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“benedict carey”

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  • How We Learn

    The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens

    by Benedict Carey ...
    In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today—and how we can apply it to our own lives.From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Island of the Unknowns

    A Mystery

    by Benedict Carey ...
    In a trailer park called Adjacent, next to the Folsom Energy Plant, people have started to vanish, and no one seems to care. At first Lady Di and her best friend, Tom Jones, barely notice the disappearances—until their beloved math tutor, Mrs. Clarke, is abducted, too. Mrs. Clarke has left them clues in the form of math equations that lead them all over the trailer park, through hidden tunnels ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Poison Most Vial

    A Mystery

    by Benedict Carey ...
    A VOYA Top Shelf Middle School book featuring a young amateur sleuth determined to prove her father is not a murderer.Murder in the lab! The famous forensic scientist Dr. Ramachandran is stone-cold dead, and Ruby Rose's father is the prime suspect. It's one more reason for Ruby to hate the Gardens, the funky urban neighborhood to which she has been transplanted.Wise but shy, artistic but an ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    How We Learn

    The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens

    by Benedict Carey ...
    Narrated by Steve Kramer ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 20 min

    In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today—and how we can apply it to our own lives.From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Make It Stick

    The Science of Successful Learning

    by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel ...
    Narrated by Qarie Marshall ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 34 min

    To most of us, learning something 'the hard way' implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Building a Better Teacher

    How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone)

    by Elizabeth Green ...
    Narrated by Karen Saltus ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 47 min

    We’ve all had great teachers who opened new worlds, maybe even changed our lives. What made them so great?Everyone agrees that a great teacher can have an enormous impact. Yet we still don't know what, precisely, makes a teacher great. Is it a matter of natural-born charisma? Or does exceptional teaching require something more?Building a Better Teacher introduces a new generation of educators ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Pause

    Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break

    by Rachael O'Meara ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 12 min

    Feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck? Discover the power of the pause.Sometimes life throws you for a loop. You’re stressed out at your job; you’re torn between work and family; your motivation and productivity are taking a nosedive. Your impulse might be to lean in and tough it out, but what you may really need to do is take a step back. Reassess your life with a clear head and dive back in ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Pause

    Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break

    by Rachael O'Meara ...
    Feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck? Discover the power of the pause.Sometimes life throws you for a loop. You’re stressed out at your job; you’re torn between work and family; your motivation and productivity are taking a nosedive. Your impulse might be to lean in and tough it out, but what you may really need to do is take a step back. Reassess your life with a clear head and dive back in ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Make It Stick

    The Science of Successful Learning

    by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel ...
    To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer ... Read more

    $37.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Building a Better Teacher

    How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone)

    by Elizabeth Green ...
    **A New York Times Notable Book"A must-read book for every American teacher and taxpayer." —Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the World**Launched with a hugely popular New York Times Magazine cover story, Building a Better Teacher sparked a national conversation about teacher quality and established Elizabeth Green as a leading voice in education. Green's fascinating and accessible ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 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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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How We Got to Now

    Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

    by Steven Johnson ...
    From the New York Times–bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Extra Life, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas.In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

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