Recommended Reading

 

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Le Baudour's Favorites

Book Cover Educating for Character by Thomas Lickona.
An excellent resources explaining the reasons behind the decline in moral values in America and practical examples of why and how we can begin to include lessons and activities relating to ethics, morals and values in our classrooms.
   
Book Cover Mastery Teaching by Madeline Hunter.
An excellent manual with loads of practical tips for helping students develop mastery of both content and skills.
   
Book Cover Classroom Assessment Techniques by Thomas Angelo and K. Patricia Cross
This book is full of great ideas for both formative and summative assessments.
Book Cover The 7 Laws of the Learner by Dr. Bruce Wilkinson
A fantastic book on practical ways to improve the way that you teach.
 

Nollette's Favorites

Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in your Head- Carla Hannaford

Concerned with the neural basis of learning and educational kinesiology, this text is a synthesis of knowledge of the neurosciences and how bodily movement, emotional expression, nutrition and the social and physical environment influence learning.

ISBN # 0915556278

Accelerated Learning into the 21st Century- by Colin Rose

Accelerated Learning into the 21st Century contains a simple but proven plan that delivers the one key skill that every working person, every parent and student must master, and every teacher should teach: it's learning how to learn.

ISBN #: 0440507790

Brain-Based Learning: The New Science of Teaching and Training.- by Eric Jensen

Customer Review- "I know from application of the knowledge in this book, the influential changes do produce positive results for students.  In a world of "accountability" the tools of brain-based teaching will allow students and teachers a solution in "leveling the field" for students in less fortunate environments..."

ISBN # 1890460052

The Brain in Mind- By Eric Jensen

The Brain in Mind "balances the research and theory of the brain with successful tips and techniques for using that information in the classroom."

ISBN # 0-87120-299-9

Creating Minds-Howard Gardner

A look at creativity along with a look at seven figure who reinvented an area of human endeavor- Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Grahm and Ghandi.

Davis's Favorites
Motivating Students

Motivating Students Who Don't Care - Allen N. Mendler

Motivating Students Who Don't Care is a comprehensive and practical guide for reconnecting with discouraged students and reawakening their excitement and enthusiasm for learning.

ISBN # 1879639815

Educational Leadership

Educational Leadership

Educational Leadership, a perodical published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and is acknowledged throughout the world as an authoritative source of information about teaching and learning, new ideas and practices relevant to practicing educators, and the latest trends and issues affecting prekindergarten through higher education.

http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.a4dbd0f2c4f9b94cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/

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