Decision-Making & Problem Solving

Increase achievement and engagement for all students in 21st century classrooms!Project-based learning has emerged as one of todayAEs most effective instructional practices. In PBL, students confront real-world issues and problems, collaborate to create...

Build attitudes of respect and caring, reduce problem behaviors, empower students to solve problems, and educate the whole child with this flexible, user-friendly activity guide. The lessons' literature-based connections allow teachers to "build in"...

Proven programs and strategies for dealing with a wide range of at-risk problems.Book InformationISBN 9780877629214Author Vito GerminarioFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Rowman & Littlefield EducationPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g

Here are sixteen compelling case studies that illustrate the power of future search to create lasting, whole system change. Future Search in School District Change: Connection, Community, and Results chronicles ways in which educational institutions have...

'This is a book that should set off needed conversations in every school and classroom and school board meeting-and the dinner table. Sometimes I wanted to quarrel with the authors, and that's part of its genius. It always managed to provoke me to think...

In many societies today, educational aims or goals are commonly characterized in terms of "equality," "equal opportunity," "equal access" or "equal rights," the underlying assumption being that "equality"...

Although complex problem solving has emerged as a field of psychology in its own right, the literature is, for the most part, widely scattered, and often so technical that it is inaccessible to non-experts. This unique book provides a comprehensive,...

Kids who understand how to manage conflict successfully can transform their schools into safer and kinder places to learn. Kids Working It Out offers educators and parents a guide to the most current and effective school-based conflict resolution...

A workbook for Thought & Knowledge, Fourth Edition by Diane F Halpern, Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking, Fourth Edition is filled with new exercises to reinforce learning and practice newly acquired skills. This workbook can be...

This book responds to the pressing and increasingly recognized need to cultivate social wisdom for addressing major problems confronting humanity. Connecting literary studies with some of the biggest questions confronted by researchers and students...

From the vantage of new cognitive theory, this book manages to integrate the thinking skill mission across the full range of formal instruction, from K through graduate school. It explores and prioritizes thinking skill aims at each instructional level,...

Diversity drives better business results; however, despite decades of effort, women make up only 15% of engineers. Retaining Women in Engineering approaches the problem of women leaving engineering from a systems-level perspective to change the way...

How can we ensure that students truly benefit from the expert knowledge of their professors and tutors, and how can we enable them to put knowledge into practice? Decision-Based Learning (DBL) is an innovative instructional strategy that uncovers the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307720320Author Dr. Steve PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm)...

Lifelong learning assists us in having a successful career, promotes mental health, and helps us to adapt to the constant changes we experience. Rapid changes in our technological and social environment mean that we must learn more and learn faster than...

Provides solutions to common acoustical problems that music educators often face, such as how to amplify music performances outdoors or in concert halls, how to use acoustic shells, and how to make best use of lighting and ceiling height. Includes an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645141914Author Evan-Moor Educational PublishersFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Evan-Moor Educational PublishersPublisher Evan-Moor Educational...

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780805897470Author Wendy C. NewstetterFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher...

The level of immigration to the United States has never been higher, with more than a million immigrants, legal and illegal, entering every year. This new immigration is placing unique demands upon schools, colleges, vocational training centers, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645141891Author Evan-Moor Educational PublishersFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Evan-Moor Educational PublishersPublisher Evan-Moor Educational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684944187Author Kelvin T SaungwemeFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Notion Press Media Pvt LtdPublisher Notion Press Media Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 100g

Education partnerships are central to - and often a requirement of - most education reform initiatives promoted by state and local governments, by foundations, and by business funders. Many fail for failure to understand the dynamics of their complex...

Winning Online Instruction provides concise, pragmatic solutions to common challenges and demands that higher education faculty face in teaching online. This book's unique question-and-answer format allows readers to easily identify the issues important...

This book brings together philosophers to investigate the nature and normativity of group disagreement. Debates in the epistemology of disagreement have mainly been concerned with idealized cases of peer disagreement between individuals. However, most...

A renowned educator-psychologist explains how children learn and how family, classroom, and school practices can help them learn more effectively. In addition to drawing on studies of learning outcomes, the author reveals economic research on teacher...

A workbook for Thought & Knowledge, Fourth Edition by Diane F Halpern, Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking, Fourth Edition is filled with new exercises to reinforce learning and practice newly acquired skills. This workbook can be...

The author seeks to provide a generic solution to school transformation and development that can be applied to any school at whatever stage in its development. This book seeks to provide a generic solution to school transformation and development that...

Critical and Creative Thinking: A Guide for Teachers reveals ways to develop a capacity to think both critically and creatively in practical and productive ways. * Explains why critical and creative thinking complement each other with clear examples *...

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780898595567Author James HiebertFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Lawrence Erlbaum Associates IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

From the vantage of new cognitive theory, this book manages to integrate the thinking skill mission across the full range of formal instruction, from K through graduate school. It explores and prioritizes thinking skill aims at each instructional level,...

How to accelerate analysis into actionUsing data for school improvement is a key goal of Race to the Top, and now is the time to make data-driven school improvement a priority. However, many educators are drowning in data. Boost your professional...

As a result of the editors' collaborative teaching at Harvard in the late 1960s, they produced a ground-breaking work -- The Art Of Problem Posing -- which related problem posing strategies to the already popular activity of problem solving. It took the...

Teaching and learning cannot happen without questions. Inquiry is the offspring of curiosity and creativity. Questions are incredibly powerful tools that open the world up. In the age of Google, the way we teach needs to change and students need to be...

The conventional wisdom, voiced by everyone from Bill Gates to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, is that public schools are so terrible that simply reforming them won't do the trick. Instead, they must be "transformed," blown up and then rebuilt, if...

First published in 1986. We all play the roles of teacher or learner many times in life, in school and home, on the job and even at play. How can we strengthen those roles, striving for deep understanding and sound thinking? Knowledge As Design...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944583418Author Linda ElderFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Foundation for Critical ThinkingPublisher Foundation for Critical ThinkingWeight(grams)...

In the 20th century, the United States was the world leader in education-the first country to achieve universal secondary education and the first to expand higher education beyond the elite class. Now other countries are catching up and leaping ahead-in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475871166Author Ryan A. DonlanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Rowman & Littlefield EducationPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Uncommon Sense for New Teachers: A Good Beginning is Half the Work is a uniquely written resource for any preservice or new teacher moving into the profession of education. Noted by its author as the book to read, before deciding what other books to...

The gap between a good career and a great career can be something as simple as choosing the right A levels. Why? Because the choices you make now could determine which university course, apprenticeship or job you can access in the future. With so much at...