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"Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Are we afraid to fail? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of being a beginner? Or is it simply a fact that you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Inspired by his young daughter's insatiable need to know how to do almost everything, and stymied by his own rut of mid-career competence, Tom Vanderbilt begins a year of learning purely for the sake of learning. He tackles five main skills (and...
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"When parents are told their child has a learning disability, they need more information. Thinking Differently is just the resource to meet that need. David Flink, leader of Eye to Eye, a national mentoring program for children with learning differences, explains each learning disability in layman's terms to prepare parents to speak knowledgeably with teachers about their child's specific challenges..."
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2019]
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From the moment we enter school as children, we are made to feel as if our brains are fixed entities, capable of learning certain things and not others, influenced exclusively by genetics. This notion follows us into adulthood, where we tend to simply accept these established beliefs about our skillsets (i.e. that we don't have "a math brain" or that we aren't "the creative type"). These damaging--and as new science has revealed, false--assumptions...
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2020.
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"Let's say you set out to learn a new subject or skill, and you succeed. That's great. You've added to your knowledge and abilities. But it's limited to just that one thing you've learned. Now imagine that instead, the skill you learn is...how to learn. Once you know how to learn-smarter, faster, and better-you can apply it to anything. You can learn to master your mindset or your motivation, or use the methods to pick up martial arts, music, marketing,...
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My weird school volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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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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My weird school volume 3
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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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
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Corwin, a SAGE Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Ron Nash’s bestseller has helped thousands of teachers to transform their classroom environments by energizing and engaging their students. In this newly revise edition, Nash offers proven strategies to involve students as active participants in their own learning. Teachers of all levels will benefit from:
The latest research on exercise, learning, and brain development
New chapters on the value of empathy and the use of feedback versus praise
Even...
15) Save me a seat
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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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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My weird school volume 1
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HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.
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Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A boy and his dog learn about each other, go to school to learn more, then explore the world around them as they study science, geography and even foreign languages together.
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