• Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12: What Works Best to Optimize Student Learning

    Inquiry, laboratory, project-based learning, discovery learning―which science instructional approach is most effective? In Visible Learning for Science, the authors reveal that it’s not which strategy, but when, and plot a vital K-12 framework for choosing the right approach at the right time, depending on where students are within the three phases of learning: surface, deep, and transfer. Synthesizing state-of-the-art science instruction and assessment with John Hattie’s cornerstone educational research, this book empowers you to plan, develop, and implement high-impact instruction at e... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1506394183
    • ASIN: 1506394183
    • ISBN: 1506394183
    • Brand: Corwin
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  • Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12: Implementing the Practices That Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning (Corwin Literacy)

    Ensure students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of learning during a school year Renowned literacy experts Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey work with John Hattie to apply his 15 years of research, identifying instructional routines that have the biggest impact on student learning, to literacy practices. These practices are "visible" because their purpose is clear, they are implemented at the right moment in a student’s learning, and their effect is tangible.  Through dozens of classroom scenarios, learn how to use the right approach at the right time for surface, deep, and transfer lear... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1506332358
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    • Brand: Corwin
    • Manufacturer: Corwin

  • Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12: What Works Best to Optimize Student Learning (Corwin Mathematics Series)

    Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem based learning, direct instruction…with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, six acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one―it’s about when―and show you how to design high impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in school. That’s a high bar, but with the amazing K 12 framework here, you choose the right approach at the right time, depending upon where learners are within thre... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: 150636294X
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    • Brand: Corwin
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  • How the Immune System Works (The How it Works Series)

    How the Immune System Works has helped thousands of students understand what's in their hefty immunology textbooks. In this book, Dr. Sompayrac cuts through the jargon and details to reveal, in simple language, the essence of this complex subject: how the immune system fits together, how it protects us from disease and, perhaps most importantly, why it works the way it does. Featuring Dr. Sompayrac's hallmark lively prose and engaging analogies, How the Immune System Works has been rigorously updated for this sixth edition, including the latest information on subjects such as vaccines, immu... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 111954212X
    • ASIN: 111954212X
    • ISBN: 111954212X
    • Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell

  • When Teams Work Best: 6,000 Team Members and Leaders Tell What it Takes to Succeed

    What makes some teams achieve extraordinary outcomes, while other fall disappointingly short of the mark? Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson have systematically explored that question for more than 20 years. In 1989, they published the best-selling book TeamWork; What Must Go Right/What Can Go Wrong, which reported the results of an in-depth study of some of the most successful teams in recent history and identified the eight characteristics of high performance teams. When Teams Work Best advances this groundbreaking research by probing more deeply inside the workings of hundred of teams―some ef... [Read More]

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    • Brand: SAGE Publications, Inc
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  • Plato: Complete Works

    Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars--many commissioned especially for this volume--are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John Cooper explains the presentation of these works, discusses questions concerning the chronology of their composition, comments on the dialogue form in which Plato wrote, and offers guidance on approaching the reading and study of Plato's works.Also included are concise introductions by Cooper and Hutchinson to each translation, metic... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: 0872203492
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    • Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Co.

  • In the Best Interest of Students: Staying True to What Works in the ELA Classroom

    What is in the best interest of our students? Is it teaching to the newest standards movement, like the Common Core? Teaching that prepares students to take a test? Or is it something more meaningful and authentic? In his new book, In the Best Interest of Students, Kelly Gallagher notes that there are real strengths in the Common Core standards, and there are significant weaknesses as well. He takes the long view, reminding us that standards come and go but what remains constant is the need to stay true to what we know works in the teaching of reading, writing, speaking and listening. Instead... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: 1625310447
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    • Brand: Stenhouse Publishers
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  • The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling

    An inspiring guide to finding your life’s purpose—what spiritual teachers call dharma—through mindfulness and self-exploration.   Stephen Cope says that in order to have a fulfilling life you must discover the deep purpose hidden at the very core of your self. The secret to unlocking this mystery, he asserts, can be found in the pages of a two-thousand-year-old spiritual classic called the Bhagavad Gita—an ancient allegory about the path to dharma, told through a timeless dialogue between the fabled archer, Arjuna, and his divine mentor, Krishna. Cope takes readers on a step-by-step... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: 0553386077
    • ISBN: 0553386077
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Bantam

  • Philosophy of Existence (Works in Continental Philosophy)

