learning

Describes the conditions that promote learning in schools,hospitals, and corporations and uses examples of real schools to demonstrate how those conditions apply to students in the classroom.

Readers learn how to cultivate a spirit of curiosity and how to apply it, all the while reaping the benefits of active engagement with people, places, and ideas.

A companion book to the "Understanding by Design" text, which provides a six-step guide to the theory of understanding, featuring a unit planning template, worksheets, exercises, design tools, design standards and tests, an a peer review process.

Presents more than three hundred suggestions and activities for helping a child find his or her natural learning and creative talents, covering such approaches as whole-language reading and writing, toys that stimulate creativity, hands-on math and science exploration, and work with art and music.

A guide for teachers with advice on enabling students in terms of cognitive ability and confidence with regard to academic achievement, covering techniques for reading, writing, math, study habits, reasoning skills, and more, and includes anecdotes, activities, and examples.