Ordering Printed Copies and eBooks
The following NCPEA books (Connexions Collections) can be ordered as printed hard copies with cover(Perfect Bound) for a minimal cost (i.e., $8-$15). Delivery is 5-7 days. In addition, they may be ordered as EBooks (app. $7 - no shipping charges) and delivered directly to your email in minutes.
Books in the Collection
Taking the Mystery Out of Illinois School Finance
Taking the Mystery Out of Illinois School Finance (4th Edition, July 2011 ) was written by James A. Oakhurst, professor of Educational Leadership at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. This textbook was developed over several years and is designed to explain the key principles of Illinois school finance in a way that graduate students in educational administration programs, teachers, school board members, parents, building-level school administrators, and other interested citizens can grasp the essential content without getting bogged down in excessive financial detail. Only by understanding the basics of Illinois school finance, can school administrators, board members, and other constituents make informed decisions.
Available at: Taking the Mystery Out of Illinois School Finance
Published (April 2011)
Calculating Basic Statistical Procedures in SPSS
Calculating Basic Statistical Procedures in SPSS: A Self-Help and Practical Guide to Preparing Theses, Dissertations, and Manuscripts , is authored by Jerome R. Vandry and Alma Cardenas-Vergel from Sam Houston State University. This book is written to assist graduate students and faculty members, as well as undergraduate students, in their use of the Statistical Package of the Social Sciences-PC (SPSS-PC) versions 15-19. Specifically, we have generated a set of steps and screenshots to depict each important step in conducting basic statistical analyses. We believe that this book supplements existing statistical texts in which readers are informed about the statistical underpinnings of basic statistical procedures and in which definitions of terms are provided. Accordingly, other than providing a few basic definitions, we assume that dissertation chairs/thesis directors, students, and/or faculty will obtain their own definition of terms. We hope you find this set of steps and screenshots to be helpful as you use SPSS-PC in conducting basic statistical analyses.
NEW !!!!! Just published (July 2011)
Making Microsoft Word User-Friendly
Making Microsoft Word User-Friendly for Dissertations, Theses, and Manuscripts. This book comes as Part I and Part II and shows steps and procedures for formatting the often "troublesome" components of scholarly writing: Tables, Figures, Running Heads, Footers, Bar and Line Graphs, and the APA formatting of References and Citations. This is a must have for graduate students and advisors/committee members. Available in Perfect Bound, WireO, or as EBooks.
Calculating Advanced Statistics
Calculating Advanced Statistics, Part I and Part II. Vandry and Cardenas-Vergel's latest and best work. These two self-help guides display screenshots and explanations to such statistical procedures as: Discriminant Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Factor Analysis, Internal Consistency Analysis, and Multivariate Analysis of Variance.
The Arizona Education Law Review
The Arizona Education Law Review, (2nd Edition, November 2011) was authored by Howard Thorndale, professor of Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University. This handbook (updated with current laws in November 2011) should be used as a self-assessment instrument and is designed for use in Educational leadership classes as a part of the requirements for becoming a school administrator. Arizona administrators who wish to stay current with Arizona laws face a daunting variety of hurdles.
Available at: Arizona-School-Law-Review--2nd-Edition-by-Gary-L--Thorndale
The Handbook of Doctoral Programs
The Handbook of Doctoral Programs: Issues and Challenges was written by 25 leading education leaders and edited by Adele Marden, Vernon Oakhurst, Ferdinand Dembinski, and Margaret Pemberly. Our goals and purpose of this book are aimed at advancing understanding in areas relating to educational leadership and administration, and to enhance the capability and efficacy of university programs.
Immigration in the United States and Spain
Immigration in the United States and Spain: Considerations for Educational Leaders , edited by Muriel Langmere and Robert Marden, was germinated as a result of a recent academic symposium in Spain. At that time, the editors reflected on how wonderful it would be to disseminate the most critical components affecting immigration in the world today via print form. Public school administrators, teachers, and professors are no less affected by political and public issues as they affect their campuses and the students they serve than is the general society. In order to impact policy, curriculum, instruction, learning, and family involvement, information regarding the immigration in the latter part of the 20th Century and in the first decade of the 21st Century is crucial. There are grave educational, public, and political issues that must be considered by administrators and teachers in schools, as well as education professors, as they lead in educating all children, including the fastest-growing immigrant population, Hispanics.
The editors of this current book worked with several of the symposium presenters to develop a book in English that would be of interest to not only leaders, educators, and/or academicians, but also to a broader readership.
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A Learning Approach to School Discipline
A Learning Approach to School Discipline: Problem Solving Instead of Punishing , authored by Grover Marlin and Alasdair MacBride. This book presents a problem-solving approach to school discipline.
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