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Professional and academic writing is often seen as dull, dry, and as boring to write as it is to read. In The Work of Writing, Rankin challenges these assumptions by encouraging the professional writer to develop a strong writing voice and become fully...

From the authors of the best-selling Habits of Mind... A costly gap exists between what we claim to value as educational essentials and how we evaluate results. In Dispositions, Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick present a game-changing look at why and...

A Teacher's Guide to Curriculum Design for Gifted and Advanced Learners provides educators with models and strategies they can easily use to create appropriately complex differentiated lessons, questions, tasks, and projects. This must-have resource for...

Take a unique look at the Earth as you examine its natural processes, complex systems and the reciprocal relationship between people and Earth s natural environment. Written by three of today's most respected geographers, Petersen/Sack/Gabler s PHYSICAL...

Expand your teaching repertoire with this unique collection of instructional ideas. Author Frank T. Lyman Jr., esteemed educator and creator of the Think-Pair-Share model, offers ways to help students think critically, encounter puzzling phenomena and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143115175Author Jenifer FoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781975504595Author Anthony Afful-BroniFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Myers Education PressPublisher Myers Education PressWeight(grams)...

Make your first year of teaching one to remember Becoming a new teacher is one of the most fun, exciting, and challenging experiences you'll encounter in your life. Who wouldn't want a little help getting ready before sitting down behind the teacher's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909682498Author Jonathan GlazzardFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Critical Publishing LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 360g

"Learner-centered classrooms rely on teachers who are willing to change and grow, and on school leaders who are willing to intelligently support them. Change is never easy, but teaching has never been easy, either. Its goal is too grand for ease."Carol...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936763856Author Tom SchimmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Solution Tree PressPublisher Solution Tree PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 251mm...

This safari will send students on an expedition that will result in hours of good thinking and unbridled enthusiasm. As enthusiasm soars so do the levels of thinking skills engaged. Students love these deductive logic puzzles so much that they beg to do...

In Learning Targets, Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart contend that improving student learning and achievement happens in the immediacy of an individual lesson--what they call ""today's lesson""-or it doesn't happen at all.The key to making today's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871202888Author Maurice EliasFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint ASCDPublisher ASCD

Emphasizing the intersection of multicultural, sociocultural and diversity issues with current societal events, Sue/Sue/Sue/Sue's UNDERSTANDING ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR, 12th edition, highlights the need for expanding conversations regarding race, ethnicity and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760461034Author Adrian EvansFormat PaperbackImprint ANU PressPublisher ANU Press

Focusing on the professional learning journeys of practising teachers and their tutors, this book takes readers through the experiences of teachers on the Developing Innovative Pedagogies through the Lesson Study module at the University of East Anglia...

Infused with a warm, affable tone, Making Music in Montessori is the Guide's guide to music education, providing Montessori teachers all at once a snappy, practical handbook, music theory mentor, pedagogical manual, and resource anthology. The book's...

A fresh portrayal of one of the architects of the African American intellectual tradition, whose faith in the subversive power of education will inspire teachers and learners today."As departments...scramble to decolonize their curriculum, Givens...

Introducing a spelling test to a student by saying, 'Let' s see how many words you know,' is different from saying, 'Let's see how many words you know already.' It is only one word, but the already suggests that any words the child knows are ahead of...

The theory, research, and practice of communication planning The field of school and community communications is rapidly evolving and becoming more complex. Focusing on successfully implementing communication activities with both internal and...

Creativity is a hot topic in education. As such, there is no shortage of insights or suggestions for how teachers might incorporate creativity into their curriculum. Wading through these suggestions can, however, be quite daunting. This is because many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876591819Author Kathy CharnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 510Imprint Gryphon House,U.S.Publisher Gryphon House,U.S.Weight(grams) 1383g

Finland shocked the world when its fifteen-year-olds scored highest on the first Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a set of tests touted for evaluating critical-thinking skills in maths, science and reading. That was in 2001; but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982671429Author Howard GlasserFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Nurturing Life DesignsPublisher Nurturing Life DesignsWeight(grams)...

In this fascinating book, an experienced classroom teacher takes us into her fifth-grade math class through the course of a year and shows how classroom dynamics-the complex relationship of teacher, student, and content-are critical in improving student...

Many teacher resources explore the fundamentals of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This one takes UDL to the next level for educators who understand the basics-and can't wait to start using UDL in their lesson plans and classrooms.In this practical,...

Critical thinking and online reading need to go hand in hand-but they often don't. Students click, swipe, and believe because they don't know how to do otherwise. At times, so do we. And that's a problem. Fighting Fake News combats this challenge by...

The Discipline of Hope chronicles veteran educator Herb Kohl's love affair with teaching since his first encounter forty years ago, chronicled in his now-classic 36 Children. Beginning with his years in New York public schools and continuing throughout...

Working within the framework of law and politics, JUDICIAL PROCESS: LAW, COURTS, AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES combines detailed information about the major structures and processes of the American judiciary with an insider's understanding of the...

Find the answers to disaster and emergency management research questions with Disaster and Emergency Management Methods. Written to engage students and to provide a flexible foundation for instructors and practitioners, this interdisciplinary textbook...

This book offers teaching strategies that allow educators to provide students with authentic learning experiences that they can apply to their lives in school-and beyond. Beginning with a justification for authentic learning and how it teaches...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916413122Author Silvia CoditaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Elemi International Schools PublisherPublisher Elemi International Schools...

Social interaction and English language teacher identity uses fine-grained analyses of interaction in a range of teacher education and professional practice settings in ELT to explore the different identities and power relationships which teachers orient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692109588Author Julius Long LongFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Julius LongPublisher Julius LongWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm

No other description available.About the AuthorJohn Hughes is an award-winning ELT author with thirty years experience of teaching and teacher training. He has worked with learners and teachers from all over the world and is a well-known conference...

Tamera Musiowsky-Borneman and C. Y. Arnold have developed a way to bring a minimalist mindset to the classroom and shed the burden of too many initiatives, strategies, and "things" in general. Their Triple P process helps teachers declutter in three...

Core Practices for Project-Based Learning offers a framework and essential set of strategies for successfully implementing project-based learning (PBL) in the classroom. Centering on teaching practice, this work moves beyond project planning to focus on...

In the first years of life, as children observe, imitate, and interact with people and their environment, the brain is structuring a foundation for vocabulary, values, cognitive processes, and social skills. Educators, you can help influence that...

Learning Begins, written by a teacher for teachers, translates current brain research into practical classroom strategies. Because students learn with their brains, it simply makes sense for teachers to explore educational psychology and neuroscience...