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Transfer of Cognitive Skill
ISBN: 9780674903401 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does a knowledge of Latin facilitate he learning of computer programming? Does skill in geometry make it easier to learn music? The issue of the transfer of learning from one domain to another is a classic problem in psychology as well as an educational question of great importance, which this ingenious new book sets out to solve through a theory of transfer based on a comprehensive theory of skill acquisition. The question was first studies systematically at the turn of the century by the noted psychologist Edward L. Thorndike, who proposed a theory of transfer based on common... Does a knowledge of Latin facilitate he learning of computer programming? Does skill in geometry make it easier to learn music? The issue of the tr... |
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A Is for Ox: The Collapse of Literacy and the Rise of Violence in an Electronic Age
ISBN: 9780679742852 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The twin crises of illiteracy and youth violence haunt our age; the failure of increasing numbers of young people to attain even minimal levels of literacy signals a catastrophe at the deepest levels of our culture.
A is for Ox is an important and impassioned work that both proves this conclusion and suggests what can be done to change it. Sanders argues that because of the omnipresence of electronically generated images and sounds in contemporary culture, children grow up lacking the oral experience of language crucial to attaining true literacy; without the technologies of... The twin crises of illiteracy and youth violence haunt our age; the failure of increasing numbers of young people to attain even minimal levels of lit...
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The Feel-Good Curriculum: The Dumbing-Down of America's Kids in the Name of Self-Esteem
ISBN: 9780738204352 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The so-called self-esteem movement-a progressive, child-centered, discovery model of schooling-has transformed schools into therapeutic clinics and teachers into counselors, creating a generation of entitled, righteous, underachieving children. An insider's account of the pernicious aspects of this seemingly well-meaning movement, The Feel-Good Curriculum provides devastating evidence that our belief in the power and importance of self-esteem in education is misplaced and without basis.Avoiding political posturing and political correctness, The Feel-Good Curriculum identifies...
The so-called self-esteem movement-a progressive, child-centered, discovery model of schooling-has transformed schools into therapeutic clinics and te...
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Language Processing Problems: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
ISBN: 9780738855523 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Analysing the Instructional Setting: A Guide for Course Designers
ISBN: 9780749403713 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed to overcome flaws during the planning and design stages of educational or training courses, this guide explains the importance of physical factors in the instructional environment, the roles of the instructor and learner, and the gathering of information on the learning environment.
Designed to overcome flaws during the planning and design stages of educational or training courses, this guide explains the importance of physical fa...
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Motivating Students
ISBN: 9780749424947 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Highly motivated students will always succeed but there are others who need to become motivated to increase their chance of success. This work brings together the experience of educators, trainers and students searching for ways of increasing student motivation. Links between motivation and training, learning and assessment processes are examined through case studies set in a broad range of subject discipline contexts.
Highly motivated students will always succeed but there are others who need to become motivated to increase their chance of success. This work brings ...
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Probing Understanding
ISBN: 9780750700481 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work aims to provide teachers at all levels and in all subjects with a greater range of practical methods for probing their students' understanding. These probes are presented in the manner of a starting set, to act as a stimulus to invention, rather than as a comprehensive list.
This work aims to provide teachers at all levels and in all subjects with a greater range of practical methods for probing their students' understandi...
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Understanding in Mathematics
ISBN: 9780750703345 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The concept of understanding in mathematics with regard to mathematics education is considered in this volume, the main problem for mathematics teachers being how to facilitate their students' understanding of the mathematics being taught.
The concept of understanding in mathematics with regard to mathematics education is considered in this volume, the main problem for mathematics teache...
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Understanding the Boys: Issues of Behaviour and Achievement
ISBN: 9780750708661 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you know what makes boys tick? In recent years suicide has drastically escalated among young males and academic underachievement is common, so it is of vital importance that our understanding of the young male psyche is well informed and not merely 'received wisdom'. John Head gets to the heart - and mind - of the matter, by tackling difficult, pertinent questions. Has male behaviour in school worsened, or has media hype inflated the proportions of a 'good story'? What is at the root of male violence? Are biological or social explanations telling the whole story? Head shows that it is only...
Do you know what makes boys tick? In recent years suicide has drastically escalated among young males and academic underachievement is common, so it i...
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Understanding the Boys: Issues of Behaviour and Achievement
ISBN: 9780750708678 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you know what makes boys tick? In recent years suicide has drastically escalated among young males and academic underachievement is common, so it is of vital importance that our understanding of the young male psyche is well informed and not merely 'received wisdom'. John Head gets to the heart - and mind - of the matter, by tackling difficult, pertinent questions. Has male behaviour in school worsened, or has media hype inflated the proportions of a 'good story'? What is at the root of male violence? Are biological or social explanations telling the whole story? Head shows that it is only...
