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A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information...
Never has it been so easy to acquire a breadth of information rapidly. At the…
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The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches,...
A uniquely actionable new book of learning sciences principles that can improve teaching and learning…
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Angela Duckworth, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and a 2013 MacArthur Genius…
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What Kind of Citizen?: Educating Our Children for the Common...
Schools may be vehicles for achieving our idealized society because they allow us to mold…
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Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation...
Tony Wagner, a life-long educator and the author of Creating Innovators and The Global Achievement…
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Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and...
“We should simply try to make the world as happy as possible” (P.333). That this…
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Emotions, Learning and the Brain: Exploring the Educational Implications of...
Educators have long known that students’ emotional experiences greatly impact their learning. Dr. Mary…
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The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole...
Happiness, comfort, and mindful attentiveness to one’s surroundings seem like states we should all desire….
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Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind...
“Contradict yourself!” Scott Barry Kaufman, scientific director of the Imagination Institute at the University of…
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Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education by Ken...
To better serve more students and encourage creativity, inquiry, a diversity of skills, and the…
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