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  • Reading- The Grand Illusion

    How and Why People Make Sense of Print

    by Kenneth Goodman, Peter H. Fries, Steven L. Strauss ...
    What is reading? In this groundbreaking book, esteemed researchers Ken Goodman, Peter Fries, and Steven Strauss, explain not only what reading really is but also why common sense makes it seem to be something quite different from that reality. How can this grand illusion be explained? That is the purpose of this book. As the authors show, unraveling the secrets of the grand illusion of reading ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • Making Sense of Learners Making Sense of Written Language

    The Selected Works of Kenneth S. Goodman and Yetta M. Goodman

    by Kenneth S. Goodman, Yetta M. Goodman ...
    Series series World Library of Educationalists
    Ken and Yetta Goodman’s professional work has been a lifelong collaboration, informed by shared philosophical strands. An overarching goal has been to provide access for all children to literacy and learning and to inform and improve teaching and learning. Each also is recognized for specific areas of focus and is known for particular concepts. This volume brings together a thoughtfully crafted ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Ethics, Medicine, and Information Technology

    Intelligent Machines and the Transformation of Health Care

    by Kenneth W. Goodman ...
    Information technology is transforming the practices of medicine, nursing, and biomedical research. Computers can now render diagnoses and prognoses more accurately than humans. The concepts of privacy and confidentiality are evolving as data moves from paper to silicon to clouds. Big data promises financial wealth, as well as riches of information and benefits to science and public health. Online ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • The Game of Chess

    by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman ...
    The Scene is a wainscoted room in the house of ALEXIS. High windows at the back left; at the right back is a double door giving into an ante-room; against the right wall is a couch; in the left wall near the back is a small door; nearer the audience, on the same wall a chimney breast with a carved mantel; under the window, at the back, another couch and several chairs give the room a luxurious air ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reading in Asian Languages

    Making Sense of Written Texts in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

    Edited by Kenneth S. Goodman, Shaomei Wang, Mieko Iventosch, Yetta M. Goodman ...
    Reading in Asian Languages is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) used by hundreds of millions of people and refutes the common Western belief that such systems are hard to learn or to use. The contributors share a comprehensive view of reading as construction of meaning which they show is fully applicable to character ... Read more

    $111.99 CAD

  • Whose Knowledge Counts in Government Literacy Policies?

    Why Expertise Matters

    Edited by Kenneth S. Goodman, Robert C. Calfee, Yetta M. Goodman ...
    Accountability, in the form of standardized test scores, is built into many government literacy policies, with severe consequences for schools and districts that fail to meet ever-increasing performance levels. The key question this book addresses is whose knowledge is considered in framing government literacy policies? The intent is to raise awareness of the degree to which expertise is being ... Read more

    $92.99 CAD

  • Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading

    Edited by Alan D. Flurkey, Eric J. Paulson, Kenneth S. Goodman ...
    This book provides research-based insights that deepen and broaden current understandings of the nature of reading. Informed by psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic views of reading-as-meaning-construction, the studies build on principles of scientific realism – an approach to inquiry that incorporates and values a wide variety of methods of observation to find the most inclusive, ecologically ... Read more

    $59.08 CAD

  • The Case of Terri Schiavo

    Ethics, Politics, and Death in the 21st Century

    Edited by Kenneth Goodman ...
    The case of Terri Schiavo, a young woman who spent 15 years in a persistent vegetative state, has emerged as a watershed in debates over end-of-life care. While many observers had thought the right to refuse medical treatment was well established, this case split a family, divided a nation, and counfounded physicians, legislators, and many of the people they treated or represented. In renewing ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • The Game of Chess A Play in One Act

    by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman ...
    Series series Classics To Go
    Excerpt: "The Scene is a wainscoted room in the house of alexis. High windows at the back left; at the right back is a double door giving into an ante-room; against the right wall is a couch; in the left wall near the back is a small door; nearer the audience, on the same wall a chimney breast with a carved mantel; under the window, at the back, another couch and several chairs give the room a ... Read more

    $3.12 CAD

  • Strange Love

    Or How We Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Market

    by Robin Truth Goodman, Kenneth J. Saltman ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire
    As Junk Bond felon Michael Milken attempts to transform public education on the model of the HMO, he is hailed in the mainstream press as having 'done more to help mankind than Mother Theresa.' Even as BP Amoco, a notorious U.S. polluter, is charged with funding and arming paramilitaries in Colombia, it freely distributes science curricula that portrays itself as a loving protector of citizens ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Ethics and Information Technology

    A Case-Based Approach to a Health Care System in Transition

    by James G. Anderson, Kenneth Goodman ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This series is directed to health care professionals who are leading the tra- formation of health care by using information and knowledge. Launched in 1988 as Computers in Health Care, the series offers a broad range of titles: some addressed to specific professions such as nursing, medicine, and health administration; others to special areas of practice such as trauma and radi- ogy. Still other ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

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  • Children's Literature in the Classroom

    Engaging Lifelong Readers

    by Diane M. Barone, EdD ...
    Series series Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy
    Many reading programs today overlook an essential component of literacy instruction—helping children develop an enduring love of reading. This authoritative and accessible guide provides a wealth of ideas for incorporating high-quality children's books of all kinds into K–6 classrooms. Numerous practical strategies are presented for engaging students with picturebooks, fiction, nonfiction, and ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD