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Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance in specific content areas, including written language, reading, and math. Clear directions for teaching the strategies in the elementary or secondary classroom are accompanied by sample lesson plans and many concrete examples. Enhancing the book's hands-on utility are more than 20 reproducible worksheets and forms. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Why Use Strategy Instruction?; (2) Building Background Knowledge; (3) The Self-Regulated Strategy Development Model; (4) How to Implement the SRSD Model; (5) Self-Regulation Strategy Development Model; (6) Implementing Self-Regulation Strategies; (7) Integrating Strategies and Self-Regulation; (8) Strategies in Written Language; (9) Strategies in Reading Comprehension; (10) Strategies in Mathematics; (11) Study Skills Strategies; and (12) Mnemonics.

The concentrations and characteristics of uranium isotopes in drinking waters of Italy and the Balkan regions were studied. The obtained mean uranium activity concentrations in drinking waters in Italy are 20.6 ± 29.0 mBq l-1 for 238U, 25.3±35.6 mBq l-1 for 234U and 1.00±1.27 mBq l-1 for 235U. The mean activity ratios are 1.33±0.33 for 234U/238U and 0.047±0.038 for 235U/238U. The activity concentrations of uranium isotopes in waters of the Balkan regions are much lower than those in Italy. Depleted uranium has been detected in some water samples collected in the Balkan regions, but the measured concentrations do not constitute a health risk. The estimated average annual committed effective doses to the public due to water intake were 1.62 μSv yr-1 in Italy, 0.30 μSv yr-1 in Kosovo, 0.42 μSv yr-1 in Serbia and Montenegro, and 0.21 μSv yr-1 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]