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In How We Learn, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information. What he discovers is that, from the moment we are born, we are all learning quickly, efficiently, and automatically; but in our zeal to systematize the process we have ignored valuable, naturally enjoyable learning tools like forgetting, sleeping, and...
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My weird school volume 1
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Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.
4) Up for air
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Learning disabilities make school painful for Annabelle, thirteen, but a summer of swimming with the high school team is fantastic until a prank goes wrong, spoiling everything.
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My weird school volume 2
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A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more. Principal Klutz was hanging upside down from the school flagpole! He kissed a pig on the lips! He painted his bald head orange! And now he wants to bungee-jump off the roof of the school, dressed like Santa Claus! In fact, all the grown-ups at A.J.'s school seem to have something wrong with them. What's going on here? What are A.J. and the kids in his...
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If you teach kids rather than standards, and if you want all kids to get what they need to thrive, Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Dominique Smith offer a solution: a comprehensive, five-part model of SEL that's easy to integrate into everyday content instruction, no matter what subject or grade level you teach. You'll learn the hows and whys of : * Building students' sense of identity and confidence in their ability to learn, overcome challenge,...
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Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
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"Learning doesn't come easy for many children. They struggle with schoolwork, have trouble focusing, and can't make sense of instructions. Oftentimes, these challenges can cause children to internalize their struggles and question their abilities. In My fantabulous brain, Julia Cook helps children understand that everyone needs help sometimes, and there are people who can give us the tools we need to make our brains stronger!"--
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My weird school volume 3
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English
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A.J. and his classmates are convinced that new school librarian, Mrs. Roopy, has multiple personality disorder because she keeps pretending to be famous people.
13) School days
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"There's a lot to do at school! Bright photos of a wide range of young kids and simple text offer young readers a look what happens throughout the school year"--
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A comprehensive guide to visual learning strategies with easy-to-use activities.
Emojis…avatars…icons… Our world is becoming increasingly reliant on visual communication. Yet our classrooms still heavily focus on traditional oral and written instruction. In this first-of-its-kind resource, Dr. Susan Daniels channels over twenty years of research and experience into a comprehensive guide of visual learning strategies that enable educators to...
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Bilingual Baby® total immersion language features Live-Action and real children. Bilingual Baby® helps teach using everyday objects in familiar surroundings to make fast learning connections. Over 60 Words such as Colors, Numbers, Familiar Words and Sentences, Manners and Phrases are introduced by a Native-Language Narrator. Children will always hear only one language on all Bilingual Baby®, giving them maximum exposure to the sounds,...
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La Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de La Sabana presenta hoy el primer cuaderno de guías de una serie dedicada a los procesos psicológicos básicos de sensopercepción, memoria e inteligencia, motivación y emoción, pensamiento y lenguaje, aprendizaje y aprendizaje social.
Este primer cuaderno de guías de Memoria e inteligencia recrea uno de los enigmas más importante del ser humano: ¿cómo almacenamos y recuperamos información?,...
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Aprender es un proceso que mueve todas nuestras destrezas cognitivas, sociales, sicológicas, emocionales, neurológicas, físicas y psicológicas. Requiere de un arduo trabajo consciente, metódico y práctico para que el aprendizaje sea significativo y se convierta en un conocimiento amplio, enriquecedor y transformador, cuyo resultado depende de nuestro esfuerzo, dedicación y ganas de aprender. Porque estudiar no es sinónimo de aprender, es que...
19) My ABC's Are Me
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Motivation is key for educating children. My last book What Is ADD? allowed children to understand no matter what is thrown at them every child is a hero and winner. My ABC's Are Me teaches children words that define them because daily affirmations lead to confidence, and confidence leads to leaders.
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The book was written as a "How to Guide" for developing a superior intellect in the minds of young children, by exposure to reading, writing, musical instruments, problem solving, elevated thought processes and creative reasoning while they are very young.
By providing a heightened degree of intellectual stimulus at an early age, the parent, grandparents and educators responsible for enrichment of a child's developing mind, can help them become...