Do you know what makes boys tick? In recent years suicide has drastically escalated among young males and academic underachievement is common, so it i...
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Moral Education and Pluralism
ISBN: 9780750710053 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume looks at the development of moral education, with particular relation to the context of cultural pluralism. Taking a theoretical approach, it discusses difficult philosophical issues of moral relativism as well as the application of theory to good practice.
This volume looks at the development of moral education, with particular relation to the context of cultural pluralism. Taking a theoretical approach,...
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Encyclopedia of School Psychology
ISBN: 9780761930808 / Angielski / Twarda / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lee (U. of Kansas) emphasizes the role of school psychologists as consultants, and one of this encyclopedia's goals is to introduce non-specialists to the scope of psychology applied to education. It can also serve as a reference for practitioners and vocational counselors. For ease of use, the comprehensive contents are listed both alphabetically
Lee (U. of Kansas) emphasizes the role of school psychologists as consultants, and one of this encyclopedia's goals is to introduce non-specialists to...
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Preventing Bullying in Schools: A Guide for Teachers and Other Professionals
ISBN: 9780761944713 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The entire book makes an excellent INSET provision... it should be on all Headteachers', senior staff and pastoral leaders' shelves' - "David Hall, Assistant Headteacher
The entire book makes an excellent INSET provision... it should be on all Headteachers', senior staff and pastoral leaders' shelves' - "David Hall, As...
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Preventing Bullying in Schools: A Guide for Teachers and Other Professionals
ISBN: 9780761944720 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The entire book makes an excellent INSET provision... it should be on all Headteachers', senior staff and pastoral leaders' shelves' - David Hall, Assistant Headteacher
'The entire book makes an excellent INSET provision... it should be on all Headteachers', senior staff and pastoral leaders' shelves' - David Hall, As...
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Building Resilient Students: Integrating Resiliency Into What You Already Know and Do
ISBN: 9780761945444 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This essential resource provides educators with proven and practical applications for building resiliency in even the most at-risk students. This essential resource provides educators with proven and practical applications for building resiliency in even the most at-risk students. |
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Understanding Learning: Influences and Outcomes
ISBN: 9780761969334 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding Learning contains specially chosen material which brings together issues of theory and practice. It invites teachers to examine, review and research their own practice in their own personal context. The book's significant contribution is that it re-emphasizes the multifaceted nature of education and deliberately takes a multidisciplinary approach. It does this through a consideration of cultural, political and theoretical perspectives in Education. Section one shows something of the dilemmas, tension and duality of thinking which is inherent in a concept of education for...
Understanding Learning contains specially chosen material which brings together issues of theory and practice. It invites teachers to examine, review ...
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Self-Esteem and the 6-Second Secret
ISBN: 9780761978367 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Updated Edition of Bestseller! Full of warmth and humor, this book will help educators and parents work positively with kids to strengthen their self-esteem and feelings of self-worth. Updated Edition of Bestseller! Full of warmth and humor, this book will help educators and parents work positively with kids to strengthen their ... |
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101 Stunts for Principals to Inspire Student Achievement
ISBN: 9780761988366 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sennett's user-friendly book outlines 101 motivational stunts, accompanied by successful case studies, that educators can employ to creatively inspire and motivate students to higher academic achievement.
Sennett's user-friendly book outlines 101 motivational stunts, accompanied by successful case studies, that educators can employ to creatively inspire...
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Motivating Students, Improving Schools: The Legacy of Carol Midgley
ISBN: 9780762310777 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For nearly two decades, this series has reflected and chronicled the interests, insights, findings and concerns of motivational researchers. This volume is unique in that it grew out of a conference honoring a major contributor to the motivational literature, Carol Midgley. Yet, it too reflects the richness and variety that exists across motivation research today. While the authors tend to work within a goal theory perspective, they reflect concerns with the range of questions that interest motivation researchers more broadly. True to the tradition established by Carol Midgley, the chapters...
For nearly two decades, this series has reflected and chronicled the interests, insights, findings and concerns of motivational researchers. This volu...
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Cognition and Learning in Diverse Settings
ISBN: 9780762312245 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Essential to the treatment of learning and behavioral disabilities is an understanding of the cognitive processes brought into play in educational contexts, how they contribute to problems in learning and behavior, and how these processes might be ameliorated. Equally important is a careful consideration of the setting in which learning takes place, and how it ameliorates, or contributes to, learning and behavioral disorders. In this volume, the role of cognition in learning and behavioral disorders is considered along with investigation of learning in diverse settings, including clinical,...
Essential to the treatment of learning and behavioral disabilities is an understanding of the cognitive processes brought into play in educational con...
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