    Philosophy of Existence was first presented to the public as a series of lectures invited by The German Academy of Frankfurt. In preparing these lectures Jaspers, whom the Nazis had already dismissed from his professorship at Heidelberg, knew that he was speaking in Germany for the last time. Jaspers used the occasion to offer an account of the cultural and intellectual situation from which existentialism emerged as well as a summary of his own philosophy.The book serves three purposes today: it brings the many strands of the existential movement into focus; it provides an overview of Jaspers'... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0812210107
    • ASIN: 0812210107
    • ISBN: 9780812210101
    • Brand: Brand: University of Pennsylvania Press
    • Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press

  • The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers Think, Argue, and Win

    Joel Trachtman's book presents in plain and lucid terms the powerful tools of argument that have been honed through the ages in the discipline of law. If you are a law student or new lawyer, a business professional or a government official, this book will boost your analytical thinking, your foundational legal knowledge, and your confidence as you win arguments for your clients, your organizations or yourself. For more information, go to toolsofargument.com.

    • ASIN: 1481246380
    • ASIN: 1481246380
    • ISBN: 1481246380
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

    #1 New York Times BestsellerOver 6 million copies soldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorel... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: 0062457713
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    • Brand: HARPER ONE
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  • Philosophies of India

    The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the section also covers Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric tradition. The foundations of the Buddhist Tantras are discussed and the Tantric presentation of divinity; the preparation of disciples and the meaning of initiation; symbolism of the mandala-palace Tantric ritual and the twilight language. This section explores the Tantric teachings of the inner Zodiac and the fivefold ritual symbolism ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0691017581
    • ASIN: 0691017581
    • ISBN: 9780691017587
    • Brand: Brand: Princeton University Press
    • Manufacturer: Princeton University Press

  • Philosophy: The Pursuit of Wisdom

    Can philosophy be fun? With PHILOSOPHY: THE PURSUIT OF WISDOM it most certainly is. Because of its lively writing style and clear presentation, this introduction to philosophy textbook is both interesting and informative. You'll discover all the major philosophical theories, as well as tackle hot topics like the existence of God, the free will/determinism debate, and the meaning of life.

    • ASIN: 0495007129
    • ASIN: 0495007129
    • ISBN: 0495007129
    • Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing

  • Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

    How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is "really" like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of one hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science. Intended for undergraduates and general readers with no prior background in philosophy, Theory and Reality covers logical positivism; the problems of induction and confirmation; Karl Popper's theory of sci... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0226300633
    • ASIN: 0226300633
    • ISBN: 0226300633
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press

  • Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures: An Anthology

    Designed for classroom use, this authoritative anthology presents key selections from the best contemporary work in philosophy of film. The featured essays have been specially chosen for their clarity, philosophical depth, and consonance with the current move towards cognitive film theory Eight sections with introductions cover topics such as the nature of film, film as art, documentary cinema, narration and emotion in film, film criticism, and film's relation to knowledge and morality Issues addressed include the objectivity of documentary films, fear of movie monsters, and moral questions ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1405120274
    • ASIN: 1405120274
    • ISBN: 1405120274
    • Brand: Brand: Wiley-Blackwell
    • Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell

  • The Pleasure of Finding Things Out : The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

    A magnificent treasury of the best short works of Feynman--from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles--presents a fascinating view of a life in science like no

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  • Marcus Aurelius Complete Works – World’s Best Collection - eBook

    Marcus Aurelius Complete Works – World’s Best World's Best CollectionThis is the world’s best Marcus Aurelius collection, including the most complete set of Aurelius’s works available plus many free bonus materials.Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius was a

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  • Plato Complete Works – World’s Best Collection - eBook

    Plato Complete Works – World’s Best CollectionThis is the world’s best Plato collection, including the most complete set of Plato’s works available plus many free bonus materials.PlatoPlato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece, a student

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  • Herbert Spencer: The Best Works - eBook

    The Best Works of Herbert Spencer Essays on Education and Kindred SubjectsJohn Stuart Mill; His Life and WorksThe Philosophy of StyleThe Right To Ignore The StateThe Data of

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  • Annie Payson Call: The Best Works - eBook

    The Best Works of Annie Payson CallA Man of the WorldAs a Matter of CourseNerves and Common SensePower Through ReposeThe Freedom Of

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  • George Santayana: The Best Works - eBook

    The Best Works of George Santayana Character and Opinion in the United StaesSome Turns of Thought in Modern PhilosophyThe Life of ReasonThe Sense of BeautyThree Philosophical PoetsWinds of

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  • Works of Voltaire 1901 Dumont 42 Volumes Index 35 good-better 7 no spine covers

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  • The Best Known works of Voltaire,Literaty Classics,Candide,Ignortant Philosopher

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