Behavior Modification

This book is a comprehensive, practical presentation of the principles of behavior modification and guidelines for their application. It teaches forms of behavior modification ranging from helping children learn necessary life skills to training pets, to solving personal behavior problems.

Dados los problemas medioambientales y económicos anejos al uso de combustibles fósiles, crece cada día el interés de formar a nuestros estudiantes en las energías renovables. Ahora bien, por experiencia sabemos que, cuando un alumno empieza a adentrarse en tales energías, se topa con ciertas dificultades sobre todo en el caso de la energía solar fotovoltaica. Ello se debe en ocasiones al desconocimiento de los fundamentos físicos de la célula solar fotovoltaica, o de las leyes que rigen la radiación solar, o de ciertas nociones básicas de electricidad... Esta obra trata justamente ...

Why do continents matter? From economics to weather science—and everything in between—knowing the characteristics of the continents expands readers’ perspectives in every school subject. This fundamental information is a building block of many future lessons and an essential part of elementary education. This book presents a focused, clear, age-appropriate look at Earth’s continents that young readers are sure to find both informative and interesting. This volume is also packed with colorful maps that are labeled and explained to foster young readers’ comprehension of this important...

During the American Civil War, the United States was on the brink of falling apart irrevocably. As states seceded and brother turned against brother, hope for reconciliation was dim. This conflict, an essential topic of the social studies curriculum, is skillfully presented from its origins in the Southern slave-trade economy to bloody battles and, later, Reconstruction. Striking photographs and artwork of integral events and people will resonate with readers, while interesting sidebar information gives them more to reflect on about this terrible war and the lessons it taught us.

Ya situado en tiempos de la Gran Depresión o en los años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ya en otros posteriores, marcados por el miedo al apocalipsis atómico o a la caza de brujas de la Guerra Fría, EL CINE NEGRO es sin discusión uno de los géneros mayores de la historia del cine. A su grandeza han contribuido directores Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Raoul Walsh, Orson Welles, Samuel Fuller y John Huston , obras de culto El sueño eterno, La jungla de asfalto, La dama de Shanghai, Los sobornados, Laura, Callejón sin salida, Gilda e iconos incontestables, como Lauren Bacall, Marlene...