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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From an early age, we are told that restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. Learning is all self-discipline, so we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual. But what if almost everything we were told about learning is wrong? And what if there was a way to achieve more with less effort? Here, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of...
Series
Publisher
Omnigraphics, an imprint of Infobase
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 231 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Provides consumer health information about the developmental milestones, types of learning disabilities, and developmental disorders that affect learning, along with effective strategies for providing support and promoting independence. Includes an index and resources for additional information"--
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Using his own story, the international bestselling author shows readers how 3 changes in mindset can help them shape their future.
Synchronicity is an inspirational guide to developing the most essential leadership capacity for our time: how we can collectively shape our future. Through the telling of his life story, Jaworski posits that a real leader sets the stage on which "predictable miracles," seemingly synchronistic in nature, can-and do-occur....
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In clear, accessible prose, Dan Willingham lays out the techniques necessary for students at any stage to succeed and thrive when learning, studying, and taking exams. When studying, the tendency is to focus on the mental tasks that we control most easily, and which create a sense of familiarity, like rereading and highlighting, But, as explained in OUTSMART YOUR BRAIN, familiarity is not the same thing as retention or comprehension. Real learning...
Author
Publisher
Callisto Publishing, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
ix, 172 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"To listen actively is to listen with complete attention and an engaged mind and body. And while it may come naturally to some, it's also a skill that can be honed through practice. Active Listening Techniques will help you do just that, so you can ensure the people around you feel respected, understood, and heard--in the workplace and beyond. With 30 practical communication tools grounded in active listening, you'll acquire skills to help you get...
Author
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
326 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nicholson Baker's journey into the craft of painting before and through the COVID-19 pandemic, as he sets out to learn how to paint via books, workshops, and tutorials, alongside personal reflections on past artists he admires"--
Author
Series
My weird school volume 2
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more. Principal Klutz was hanging upside down from the school flagpole! He kissed a pig on the lips! He painted his bald head orange! And now he wants to bungee-jump off the roof of the school, dressed like Santa Claus! In fact, all the grown-ups at A.J.'s school seem to have something wrong with them. What's going on here? What are A.J. and the kids in his...
Author
Series
My weird school volume 6
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When boring Mr. Loring retires, A.J.'s class gets a new music teacher who raps, break-dances, and thinks he has what it takes to become a famous musician. But the new music teacher goes too far when he tries to make A.J. kiss Andrea in the school play. Will A.J. survive?
13) Freak the Mighty
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1993
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric living fabric. And there is no more accomplished and accessible guide than renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman to help us understand the nature and changing texture of that fabric. With his hallmark clarity and enthusiasm he reveals the myriad ways that the brain absorbs experience: developing, redeploying, organizing,...
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Fourth-graders Hank, Ashley, and Frankie are excitedly preparing for a magic show at the Rock 'N Bowl when Hank's creative alternative to an English essay lands him in detention and grounded the week of the show.
16) The magical yet
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New York Times bestseller! This rollicking, rhyming, and inspirational picture book is for fans of Oh, the Places You'll Go! andevery child who is frustrated by what they can't do...YET!
Each of us, from the day we're born, is accompanied by a special companion—the Yet. Can't tie your shoes? Yet! Can't ride a bike? Yet! Can't play the bassoon? Don't worry, Yet is there...
Each of us, from the day we're born, is accompanied by a special companion—the Yet. Can't tie your shoes? Yet! Can't ride a bike? Yet! Can't play the bassoon? Don't worry, Yet is there...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
x, 402 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Analyzes the rise in learning disabilities among school-age children while counseling parents and educators on how to solve specific problems, arguing that environmental factors are responsible for most learning disabilities.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Gabriel Wyner speaks seven languages fluently. He didn't learn them in school--who does? Rather, he mastered each one on his own, drawing on free online resources, quick daily practice sessions, and his knowledge of neuroscience and linguistics. In Fluent Forever, Gabe shares his foolproof method for learning any language. It starts by hacking the way your brain naturally encodes information. You'll begin by learning how to hear new sounds and training...