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    Selecting Instructional Materials: A Guide for K-12 Science

    Committee on Developing the Capacity to Select Effective Instructional Materials,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The National Science Education Standards set broad content goals for teaching grades K-12. This volume provides a procedure to help education decisionmakers evaluate and choose materials for the science classroom…

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    Public Engagement on Genetically Modified Organisms: When Science and Citizens Connect: Workshop Summary

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences

    The National Research Council’s Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences held a 2-day workshop on January 15-16, 2015, in Washington, DC to explore the public interfaces between scientists…

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    Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on the Science of Team Science

    The past half-century has witnessed a dramatic increase in the scale and complexity of scientific research. The growing scale of science has been accompanied by a shift toward collaborative research…

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    Learning and Instruction: A SERP Research Agenda

    Panel on Learning and Instruction,Strategic Education Research Partnership,National Research Council

    The Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) is an ambitious plan, which aims to construct a powerful knowledge base that will support the efforts of teachers, school administrators, colleges of education…

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    Measuring Human Capabilities: An Agenda for Basic Research on the Assessment of Individual and Group Performance Potential for Military Accession

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives

    Every year, the U.S. Army must select from an applicant pool in the hundreds of thousands to meet annual enlistment targets, currently numbering in the tens of thousands of new…

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    How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice

    Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice,National Research Council

    What can teachers and schools do – with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods – to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly…

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    Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Review of the Evidence

    Steering Committee for the Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: The Research Base,Committee on Human Factors,Board on Human-Systems Integration,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    In May 1998 the National Institutes of Health asked the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council to assemble a group of experts to examine the scientific literature relevant to work-related…

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    Pathways to Exploration: Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration

    Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on National Statistics

    The United States has publicly funded its human spaceflight program on a continuous basis for more than a half-century, through three wars and a half-dozen recessions, from the early Mercury…

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    A Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Strategic Plan

    Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program,National Research Council

    The U.S. government supports a large, diverse suite of activities that can be broadly characterized as global change research. Such research offers a wide array of benefits to the nation…

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    Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards

    Committee on Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards,Center for Education

    An accompanying volume to the National Science Education Standards. Focusing on the teacher as the primary player in assessment, this book offers assessment guidelines and explores how they can be…

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    Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students’ Motivation to Learn

    Committee on Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    What is it about the school environment - pedagogy, curriculum, climate, organization - that encourages or discourages engagement in school activities? This book reviews research on what shapes adolescents’ school…

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    The Future of Home Health Care: Workshop Summary

    National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence

    Individuals with disabilities, chronic conditions, and functional impairments need a range of services and supports to keep living independently. However, there often is not a strong link between medical care…

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    Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children

    Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children,National Research Council

    Many young Americans’ futures are imperiled because they do not read well enough to meet the demands of our competitive, technology-driven society. This book explores the problem within the context…

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    Mental Retardation: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits

    Committee on Disability Determination for Mental Retardation,National Research Council

    Between 1 and 3 percent of people living in the United States receive a diagnosis of mental retardation. The US Social Security Administration (SSA) provides income support and medical benefits…

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    Field Evaluation in the Intelligence and Counterintelligence Context: Workshop Summary

    Planning Committee on Field Evaluation of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences-Based Methods and Tools for Intelligence and Counterintelligence,National Research Council

    On September 22-23, 2009, the National Research Council held a workshop on the field evaluation of behavioral and cognitive sciences–based methods and tools for use in the areas of intelligence…

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    Fostering Independence, Participation, and Healthy Aging Through Technology: Workshop Summary

    National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence

    The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) have had prominent roles in discussions of aging, disability, and technology for decades. In 1978, Aging and Medical Education…

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    New Directions in Assessing Performance Potential of Individuals and Groups: Workshop Summary

    Committee on Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    Presents the summary of a workshop held April 3-4, 2013 to examine the future of military entrance assessments.

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    Human Factors Specialists’ Education and Utilization: Results of a Survey

    Panel on Human Factors Specialists'Education and Utilization,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Useful to educators as an aid in evaluating their graduate training curricula, employers in working with graduate programs and enhancing staff opportunities for continuing education, and professionals in assessing their…

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    Influence of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health: Workshop Report

    Committee on the Impact of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Influence of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health: Workshop Report summarizes a one and a half day workshop convened in May 2006 that reviewed U.S. trends in maternal weight…

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    Safe Science: Promoting a Culture of Safety in Academic Chemical Research

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Human-Systems Integration,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology

    Recent serious and sometimes fatal accidents in chemical research laboratories at United States universities have driven government agencies, professional societies, industries, and universities themselves to examine the culture of safety…

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    Studying Media Effects on Children and Youth: Improving Methods and Measures, Workshop Summary

    Program Committee for a Workshop on Improving Research on Interactive Media and Children's Health,National Research Council

    The presence and intensity of media influences television, radio, music, computers, films, videos, and the Internet are increasingly recognized as an important part of the social ecology of children and…

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    Communicating Science and Engineering Data in the Information Age

    Panel on Communicating National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Information to Data Users,National Research Council

    The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) communicates its science and engineering (S&E) information to data users in a very fluid environment…

