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Behind their Screens What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are...
So, you think you know what effect social media has on teens? There is one…
From Stressed to Resilient by Deborah Gilboa
Our lives are filled with change and all change is stressful whether that change is…
Teaching Minds & Brains: the Best Books to Read
When I started in this field, back in 2008, we all HUNGERED for good books….
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Future Tense by Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
Being that approximately 20% of US adults have reported having an anxiety disorder in the…
The Best Book on Cognitive Load Theory: Ollie Lovell to...
Teaching ought to be easy. After all, we have a functionally infinite amount of long-term…
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Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology by Michelle...
The cognition of remembering and forgetting is central to our lives and our intellectual valuation…
The Power of Us by Dominic Packer and Jay Van...
The broad use of social media, internet search engines, personalized news feeds, and other emerging…
Failure to Disrupt by Justin Reich
Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education is a well-written critical synthesis of…
The Art of Insubordination by Todd Kashdan
The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively, a provocative title in a…
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 by Peter Liljedahl
Initially, I looked at this title and thought “not another best practice book” the bookstores…