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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...
Cultural Foundations of Learningby Jin Li
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 28.00Describes fundamental differences in learning beliefs between the Western mind model and the East Asian virtue model of learning. more...
Situated Language and Learningby James Paul Gee
Routledge 2004; US$ 41.95Tackles the big ideas about language, literacy and learning. Why do poor and minority students under-perform in school? Do computer games help or hinder learning? What can new research in psychology teach our educational policy makers? more...
Discipline with Dignityby Richard L. Curwin; Allen N. Mendler
ASCD 1999; US$ 15.95This update to the best-selling ASCD book features a new introduction written by the authors and an index. Educators know that we must have safe schools. Teaching and reinforcing responsible human behavior is the core of Discipline with Dignity . more...
Smart but Scatteredby Peg Dawson
Guilford Press 2008; US$ 17.95Scientists who study child development have recently found that kids who are "smart but scattered" lack or lag behind in crucial executive skillsthe core, brain-based habits of mind required to execute tasks like getting organized, staying focused, and controlling emotions. Drawing on this revolutionary discovery, school psychologist Peg Dawson and neuropsychologist Richard Guare have developed an innovative program that parents and teachers can use to strengthen kids more...
Visible Learningby John Hattie
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 50.95This unique and ground-breaking book is the result of 15 years research and synthesises over 800 meta-analyses on the influences on achievement in school-aged students. It builds a story about the power of teachers, feedback, and a model of learning and understanding. The research involves many millions of students and represents the largest ever evidence based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning. Areas covered include the influence of the student, home, school, curricula, teacher, and teaching strategies. A model of teaching and learning is developed based on the notion of visible teaching and visible learning. A major message is that what works best for students is similar to what works best for teachers ... more...
Assessment, Equity, and Opportunity to Learnby Pamela A. Moss; Diana C. Pullin; James Paul Gee; Edward H. Haertel; Lauren Jones Young
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 29.00An engaging introduction to fresh ideas for conceptualizing, enhancing, and assessing OTL. more...
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroomby Thomas Armstrong
ASCD 2009; US$ 25.95This is the third edition of Armstrong?s bestselling guide to applying multiple intelligences theory in schools. more...
Working Memory and Learningby Susan E Gathercole; Tracy Packiam Alloway
Sage Publications Ltd. 2008; US$ 30.95Dr Tracy Alloway has been awarded the prestigious Joseph Lister Award from the British Science Association. 'The authors have written a guide for practitioners that is both highly practical, and yet based upon sound theoretical principles .This book achieves a successful, yet often elusive, link between theory, research and practice, and deserves to have a high readership. I will have no hesitation in recommending it to a range of readers' - Jane Mott, Support for Learning. 'This book fulfils its aim to explain working memory and the limits it places on children's classroom learning. For teachers it gives a very clear guide and fills a gap in understanding that can only lead to more child-centred approaches to teaching and learning'... more...
Applied Psychologyby Hugh Coolican; Tony Cassidy; Orla Dunn
Hodder Education 2007; US$ 47.95The ideal textbook for all areas of applied psychology options, including forensic/criminological psychology, health psychology, educational psychology, sports psychology, clinical/abnormal psychology, work/occupational psychology, environmental psychology and counselling - for students on A Level and undergraduate courses. more...









