learning and scholarship

The author applies a baseball metaphor to explain seven teaching principles that encourage effective teaching methods for all subjects and grade levels.

Examines research on human learning, including recent developments from neuroscience; looks at learning research that has implications for the design of formal instructional environments, from preschool through college; and analyzes research that helps explore the possibility of helping all individuals achieve their fullest potential.

Contains step-by-step guidance for applying visible learning techniques, covering lesson preparation, feedback during lessons, and follow-up afterwards, and includes checklists, exercises, case studies, and best practice scenarios.

A collection of practical strategies and techniques for creating an effective learning atmosphere including role-playing, working with art, and using drama and electronic media.

The author describes brain-based, visual teaching strategies that have worked in her long career as an educator, and explains the science behind those techniques.

Presents a practical guide for implementing a successful service-learning program for adolescents.

Explores how the works of John Milton interacted with the revolutionary work of his contemporaries in science to contribute to the advancement of learning that took place during Milton's life.

Argues that educators and parents greatly underestimate students' achievement capacity, explains how the brain can be enriched to maximize learning, memory, behavior, and overall function, and offers tips on how to improve a child's brain function at any age.

A collection of fifteen wisdom stories from around the world including "The Lost Coin" from Israel, "How to be Happy" from Arabia, and "Not Just a Pawn" from Germany.

How Irish scholars preserved Greek and Roman classics, Jewish and Christian writings, and other writings that might have been lost when the Roman Empire collapsed.