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Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Introductory Anatomy and Physiology (Aptekar)
Rachel Aptekar · Cosumnes River College
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Information Literacy Concepts: An Open Educational Resource
David Hisle and Katy Webb · Joyner Library, ECU
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CH151: Preparatory Chemistry
Mike Mackel · Portland Community College
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LIBR/LIBT 325: Library Research and Information Literacy (Buchanan-Cello)
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This text is an introductory survey to the content, use, and the evaluation of electronic information sources. Emphasis is placed on the effective use of the Internet as a research tool. This text covers free Internet search tools as well as subscription databases. Communication services such as email, groups, and blogs are also studied as are emerging services and technologies as appropriate.
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Improvisations - 4
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Fourth semester of French. Intermediate French II.
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Criminology
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
The book examines crime, criminal behavior, and the justice system's response. It covers key criminological theories, the social factors contributing to crime, and the various types of crime, such as white-collar, organized, and violent crime. It also discusses the roles of law enforcement, courts, and corrections, as well as issues like inequality and reform. The book aims to provide a broad understanding of criminology in contemporary society.
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Independent Facilitator Basics to Work in California's Self Determination Program
Kelly Kuzer-Reyes · Taft College
Empowered Paths: An Independent Facilitator Guide to California's SDP attempts to demystify the professional responsibilities and opportunities independent facilitators face as they support participants in the Self Determination Program (SDP). There are chapters with professional advice, communication strategies, business tips, and technology tools to help lead future independent facilitators to professional success.
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Teaching in a Diverse Society
Alice Hale · Chabot College
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Watch Party
Cathy Thwing and student writers at Pima Community College · LibreTexts
What happens when we watch persuasive and informative videos together? Read the Watch Party reports here to find out!
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SPA 2B Advanced Spanish
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Spanish 2B is the second half of a comprehensive advanced Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Each module includes thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-check drills and exercises, open-form communicative activities, scaffolded writing assignments, and reading passages exploring various aspects of life, culture, literature, and film in the Spanish-speaking world.
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10: Literary Devices Glossary
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
A dictionary of commonly used literary devices. This knowledge resource aligns with C-ID ENGL 110 required Course Content "Literary terminology, devices, and critical approaches," and with the Student Learning Outcomes 7 ("Use style, diction, and tone appropriate to the academic community and the purpose of the specific writing task") and 9 ("Define common literary terms and apply these to analysis of specific texts").
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Early Childhood Literacy Engaging and Empowering Emergent Readers and Writers - Birth to Age 5
Christine Pegorraro Schull, Leslie La Croix, Sara E. Miller, Kimberly Sanders Austin, and Julie K. Kidd · Virtual Library of Virginia
This textbook, Early Childhood Literacy: Engaging and Empowering Emergent Readers and Writers – Birth to Age 5, provides a comprehensive introduction to emergent literacy development in early childhood education (ECE). It emphasizes that literacy begins well before formal reading and writing instruction and develops through children’s relationships, language experiences, play, home environments, and interactions with books and writing materials.
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ESL-087: High-Intermediate Reading and Writing
Kelly Kadi · Diablo Valley College
Strengthen academic reading, writing, and study skills by learning new vocabulary and reading strategies. You’ll read, summarize, and respond to a variety of texts. You’ll learn the steps of the writing process and write essays with a controlled main idea.
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Career/Life Planning and Personal Exploration
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Career/Life Planning and Personal Exploration is designed to cover theories and concepts of values, interests, skills and personality as applied to the career/life planning process and its application to labor market trends. Short/long term career/life plans will be developed. Students will develop an awareness of diversity and its relationship to psychological, sociological and physiological forces within the workplace.
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Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
Jason Warnick · Arkansas Tech University
Research methods for the behavioral sciences involve systematic strategies used to study human and animal actions, thoughts, and emotions. The core approaches include experiments, surveys, and observational studies.
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Corequisite Precalculus
Katherine Skelton · Highline College
This course includes, but not limited to piece-wise, composite, inverse, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Also discussed are properties of functions, their relationship to equations and inequalities, as well as applications, and circles.
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CHE 125: GOB Introductory Chemistry
Erin O’Connell · UW-Milwaukee/Washington County & Waukesha
In this book you will be learning about the fundamental concepts of chemistry. These concepts are meant to help you understand more about the world around you, and to prepare you for the second semester of this course on organic and biochemistry. This is the first semester of two part course on nursing chemistry.
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Math C115: College Algebra
Chau D Tran · Coastline College
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Child, Family, and Community
Rebecca Laff and Wendy Ruiz · College of the Canyons
Over the years researchers have found the necessity to develop theories of behavior that are specific to family settings. These theories have been developed by people with a variety of areas of emphasis, from family therapists to gerontologists to child development specialists. In this chapter we will briefly discuss six such theories: Bioecological Model, Family Systems, Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, and Psychological Perspectives.
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ASL-131: American Sign Language I
René Lopez-Roedel and Jacob A Roedel · Palo Verde College
This workbook supports your study of American Sign Language (ASL), Deaf culture, and Deaf history. Throughout the course, you will explore the historical, cultural, and social experiences of Deaf communities in the United States and around the world, while learning about the important individuals, events, and cultural concepts that have shaped ASL and the Deaf community.