David Perkins: 23 books

Book cover of Outsmarting IQ

Outsmarting IQ

The Emerging Science of Learnable Intelligence

by David Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1995

Since the turn of the century, the idea that intellectual capacity is fixed has been generally accepted. But increasingly, psychologists, educators, and others have come to challenge this premise. Outsmarting IQ reveals how earlier discoveries about IQ, together with recent research, show that intelligence...
Book cover of Smart Schools

Smart Schools

From Training Memories to Educating Minds

by David Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008

Perkins reveals the common misguided strategies students use and offers teachers and parents advice on how they can help their children. Although there has been a great deal of impassioned debate over the sad state of American education today, surprisingly little attention has been paid to...
Book cover of Making Learning Whole

Making Learning Whole

How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education

by David Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010

New in Paperback! Make learning more meaningful by teaching the "whole game" David Perkins, a noted authority on teaching and learning and co-director of Harvard's Project Zero, introduces a practical and research-based framework for teaching. He describes how teaching any subject...
Book cover of Future Wise

Future Wise

Educating Our Children for a Changing World

by David Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014

How to teach big understandings and the ideas that matter most Everyone has an opinion about education, and teachers face pressures from Common Core content standards, high-stakes testing, and countless other directions. But how do we know what today's learners will really need to know in the...
Book cover of The Martin Heidegger Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Martin Heidegger
by David Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016

This book is your ultimate Martin Heidegger resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Martin Heidegger's whole picture right away. Get countless...
Book cover of Coal Miner’S Son
by David Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017

The author relates about growing up on a farm and his life in the army while being deployed to Europe. He tells about some of the experiences during his teaching career. The experience of his daughters divorce in another state is described in some detail. More importantly, he recounts his passion in witnessing for the Lord as a volunteer Chaplin in prison.
Book cover of My True Love Gave to Me

My True Love Gave to Me

Twelve Holiday Stories

by Holly Black, Ally Carter, Mathew de la Pena
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014

If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers (Holly...
Book cover of The Greatest Classics of Science Fiction

The Greatest Classics of Science Fiction

The War of The Worlds, Anthem, Frankenstein, The Lost World, Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20.000 Leagues under the Sea, Flatland, Iron Heel, Looking Backward, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2018

This meticulously edited SF Collection is jam-packed with the greatest dystopias, space adventures and apocalyptic tales, and formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea H. G. Wells:...
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Called to Community

The Life Jesus Wants for His People

by Søren Kierkegaard, Thomas Merton, Eberhard Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016

Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to spark group discussion. Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Illumination Book Awards, Christian Living Silver Medal Winner, 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in Religion, Independent Book Publishers Association Why, in an age of connectivity,...
Book cover of Open Mic

Open Mic

Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

by Mitali Perkins, Shihab Nye, David Yoo
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013

Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race. Listen in as ten YA authors — some familiar, some new — use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee...
Book cover of Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Post-Apocalyptic Tales

Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Post-Apocalyptic Tales

The War of the Worlds, Anthem, Space Viking, The Conquest of America, A Traveler in Time, The Guardians…

by H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F....
Book cover of THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics

THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics

Black Magic, Sweeney Todd, The Vampyre, Dracula, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Tell-Tale Heart, A Haunted Island, Northanger Abbey, The Horla, The Willows…

by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018

This meticulously edited horror collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal… John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars… Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie...
Book cover of The Ultimate Summer Read Collection

The Ultimate Summer Read Collection

150 Everlasting Masterpieces of the World Literature

by Jane Austen, C. S. Lewis, H. G. Wells
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019

e-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest books ever written, perfect for the long summer days, the time for rejuvenation and brain revival! American: Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer The Call of the Wild White Fang Moby-Dick The Scarlet Letter Little Women My Antonia The Age of Innocence...
Book cover of HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom...
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