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Research Methodologyby Ranjit Kumar
Sage Publications Ltd. 2010; US$ 64.00Written specifically for students with no previous experience of research and research methodology, the Third Edition of Research Methodology breaks the process of designing and doing a research project into eight manageable steps and provides plenty of examples throughout to link theory to the practice of doing research. The book contains straightforward, practical guidance on: - Formulating a research question - Ethical considerations - Carrying out a literature review - Choosing a research design - Selecting a sample - Collecting and analysing qualitative and quantitative data - Writing a research report. The third edition has been revised and updated to include extended coverage of qualitative research methods in addition to the existing... more...
Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Editionby Grant Wiggins; Jay McTighe
ASCD 2005; US$ 32.95Wiggins and McTighe provide an expanded array of practical tools and strategies for designing curriculum, instruction, and assessments that lead students at all grade levels to genuine understanding. more...
The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Unitsby Grant Wiggins; Jay McTighe
ASCD 2011; US$ 26.95Unit creation and planning made easy for Understanding by Design novices and veterans alike! This book introduces version 2.0 of the UbD Template and allows you to download fillable electronic forms to help you more easily incorporate standards, advance your understanding of backward design, and improve student learning. more...
Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Designby Carol Ann Tomlinson; Jay McTighe
ASCD 2006; US$ 25.95Discover how the integration of two of education's most powerful frameworks will help teachers impart essential knowledge and skills to the full spectrum of learners. more...
Teach Like Your Hair's on Fireby Rafe Esquith
Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 12.99Read Rafe Esquith's posts on the Penguin Blog. The New York Times bestseller that is revolutionizing the way Americans educate their kids-"Rafe Esquith is a genius and a saint" ( The New York Times ) Perhaps the most famous fifth-grade teacher in America, Rafe Esquith has won numerous awards and even honorary citizenship in the British Empire for his outstandingly successful methods. In his Los Angeles public school classroom, he helps impoverished immigrant children understand Shakespeare, play Vivaldi, and become happy, self-confident people. This bestseller gives any teacher or parent all the techniques, exercises, and innovations that have made its author an educational icon, from personal codes of behavior to... more...
Mahtab's Storyby Libby Gleeson
Allen & Unwin 2008; US$ 14.50The vivid and compelling story of a young girl fleeing Afghanistan with her family and their journey to Australia. Inspired by a true story. more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Readingby Abby Marks Beale; Pam Mullan
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 13.99On your marks, get set, read! Most adults today are working with antiquated skills and ingrained beliefs about their reading abilities, or lack thereof. But with the tips and examples offered in The Complete Idiot?s Guide® to Speed Reading, getting through a load of must-do reading doesn?t have to be an arduous or overwhelming chore. The strategies are surprisingly simple once revealed. With practice, readers will not only speed through and understand books, articles, and professional journals but will also build their personal reading confidence and competence. * Written by a reading specialist * Useful for students, business people, lawyers, doctors * Includes how-to strategies as well as practice timed readings * Tips for reading on... more...
Why Don't Students Like Schoolby Daniel T. Willingham
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009; US$ 18.95Easy-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 learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences. Nine, easy-to-understand principles with clear applications for the classroom Includes surprising findings, such as that intelligence is malleable, and that you cannot develop "thinking skills" without facts How an understanding of the brain's workings can help teachers hone their teaching skills... more...
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writingby Michael Harvey
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 6.95Engagingly written and illustrated with scores of telling examples, this plainspoken how-to book for college writers identifies those qualities that most typically distinguish good writing from bad and provides practical measures for avoiding pitfalls. more...
Effective Teachingby Daniel Muijs; David Reynolds
SAGE Publications, Inc. 2010; US$ 49.00Praise for the previous edition:A small number of education books feel indispensable; this is warmly welcomed to the club. It's a magnificent survey of what educational research can tell us about nitty-gritty classroom issues. - Geoff Barton, Times Educational Supplement, Friday MagazineThis new edition updates the successful 2005 edition with the latest research on effective teaching and learning. Appropriate for primary and secondary education, the authors continue to provide a broad and comprehensive overview of what is now a large body of knowledge on effective teaching.The authors maintain their user-friendly style and the structure which takes in generic teaching skills; teaching for specific goals; subject specific strategies... more...









