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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst...
Humans are capable of horrifying aggression, dehumanization, destruction, and violence and at the same time…
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Bold Moves for Schools: How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments...
Today’s learners have different needs than those of yesterday. Educators and policy makers, therefore, need…
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The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the...
Reading is a complex cognitive task. How is it that our minds are able to…
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The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman
As an easy-to-read and engaging textbook or as a scientifically accurate and detailed popular psychology…
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The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World by...
People are inherently information seekers. In today’s high-tech world this tendency can draw us to…
Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-about-me World by...
Children and adolescents with greater empathy tend to be happier, more successful, more resilient, and…
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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to...
Imagine your son leaving for school with his homework forgotten on the kitchen table or…
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The Formative Five: Fostering Grit, Empathy, and Other Success Skills...
“Who you are is more important than what you know.” This principle forms the basis…
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The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can...
What if there existed a secret recipe for curing nearly all of our most serious…
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Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Evaluation by Yong Zhao
In our quest to assess and compare educational outcomes of students, teachers, schools, districts, states,…
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