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    How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School

    Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Scientific evidence has added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur, to the influence of culture on what we see and absorb…

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    Visual Impairments: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits

    Committee on Disability Determination for Individuals with Visual Impairments,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Examines SSA’s (US Social Security Administration) methods of determining disability for people with visual impairments, recommends changes that could be made to improve the process and the outcomes, and identifies…

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    Hearing Loss: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits

    Committee on Disability Determination for Individuals with Hearing Impairments,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Millions of Americans experience some degree of hearing loss. The Social Security Administration (SSA) operates programs that provide cash disability benefits to people with permanent impairments like hearing loss, if…

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    Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits

    Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments

    Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal…

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    Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications

    The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the…

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    Human Factors Research Needs for an Aging Population

    Panel on Human Factors Research Issues for an Aging Population,Committee on Human Factors,National Research Council,Sara J. Czaja,National Academy of Sciences

    Describes the demographic, sociological, and ecological background of the aging society and identifies human factors problems associated with aging. This book summarizes relevant information and also recommends directions for research.

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    Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries

    Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries,National Research Council

    Highlights the persistent disadvantages for young women relative to young men, the special needs of the poor, and youth living in sub-Saharan Africa, in the context of the transition to…

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    Technology for Adaptive Aging

    Steering Committee for the Workshop on Technology for Adaptive Aging,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Brings together experts in aging research to discuss applications of technology to communication, education and learning, employment, and health. This work includes the workshop papers of the committee that organized…

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    Human Performance Modification: Review of Worldwide Research with a View to the Future

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on Assessing Foreign Technology Development in Human Performance Modification

    The development of technologies to modify natural human physical and cognitive performance is one of increasing interest and concern, especially among military services that may be called on to defeat…

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    Sustainable Infrastructures for Life Science Communication: Workshop Summary

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences

    Advances in the life sciences - from the human genome to biotechnology to personalized medicine and sustainable communities - have profound implications for the well-being of society and the natural…

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    Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary

    Committee on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine

    The deficiencies that many children experience from birth to school age–in health care, nutrition, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation, for example–play a major role in academic achievement gaps that persist…

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    Behavioral Modeling and Simulation: From Individuals to Societies

    Committee on Organizational Modeling: From Individuals to Societies,National Research Council

    Reviews individual, organizational, and societal (IOS) modeling research programs. This book evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the programs and their methodologies. It determines which have the greatest potential for…

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    Financing Long-Term Services and Supports for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults: Workshop Summary

    National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence

    Presents the summary of a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council to examine…

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    Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence

    National Research Council

    The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nation’s schools. Offering an outcome of the National Research Council’s effort to glean lessons from six case…

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    America’s Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science

    Committee on High School Science Laboratories: Role and Vision,National Research Council

    Looks at a range of questions about how laboratory experiences fit into US high schools: What is effective laboratory teaching? What does research tell us about learning in high school…

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    NASA’s Elementary and Secondary Education Program: Review and Critique

    Committee for the Review and Evaluation of NASA's Precollege Education Program,National Research Council

    The federal role in precollege science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is receiving increasing attention in light of the need to support public understanding of science. This title addresses…

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    The Aging Mind: Opportunities in Cognitive Research

    Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,National Research Council

    Possible breakthroughs in understanding the aging mind that can be used to benefit older people are now emerging from research. This volume identifies the key scientific advances and the opportunities…

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    What is the Influence of the National Science Education Standards?: Reviewing the Evidence, A Workshop Summary

    Steering Committee on Taking Stock of the National Science Education Standards: The Research,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    In 2001, with support from National Science Foundation, the National Research Council began a review of the evidence concerning whether or not the National Science Education Standards have had an…

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    A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas

    Committee on Conceptual Framework for the New K-12 Science Education Standards,National Research Council

    Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to solving many of humanity’s most pressing current and future challenges. The United States’ position…

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    Evaluating Military Advertising and Recruiting: Theory and Methodology

    Committee on the Youth Population and Military Recruitment - Phase II,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Helps the DoD improve its research on advertising and recruiting policies. This book presents a framework for evaluation that links different types of research questions to various research methodologies.

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    Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success

    Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children,National Research Council

    States that a large number of people in America cannot read as well as they need for success in life. This book discusses how best to help children succeed in…

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    The National Children’s Study Research Plan: A Review

    Panel to Review the National Children's Study Research Plan,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

    The National Children’s Study (NCS) is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on children’s health ever conducted in the United States. This book evaluates…

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    Community Programs to Promote Youth Development

    Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth

    After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents. This book offers…

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    How Students Learn: History in the Classroom

    Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    In this volume, practical questions that confront every history teacher are addressed using the latest research on cognition, teaching, and learning.

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    Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers

    Committee on the Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The US is experiencing a change in its demographic structure known as population aging. This book aims to provide an image of what is known about the health and safety…

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    Review of Disability and Rehabilitation Research: NIDRR Grantmaking Processes and Products

    Committee on the External Evaluation of NIDRR and Its Grantees,National Research Council

    The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) is the principal federal agency supporting applied research, training, and development to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. NIDRR’s mission…

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