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Why Don't Students Like School Why Don't Students Like School Daniel T Willingham Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of lear… OL15174480W
Facilitating Group Learning Facilitating Group Learning George Lakey "This book defines principles and techniques for teaching adults in groups and includes illustrative stories from the experiences of the author. It deals with issues of diversity, as well as authenti… OL15588206W
From brain to mind From brain to mind James E. Zull With his knack for making science intelligible for the layman, and his ability to illuminate scientific concepts through analogy and reference to personal experience, James Zull offers the reader an … OL15884010W
Educational neuroscience Educational neuroscience Kathryn E. Patten "Educational Neuroscience provides an overview of a wide range of recent initiatives in educational neuroscience implicating and pertaining to mind, brain, and education. Contributions from top resea… OL15933280W
Start smart! Start smart! Pamela Byrne Schiller "Start Smart!, Revised offers simple, straightforward information and ideas to boost brain power with active exploration, repetition, sensory exploration, laughter and more. Reflecting the latest res… OL16361870W
Activities for building character and social-emotional learning Activities for building character and social-emotional learning Katia Petersen "Hundreds of user-friendly lesson plans help teachers build attitudes of respect and caring, reduce problem behaviors, empower students to solve problems, and educate the whole child socially, emotio… OL16495622W
Games, learning, and society Games, learning, and society Kurt Squire,Constance Steinkuehler,Sasha A. Barab "This volume is the first reader on video games and learning of its kind. Covering game design, game culture and games as twenty-first-century pedagogy, it demonstrates the depth and breadth of schol… OL16592088W
Power to Teach Power to Teach Robinson, Wendy In the United Kingdom up to the recent past - unlike other countries - very little attention has been paid to the art of pedagogy, that is, the means by which relevant skills, knowledge and attitudes… OL16996740W
The plateau effect The plateau effect Bob Sullivan "The Plateau Effect is a powerful law of nature that affects everyone. Learn to identify plateaus and break through any stagnancy in your life-- from diet and exercise, to work, to relationships. The… OL17863365W
Learner-Centered Teaching Learner-Centered Teaching Maryellen Weimer In this second edition of the classic work Learner-Centered Teaching, Maryellen Weimer -- one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching -- offers a comprehensive … OL17875610W
Critical creative processes Critical creative processes Mark A. Runco "Creativity is typically defined such that the underlying processes reflect some divergent or lateral thinking, but in actuality it must also involve certain critical processes. These are critical in… OL18281883W
Awakening genius in the classroom Awakening genius in the classroom Thomas Armstrong Urging readers to look beyond traditional understandings of what constitutes genius, Armstrong describes 12 such qualities: curiosity, playfulness, imagination, creativity, wonder, wisdom, inventiven… OL1883188W
Vygotsky in action in the early years Vygotsky in action in the early years Galina Dolya Key to Learning is a unique programme of cognitive development activities for the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 based on the concepts of Lev Vygotsky, one of the 20 th century's most influential t… OL19910275W
Getting unstuck Getting unstuck Bob Sullivan The authors show the different kinds of plateaus that can hold you back and how they can be overcome. Using case studies of both success and failure -- including Derek Jeter, Blockbuster, and Google … OL21182913W
The motivated brain The motivated brain Gayle Gregory What really motivates students to learn? What gets them interested—and keeps them interested—in pursuing knowledge and understanding? Recent neuroscientific findings have uncovered the … OL24957628W
A well-tempered mind A well-tempered mind Peter Perret,Janet Fox Peter Perret, conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony, chronicles in A Well-Tempered Mind how a brief NPR feature about music and the brain inspired him to create an innovative music education progra… OL26183392W
Learning how to learn Learning how to learn D. B. Gowin,Joseph D. Novak It is about concept maps and how to create them. A very operative manual on the techniques of concept mapping and functional analysis of scientific documents proposed by two of Ausubel's main discipl… OL2711859W
Seven skills for school success Seven skills for school success Pamela Byrne Schiller All children need social and emotional skills so they can learn and be successful in school and in life. Best-selling author Pam Schiller provides information, activities and experiences that will he… OL27704504W
On knowing On knowing Jerome S. Bruner The left hand has traditionally represented the powers of intuition, feeling, and spontaneity. In this classic book, Jerome Bruner inquires into the part these qualities play in determining how we kn… OL2976743W
Learning Learning Winfred F. Hill viii, 216 p. ; 24 cm OL3260140W
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