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This title is in the Environment Rating Scale (R) Family of Products.

The long-anticipated new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale(R), ECERS-3, focuses on the full range of needs of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children. This widely used, comprehensive assessment tool measures both environmental provisions and teacher-child interactions that affect the broad developmental needs of young children, including:

Cognitive

Social-emotional

Physical

Health and safety

ECERS-3 also includes additional Items assessing developmentally appropriate literacy and math activities.

Designed for preschool, kindergarten, and child care classrooms serving children 3 through 5 years of age, ECERS-3:

Provides a smooth transition for those already using ECERS-R.

Emphasizes the role of the teacher in creating an environment conducive to developmental gains.

Is designed to predict child outcomes more accurately and with greater precision.

Provides a stronger method of distinguishing between good and truly excellent programs.

Offers a complete training program with ongoing support available at the Environment Rating Scales Institute (ERSI) website (www.ersi.info).

ECERS-3 is appropriate for state and district-wide QRIS and continuous improvement; program evaluation by directors and supervisors; teacher self-evaluation; monitoring by agency staff; and teacher education. The established reliability and long term evidence of validity of the ERS family of instruments make this new version of ECERS particularly useful for RTTT-ELC accountability and research.

Suitable for use in inclusive and culturally diverse programs, ECERS-3 subscales evaluate:

Space and Furnishings

Personal Care Routines

Language and Literacy

Learning Activities

Interaction

Program Structure

With step-by-step guidance and a reader-friendly style, Herman/Atkins's ELECTRICAL WIRING INDUSTRIAL, 18th Edition, helps you gain the essential knowledge and skills you need to safely install wiring systems in an industrial building. It features vivid, full-color photographs and illustrations, numerous example problems and detailed solutions that help bring key concepts to life and clearly demonstrate how important ideas apply to real-world situations. The 18th Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the 2023 National Electric Code, the industry standard for electrical systems layout and construction. A set of building blueprints is also included to help you connect chapter concepts to a realistic industrial building project.

For courses in basic electronics and electronic devices and circuits A user-friendly, hands-on introduction to electronic devices filled with practical applications and software simulation Electronic Devices (Conventional Current Version), 10/e, provides a solid foundation in basic analog electronics and a thorough introduction to analog integrated circuits and programmable devices. The text identifies the circuits and components within a system, helping students see how the circuit relates to the overall system function. Full-color photos and illustrations and easy-to-follow worked examples support the text's strong emphasis on real-world application and troubleshooting. Updated throughout, the Tenth Edition features selected circuits keyed to Multisim V14 and LT Spice files so that students learn how to simulate, analyze, and troubleshoot using the latest circuit simulation software. Additionally, an entirely new Chapter 18, "Communication Devices and Methods," introduces communication devices and systems.