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  • The Goldilocks Map: A classroom teacher's quest to evaluate 'brain-based' teaching advice

    by Andrew C. Watson ...
    In the last 20 years, the cognitive sciences have revealed fresh, surprising, and useful insights into how and why our students learn. Teachers can now draw on psychology and neuroscience research to supplement, reconsider, even overturn our traditions and training.To use this research most wisely, teachers must find our way to an elusive Goldilocks Zone.Instead of resisting all research-based ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Learning Begins

    The Science of Working Memory and Attention for the Classroom Teacher

    by Andrew C. Watson ...
    Series series A Teacher’s Guide to the Learning Brain
    Learning Begins, written by a teacher for teachers, translates current brain research into practical classroom strategies. Because students learn with their brains, it simply makes sense for teachers to explore educational psychology and neuroscience. And yet, information in these fields can be daunting and contradictory. Worse still, few researchers can clearly explain the specific classroom uses ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Learning Grows

    The Science of Motivation for the Classroom Teacher

    by Andrew C. Watson ...
    Series series A Teacher’s Guide to the Learning Brain
    Combining a lively voice with scientific research, Learning Grows explores the fascinating and useful world of student motivation.Written for teachers—and everyone interested in teaching and learning—Learning Grows helps classrooms flourish by fostering students’ intrinsic motivation.Part I delves into Mindset. Although seemingly well known, this theory is often oversimplified and widely ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

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    A Peak Performance Primer

    by Steven Kotler ...
    New York Times BestsellerBestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, offering a blueprint based on neuroscience to teach us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us.What ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Making Habits, Breaking Habits

    Why We Do Things, Why We Don't, and How to Make Any Change Stick

    by Jeremy Dean ...
    "An accessible and informative guide for readers to take control of their lives" ( Publishers Weekly).Habits are more powerful than willpower—if you know how to make them work for you.How long does it take to form a new habit? Say you want to go to the gym regularly, learn a new language, make new friends, practice a musical instrument, or use your work time more profitably. How long should it ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Uncommon Sense Teaching

    Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

    by Terrence J. Sejnowski, Barbara Oakley PhD, Beth Rogowsky EdD ...
    **Top 10 Pick for Learning Ladders’ Best Books for Educators Summer 2021A groundbreaking guide to improve teaching based on the latest research in neuroscience, from the bestselling author of A Mind for Numbers.**Neuroscientists and cognitive scientists have made enormous strides in understanding the brain and how we learn, but little of that insight has filtered down to the way teachers teach. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Why Don't Students Like School?

    A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

    by Daniel T. Willingham ...
    Research-based insights and practical advice about effective learning strategiesIn this new edition of the highly regarded Why Don't Students Like School? cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham turns his research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning into workable teaching techniques. This book will help you improve your teaching practice by explaining how you and your students think ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • The Differentiated Classroom

    Responding to the Needs of All Learners

    by Carol Ann Tomlinson ...
    Although much has changed in schools in recent years, the power of differentiated instruction remains the same—and the need for it has only increased.Today's classroom is more diverse, more inclusive, and more plugged into technology than ever before. And it's led by teachers under enormous pressure to help decidedly unstandardized students meet an expanding set of rigorous, standardized learning ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The First Kiss

    Undoing the Intake Model and Igniting First Sessions in Psychotherapy

    by Daryl Chow ...
    Many clients take the first step to see a psychotherapist and do not return after the first session. Why do people disengage so early, when we have so much to offer? One of the key reasons is that we are too focused on conducting an Intake instead of finding a way to Give.We have to find ways to deepen the engagement with our clients right from the first session of therapy.The First Kiss is ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Tinker Dabble Doodle Try

    Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind

    by Srini Pillay M.D. ...
    Harness your mind’s innate tendency to wander, stall, rest, and unfocus and become more productive—in the boardroom, living room, or classroom.Named one of Coastal Living’s Best Books for the Beach This SummerTo finish tasks and achieve goals, most people believe that more focus is the solution. We rely on to-do lists, calendar reminders, noise-blocking headphones, and sometimes medication to help ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions

    by Carmen Simon ...
    A groundbreaking approach to creating memorable messages that are easy to process, hard to forget, and impossible to ignore—using the latest in brain scienceAudiences forget up to 90 percent of what you communicate. But people make decisions and act based on what they remember, so a pragmatic approach for the effective communicator is to be deliberate about the 10 percent that audiences do retain. ... Read more

    $34.69 CAD

  • Accelerated Learning: The Most Effective Techniques: How to Learn Fast, Improve Memory, Save Your Time and Be Successful

    Positive Psychology Coaching Series, #14

    by Ian Tuhovsky ...
    Series Book 14 - Positive Psychology Coaching Series
    Unleash the awesome power of your brain to achieve your true potential, learn anything, and enjoy greater success than you ever thought possible.Packed with proven methods that help you significantly improve your memory and develop simple-yet-powerful learning methods, Accelerated Learning: The Most Effective Techniques is the only brain training manual you'll ever need to master new skills, ... Read more

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