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Babies in the Rain

Promoting Play, Exploration, and Discovery with Infants and Toddlers

by Jeff A. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009

There are many ways parents and caregivers can help children thrive in their earliest years of life. Babies in the Rain explains the theories behind the best practices for infant and toddler care as well as preferred methods for doing so. In a personable, humorous voice, Jeff A. Johnson shares his...
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Dead Reckoning

Calculating Without Instruments

by Ronald W. Doerfler
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1993

No author has gone as far as Doerfler in covering methods of mental calculation beyond simple arithmetic. Even if you have no interest in competing with computers you'll learn a great deal about number theory and the art of efficient computer programming. —Martin Gardner
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Experts as Effective Teachers

Understanding the Relevance of Cognition, Emotion, and Relation in Education

by Fabian Rieser
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015

It is an important aspect of cultural life that accomplished experts pass on their knowledge and experience to future generations. By doing so, they help students to excel. The professional knowledge experts command mostly lies in a field different from education. Therefore, experts often face difficulties...
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Community Engagement Findings Across the Disciplines

Applying Course Content to Community Needs

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Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2017

This book is a reference for administrators and educators at institutions of higher learning who are thinking about taking serious steps to link their educational mission to helping their surrounding communities. Various research findings across the disciplines in higher education about integrating...
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ServiceLearning Pedagogy

How Does It Measure Up?

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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015

Servicelearning is a powerful method of teaching and learning that has been used effectively for more than two decades. Its efficacy has been researched in a variety of ways and this volume continues to expand that research base. In particular, in this volume, ServiceLearning Pedagogy: How Does It...
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by Daniel Marques
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015

Every teacher has his moments in which he or she feels exhausted, incapable of coping with the previous ability to persist with hard work in preparing classes, or, simply putting it, lazy. Laziness isn’t necessarily a bad thing but merely a condition that is natural to all human beings. Lack of...
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The Wannado Curriculum

A Math Teacher’S Journey to the Dynamic Math 2.0 Classroom

by Ihor Charischak
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015

The dynamic classroom is a place where the interaction between teacher and students produces engagement and learning. Success depends on what the teacher does, how it fits in with the needs of the students, and the quality and utilization of resources. In The Wannado Curriculum, author Ihor Charischak...
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The Really Useful Science Book

A Framework of Knowledge for Primary Teachers

by Steve Farrow, Amy Strachan
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017

Offering support to both trainee and practising teachers, the fourth edition of The Really Useful Science Book is the perfect tool for those who wish to extend their subject knowledge, enhance their teaching and create lessons which link directly to the National Curriculum. The easy-to-follow framework...
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by Neil Mars
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017

This book is a compilation of texts, exercises, and a vast amount resources as used in the best universities to teach Portuguese to Foreigners. It includes the most effective methods to learn the Portuguese Language, either alone or with the help of a partner. It’s also an excellent manual to help...
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The Construction MBA: Practical Approaches to Construction Contracting

Practical Approaches to Construction Contracting

by Matt Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012

Proven business strategies for operating a profitable and efficient construction firm Written by a successful management researcher, advisor, and educator to construction contractors, The Construction MBA reveals effective operating practices for managing the multiple processes that must work simultaneously...
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by Karla Roth
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017

Looking for a way to focus better? Looking for better results at work or in your personal life? If so, this is the book for you. In this book you will learn 12 great ways that you can learn to focus better and improve your concentration. This isn’t your average book. You’re not getting 12 overly...
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The Myth of Ability

Nurturing Mathematical Talent in Every Child

by John Mighton
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009

For decades teachers and parents have accepted the judgment that some students just aren't good at math. John Mighton-the founder of a revolutionary math program designed to help failing math students-feels that not only is this wrong, but that it has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. A pioneering...
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So You Think You Can Teach

A Guide for New College Professors on How to Teach Adult Learners

by Dr. Shelton J. Goode
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011

Why do some professors always receive positive evaluations from students while other instructors struggle from class to class? The answer, according to author Dr. Shelton J. Goode, is that successful professors are able to create a dynamic learning environment for all of their students, regardless...
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by Maggie Sokolik
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012

Writing ought to be the easiest of the four skills for students of English as a Second or Foreign Language. Unlike listening and reading, the students control all the words. Unlike speaking, the students can go back, check their work, revise it, and resubmit it. It should then follow that writing...
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