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Learning Grows: The Science of Motivation for the Classroom Teacher
Andrew C. Watson, the editor of Learning and the Brain Blog, long-time teacher at some…
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“How You Got to Be So Smart”: The Evolution of...
Evolution of the Learning Brain: or How You Got to Be So Smart, by Paul Howard-Jones, offers an evolutionary history of learning itself. Both richly scientific and fun to read, it gives teachers a helpful, fresh perspective on our work in classrooms and schools. Continue reading
The Best Teaching Book to Read This Summer: Powerful Teaching
Powerful Teaching, by Agarwal and Bain, combines research and practical classroom strategies. The result: an ideal book for teachers who want to improve our practice. Continue reading
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Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without...
Barbara Oakley, Terrence Sejnowski, and Alistair McConville have authored a students’ guide to learning. The book,…
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PEERS® for Young Adults: Social Skills Training for Adults With...
Young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) typically want social relationships but have trouble building…
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Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of...
Where is your mobile phone right now? How much time have you spent on it…
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The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves...
One of the most complex unsolved mysteries in science is how the brain produces consciousness. …
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Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World...
How often do you read in a deep and sustained way fully immersed, even transformed,…
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain by...
More than any other life stage adolescence is derided and characterized as an unpredictable, turbulent…
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Surprise: The Adolescent Brain Isn’t Broken
Chapter 2 of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain kicks off with…