learning and scholarship

Explores how children are forced to give up their love of learning and instead fall into a frantic game of rushing through work in order to please teachers and meet state standards and offers practical suggestions to help educators work with students' love of learning, rather than destroying it.

Presents strategies to motivate students to learn. Centered on mutual respect, collaboration, and commitment to learning, each strategy is described and illustrated by examples which can be used by educators for all ability and grade levels.

Discusses how the brain works and how to treat it well, including getting enough exercise and sleep, how to learn effectively, and how the brain evolved, presenting twelve principles for optimum brain performance at work, home, and school. 'Contains DVD.

A young boy shares all of the things he learned and how he changed in second grade, what he still wonders about, and what he hopes to accomplish when he is in third grade.

A guide for teachers that defines and explains best practice teaching in reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, and includes strategies for meeting state and Common Core State Standards, classroom vignettes, and tips for special education, struggling readers, the arts, and technology in the classroom.

Retells an Armenian folktale in which a lazy prince learns to read, write, and weave to win his beloved and is saved from a three-headed monster by his new talents.

Simple text and photographs depict the different places and ways in which various individuals learn, such as by doing an activity, watching, and writing, or in a park, classroom, alone, or in groups.