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Learning to Learn by Carolyn Olivier and Rosemary Bowler
This book Learning to Learn by Carolyn Olivier and Rosemary Bowler describes guidelines for creating an education program tailored to the individual student’s needs and abilities.
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Teaching 101: Classroom Strategies for the Beginning Teacher by Jeffrey G. Glanz
The book Teaching 101: Classroom Strategies for the Beginning Teacher by Jeffrey G. Glanz is packed with helpful suggestions on topics such as:- Lesson planning
- Classroom management
- Differentiating instruction
- Standards •Assessment and grading
- Literacy
- Cooperative learning
- Inclusion
- National Board certification
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Reflective Practice for Educators by Karen F. Osterman and Robert B. Kottkamp
In this book Reflective Practice for Educators: Professional Development to Improve Student Learning by Karen F. Osterman, Robert B. Kottkamp the age of mandated reforms, reflective practice is a truly effective, empowering way to make meaningful, positive changes.
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The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis and Eldon M. Braun
This book The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis outlines a unique and revolutionary program with a phenomenally high success rate in helping dyslexics learn to read and to overcome other difficulties associated with it. This new edition is expanded to include new teaching techniques and revised throughout with up-to-date information on research, studies, and contacts.
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Up Your Score: SAT, 2018-2019 Edition: The Underground Guide to Outsmarting “The Test”
Thoroughly revised for the revamped SAT, Up Your Score: SAT is the only test-prep guide written for students by students—all of whom achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and went on to the colleges of their choice. A complement and reality check to the mainstream SAT study guides, it’s the book that kids recommend to one another, because it’s as entertaining as it is effective, showing students how to:
• Think like the SAT
• Ramp up their “mental math” powers
• Remember the 12 most important grammar rules
• Hone speed and timing
• Understand key vocabulary words in context
• Be a better guesser (and why it’s always better to guess)
• Vanquish anxiety and improve concentration
• Best fill in the answer circles, saving nearly six minutes -
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Hello Ruby: Journey Inside the Computer
What exactly is a computer? How does it work? What is it made of? Learn all this and more with Ruby!
In Ruby’s world anything is possible if you put your mind to it―even fixing her father’s broken computer! Join Ruby and her new friend, Mouse, on an imaginative journey through the insides of a computer in search of the missing Cursor.
From bits and logic gates to computer hardware, in Journey Inside the Computer, Ruby (and her readers!) will learn the basic elements of the machines that power our world. Then future kid coders can put their knowledge and imaginations to work with fun activities.
Praise for Linda Liukas and the Hello Ruby series:
“[Linda Liukas] wants kids to understand and embrace basic computer logic, so that they later formulate code in the same effortless and creative way they build structures with LEGO.” ―The Wall Street Journal
“Hello Ruby by Linda Liukas is half picture book and half activity book rolled into one adorable package. What I love about it is that it introduces programming without requiring a computer at all.” ―GeekMom.com
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Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding
“Hello Ruby is half picture book and half activity book rolled into one adorable package. It introduces programming without requiring a computer at all. The point of the book isn’t to teach you a programming language, but programming concepts.” –GeekMom.com
Meet Ruby―a small girl with a huge imagination, and the determination to solve any puzzle. As Ruby stomps around her world making new friends, including the Wise Snow Leopard, the Friendly Foxes, and the Messy Robots, kids will be introduced to the fundamentals of computational thinking, like how to break big problems into small ones, create step-by-step plans, look for patterns and think outside the box through storytelling. Then, these basic concepts at the core of coding and programming will be reinforced through fun playful exercises and activities that encourage exploration and creativity.
In Ruby’s world anything is possible if you put your mind to it.
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Coding for Kids: Create Your Own Video Games with Scratch (Hardcover)
We aim to show you accurate product information. Manufacturers, suppliers and others provide what you see here, and we have not verified it.Kids can learn coding basics–and have fun while doing it!
Using Scratch 2.0, the free software created by the MIT Media Labs specifically for young people, this engaging guide teaches 8- to 12-year-olds how to create their own games and animated, interactive stories. Each engaging project has detailed, step-by-step explanations and comes with intriguing variants for children to try as their abilities grow.
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So, You Want to Be a Coder?: The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Programming, Video Game Creation, Robotics, and More!
Love coding? Make your passion your profession with this comprehensive guide that reveals a whole host of careers working with code. Behind the screen of your phone, tablet, computer, or game console lies a secret language that allows it all to work. Computer code has become as integral to our daily lives as reading and writing, even if you didn t know it! Now it s time to plug in and start creating the same technology you re using every day. Covering everything from navigating the maze of computer languages to writing code for games to cyber security and artificial intelligence, “So, You Want to Be a Coder?” debugs the secrets behind a career in the diverse and state-of-the-art industry. In addition to tips and interviews from industry professionals, “So, You Want to Be a Coder?” includes inspiring stories from kids who are working with code right now, plus activities, a glossary, and helpful resources to put you on the path to a fun and rewarding career with computer code today!”
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Grammar For IELTS: Collins English for IELTS
Improve your grammar with Collins Grammar for IELTS and get the score you need.
IELTS is the world’s leading test of English for higher education and migration and is recognised by 6000 institutions in over 135 countries. Collins Grammar for IELTS is a self-study book for learners of English who plan to take the Academic module of the IELTS test. This book is an ideal tool for learners studying at CEF level B1 or above or with a band score 5–5.5 who are aiming for a band score of 6 or higher.
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TOEFL Listening and Speaking Skills: If you feel overwhelmed by the TOEFL test, Collins SKILLS FOR THE TOEFL iBT TEST can help. (Collins English for the TOEFL Test )
If you feel overwhelmed by the complexity of TOEFL, Collins Skills for TOEFL iBT Test can help.
This book helps you handle the integrated aspect of the tasks in the test, and give you tips and strategies for the different question types you will face.
Collins Skills for the TOEFL iBT Test is a two book series (1 Listening/Speaking; 2 Reading/Writing) to help learners prepare for the ‘Test of English as a Foreign Language’, used by over 7,500 institutions in 130 countries as a measure of language ability. To date, 25 million learners have taken the test around the world.
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The Power of Education
jeremy henzell-thomas
‘Knowledge is Power’ – a statement commonly attributed to an eminent English philosopher and scientist in 1597, still highlights today the importance of knowledge in the modern world. Education forms the basis of our knowledge and its development, from our earliest experiences at school through to Higher Education. Individuals use their knowledge in their professional and personal lives, and society as a of individuals shapes the world in which we live. Therefore the power of education is one of the keys to developing a successful society and benefits humanity at large. But things have gone very wrong!