Education and Study aids / Pedagogy

Cognitive Development and Working Memory

by Pierre Barrouillet & Vinciane Gaillard

This book presents a unique attempt to address issues of working memory by establishing a dialogue between neo-Piagetian theorists and researchers specialized in typical and atypical working memory development....

A Love That Multiplies: An Up-Close View of How They Make it Work

by Michelle Duggar & Jim Bob Duggar

Now in paperback—Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar share the joys and challenges of parenting with faith.

Anyone who sees America’s best-known mega family on television is filled with curiosity. People want to...

The Duggars: 20 and Counting!: Raising One of America's Largest Families--How the

by Jim Bob Duggar & Michelle Duggar

This practical, positive book reveals the many parenting strategies that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar use as they preside over America’s best-known mega-family. Each time a new baby arrives, the press from...

Total Leaders 2.0: Leading in the Age of Empowerment

by Charles J. Schwahn

This new edition of the widely read Total Leaders book significantly deepens the theoretical grounding and applicability of the original Total Leader Model, and expands its connection to other significant dimensions...

Study Guide for Practical Statistics for Educators

by Ruth Ravid

The fourth edition of the Study Guide for Practical Statistics for Educators serves as a user-friendly and accessible way for students to better understand the concepts introduced in its companion textbook,...

JavaScript and AJAX For Dummies

by Andy Harris, Debra Meyerson & Michelle LaPointe

Learn to use these powerful tools together and build Web sites that work

If you want to build Web pages that offer real value to your site's visitors, JavaScript and AJAX are top tools for the job. Even if you're...

Choice Theory in the Classroom

by William Glasser

William Glasser, M.D., puts his successful choice theory to work in our schools--with a new approach in increasing student motivation.

"Dr. Glasser translates choice theory into a productive, classroom model...

Educating for Character: How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility

by Thomas Lickona

Calls for renewed moral education in America's schools, offering dozens of programs schools can adopt to teach students respect, responsibility, hard work, and other values that should not be left to parents...

The Mind of an Innovator: A Guide to Seeing Possibilities Where None Existed Before

by Ph. D. Patricia Harmon & Patricia Harmon Ph D.

Synopsis: Are you ready for an empowering journey through the many paths to innovation? The Mind of an Innovator is a comprehensive guide to expanding the current limits of your thinking and to seeing opportunities...

Why Bad Grades Happen to Good Kids: What Parents Need to Know, What Parents Need to Do

by Linda Bress Ph.D.; Silbert

This easy-to-read guide will help parents help their children succeed in all stages of their educations. The Silberts work with parents to help figure out and address the root of a child's problems in school,...

Conquering the SAT

by Ned Johnson & Emily Warner Eskelsen

This insightful and practical guide for parents shows how we often undermine rather than encourage our teens' success on one of the most stressful standardized tests--the SAT--and what strategies will remedy...

Vanilla Manila Folder Games: For Young Children

by Jane Caballero

"Vanilla Folder" activities are easy to store and make, and they hold children's attention. The only materials needed are Manila file folders, marking pens, construction paper, scissors, and glue. The clear-cut...

The Official DSA Guide to Driving - the essential skills

by Executive Agency of the Department for T

This comprehensive guide provides you with everything you need to know to learn and maintain safe driving skills for life. For learners, experienced motorists, professional drivers and instructors alike.

The Official Highway Code

by Drivin for the Department for Transport

The only official Highway Code includes all the latest rules of the road and traffic signs, up-to-date legislation and advice on road safety. An essential read for all road users.

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

by Diane Ravitch

Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime’s worth of school reforms and reveals the simple—yet difficult—truth about how we...

The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child

by Ron Clark

When Ron Clark walked into his fifth-grade class in rural North Carolina, he was confronted with a tremendous challenge. The children had little interest in learning, and were sorely lacking in guidance. How...

Taking Charge of ADHD, Revised Edition

by Russell Barkley

A treasured parent resource since its publication, Taking Charge of ADHD provides authoritative information on ADHD and its treatment. From internationally renowned ADHD expert Russell A. Barkley, the book empowers...

The Everything Homeschooling Book

by Sherri Linsenbach

Homeschooling isn't about teaching--it's about learning together with your child. In this indispensible guide, author and homeschooler Sherri Linsenbach provides you with the encouragement, inspiration, and...

Teaching Kids to Spell for Dummies

by Tracey , MEd Wood

Filled with enjoyable spelling activities and exercises

The fun and easy way? to help your K-5th grader become an A+ speller

If you want to make spelling easier for your child or boost spelling skills and confidence,...

Master the Corrections Officer Exam

by Peterson's

Job opportunities for corrections officers are expected to grow far more rapidly than that of the average for all occupations over the next several years. Peterson's Master the Corrections Officer Exam can help...