Your Child's Growing Mind
Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence
Written by Jane Healy
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2004
Price: $14.95
The classic guide to understanding children’s mental development is now updated and better than ever!
Hailed by parents and educators,
Your Child’s Growing Mind is a window into the fascinating process of brain development and learning. It looks at the roots of emotion, intelligence, and creativity, translating the most current scientific research...
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College Cooking
Feed Yourself and Your Friends
Written by Megan Carle and Jill Carle
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2007
Price: $19.99
You have a midterm tomorrow and a fierce growl in your stomach. Your roommate just nabbed your last cup o' ramen. Do you: (A) Ignore your stomach and brew another pot of coffee? (B) Break out the PB&J? (C) Order pizza—again? (D) Make a quick trip to the grocery store? The...
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Positive Discipline: A Teacher's A-Z Guide
Hundreds of Solutions for Almost Every Classroom Behavior Problem!
Written by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D., Linda Escobar, Kate Ortolano, Roslyn Ann Duffy and Debbie Owen-Sohocki
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2001
Price: $16.99
Take Back the Classroom and Make a Positive Difference in Your Students' LivesMany teachers today are facing problems and discipline issues they never dreamed of when they decided to become teachers. Combine violence, behavioral disorders, and downright defiant attitudes from students with the age-old problems of bullying, poor attendance, and more...
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The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
Written by Neil Postman
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 29, 1996
Price: $15.00
Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to...
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Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School
Written by Adam Ruben
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $12.00
This is a book for dedicated academics who consider spending years masochistically overworked and underappreciated as a laudable goal. They lead the lives of the impoverished, grade the exams of whiny undergrads, and spend lonely nights in the library or laboratory pursuing a transcendent truth that only six or seven people...
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