Thomas Armstrong: 16 books
Autobiography of a Freedom Rider
My Life as a Foot Soldier for Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
In the segregated Deep South when lynching and Klansmen and Jim Crow laws ruled, there stood a line of foot soldiers ready to sacrifice their lives for the right to vote, to enter rooms marked "White Only," and to live with simple dignity. They were called Freedom Riders and Thomas M. Armstrong was...
The Myth of the ADHD Child, Revised Edition
101 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span Without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
A fully revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking book on tackling the root causes of children’s attention and behavior problems rather than masking the symptoms with medication.
More than twenty years after Dr. Thomas Armstrong's Myth of the A.D.D. Child first published, he presents...
In Their Own Way
Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2000
Does your child have a favorite subject, activity, or hobby? Children learn in multiple ways, and educator Thomas Armstrong has shown hundreds of thousands of parents and teachers how to locate those unique areas in each of our children where learning and creativity seem to flow with special vigor.
In...
by Thomas Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1998
"Every student is a genius," declares author Thomas Armstrong, and an educator's most important job is to discover and nurture the "genius qualities" that all students were born with but that may no longer be obvious. Urging readers to look beyond traditional understandings of...
The Power of the Adolescent Brain
Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Students
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Moody. Reckless. Impractical. Insecure. Distracted. These are all words commonly used to describe adolescents. But what if we recast these traits in a positive light? Teens possess insight, passion, idealism, sensitivity, and creativity in abundance--all qualities that can make a significant positive...
The Power of Neurodiversity
Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain (published in hardcover as Neurodiversity)
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
ADHD. dyslexia. autism. the number of illness categories listed by the American Psychiatric Association has tripled in the last fifty years. With so many people affected, it is time to revisit our perceptions on this “culture of disabilities.” Bestselling author, psychologist, and educator Thomas...
by Thomas Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
In the decades since it was first introduced, Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences (MI) theory has transformed how people think about learning the world over. Educators using the theory have achieved remarkable success in helping all students, including those who learn in nontraditional ways,...
Neurodiversity in the Classroom
Strength-Based Strategies to Help Students with Special Needs Succeed in School and Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
This book by best-selling author Thomas Armstrong offers classroom strategies for ensuring the academic success of students in five special-needs categories: learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, intellectual disabilities, and emotional and behavioral disorders.
Neurodiversity
Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
A new term has emerged from the disability movement in the past decade to help change the way we think about neurological disorders: Neurodiversity.
ADHD. Dyslexia. Autism. The number of categories of illnesses listed by the American Psychiatric Association has tripled in the past fifty years....
Inteligencias múltiples en el aula
Guía práctica para educadores
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Thomas Armstrong actualiza su guía práctica para educadores e incorpora los resultados de las investigaciones llevadas a cabo por Gardner y muchos otros investigadores. Incluye información sobre la octava inteligencia (la naturalista), un capítulo sobre una posible novena (la existencial), e información...
The Best Schools
How Human Development Research Should Inform Educational Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2006
Educators, politicians, parents, and even students are consumed with speaking the language of academic achievement. Yet something is missing in the current focus on accountability, standardized testing, and adequate yearly progress. If schools continue to focus the conversation on rigor and accountability...
You're Smarter Than You Think
A Kid's Guide to Multiple Intelligences
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences has revolutionized the way we think about being smart. Written by an award-winning expert on the topic, this book introduces the theory, explains the different types of intelligences (like Word Smart, Self Smart, Body Smart), and helps kids identify...
Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur
A New Modern English Translation Based on the Winchester Manuscript
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Dorsey Armstrong provides a new, Modern English translation of the MORTE DARTHUR that portrays the holistic and comprehensive unity of the text as a whole, as suggested by the structure of Caxton’s print, but that is based primarily on the Winchester Manuscript, which offers the most complete and...
Nous sommes des histoires
Réflexions sur la littérature autochtone
Language: French
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Cette anthologie est une plongée dans la culture et dans l’imaginaire des Premières Nations, des Métis et des Inuits. C’est aussi l’esquisse d’une pensée autochtone par les Autochtones. Pour un vivre-ensemble, pour échanger et établir la relation, commençons par découvrir la profondeur...
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