969 in defensive responses to a chemical attack. They contain samples of chemicals that had been or might have been used by opponents as chemical warfare agents. The Army's baseline approach for treating and disposing of CAIS has been to develop a mobile treatment system, called the Rapid Response System (RRS), which can be carried by several large over-the-road trailers. Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 Disposal Alternatives3 Issues to Consider4 Review of the Commercial Incineration Option5 Alternatives to Commercial Incineration of CAIS6 Conclusions and RecommendationsReferencesAppendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee MembersAppendix B: Committee Meetings and Other ActivitiesAppendix C: Methods of Treating Non-Stockpile Chemical MaterialAppendix D: Legal Context for CAIS Disposal

Disposal of Chemical Agent Identification Sets: Review of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Material Disposal Program

History

Board on Army Science and Technology

Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Program

Military

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Council, National Research. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Council, National Research