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The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--And How You Can Change Them
The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--And How You Can Change Them
by Richard J Davidson
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What is your emotional fingerprint? Why are some people so quick to recover from setbacks? Why are some so attuned to others that they seem psychic? Why are some people always up and others always down? In his thirty-year quest to answer these questions,... (read more)

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Twelve Steps To a Compassionate Life (10 Edition)
Twelve Steps To a Compassionate Life (10 Edition)
by Karen Armstrong
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In this important and thought-provoking work, Karen Armstrong—one of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—provides an impassioned and practical guide to helping us make the world a more compassionate place. &#... (read more)

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Happiness Advantage (10 Edition)
Happiness Advantage (10 Edition)
by Shawn Achor
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Recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that happiness fuels success, not the other way around. Achor isolates seven practical, actionable principles that show how to capitalize on the Happiness Advantage to improve performance... (read more)

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Happiness : History (06 Edition)
Happiness : History (06 Edition)
by Darrin M. Mcmahon
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Drawing on numerous sources, including art and architecture, poetry and scripture, music and theology, literature and myth, McMahon offers a sweeping intellectual history of man's most elusive yet coveted goal--happiness.... (read more)

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Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Understanding the Biology of Learning
Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Understanding the Biology of Learning
by James E Zull
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Neuroscience tells us that the products of the mind--thought, emotions, artistic creation--are the result of the interactions of the biological brain with our senses and the physical world: in short, that thinking and learning are the products of a... (read more)

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How People Learn : Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (00 Edition)
How People Learn : Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (00 Edition)
by National Research Council Staff
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"How People Learn" examines these findings and their implications for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children learn. The book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth... (read more)

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Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head
Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head
by Carla Hannaford
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Neurophysiologist and educator Dr. Carla Hannaford brings the latest insights from scientific research to questions that affect learners of all ages. Examining the body's role in learning, from infancy through adulthood she presents the mounting... (read more)

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Learning and Behavior - Active Learning Edition (5TH 06 - Old Edition)
Learning and Behavior - Active Learning Edition (5TH 06 - Old Edition)
by Paul Chance
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LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR: ACTIVE LEARNING EDITION, Sixth Edition, is stimulating, interactive, and filled with high-interest queries and examples that will help you succeed in your course. Based on the theme that learning is a biological mechanism that aids... (read more)

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Research-based Strategies To Ignite Student Learning (06 Edition)
Research-based Strategies To Ignite Student Learning (06 Edition)
by Judy Willis
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In this book, written by an author who is both a neurologist and a classroom teacher, Judy Willis combs through brain research and pulls out the information that is most valid and relevant to classroom teaching. Find out how to enhance your students... (read more)

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A Mind at a Time: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed
A Mind at a Time: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed
by Melvin D Levine
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-342) and index.... (read more)

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On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not (08 Edition)
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not (08 Edition)
by Robert Burton
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You recognize when you know something for certain, right? You "know" the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the morning of September 11, 2001--you know these things, well, because you just do. In On Being... (read more)

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Your Child's Growing Mind : Brain Development and Learning From Birth To Adolescence (3RD 04 Edition)
Your Child's Growing Mind : Brain Development and Learning From Birth To Adolescence (3RD 04 Edition)
by Jane Healy
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The completely updated and expanded version of the 1987 classic hailed by parents and educators everywhere.... (read more)

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Microaggressions in Everyday Life (10 Edition)
Microaggressions in Everyday Life (10 Edition)
by Derald Wing Sue
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Praise for Microaggressions in Everyday Life "In a very constructive way, Dr. Sue provides time-tested psychological suggestions to make our society free of microaggressions. It is a brilliant resource and ideal teaching tool for all those who wish to... (read more)

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A Mind at a Time: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed
A Mind at a Time: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed
by Melvin D Levine
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"Different minds learn differently," writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known education experts and pediatricians in America today. And that's a problem for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy... (read more)

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Designing Brain-compatible Learning (06 Edition)
Designing Brain-compatible Learning (06 Edition)
by Gayle H. Gregory
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'There's a strong possibility that this will become one of the most used books on the educator's bookshelf, and that's all to the good because ultimately it will be the students (and their brains) who benefit' - From the Foreword by Pat Wolfe </p> &... (read more)

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Nature of Sympathy (09 Edition)
Nature of Sympathy (09 Edition)
by Max Scheler
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The Nature of Sympathy explores, at different levels, the social emotions of fellow-feeling, the sense of identity, love and hatred, and traces their relationship to one another and to the values with which they are associated. Scheler criticizes other... (read more)

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And What Do You Mean By Learning? (04 Edition)
And What Do You Mean By Learning? (04 Edition)
by Seymour J. Sarason
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One of America's original thinkers about public education, Seymour Sarason poses the crucial question for all educators""What do you mean by learning?" "Learning" is the word most used in educational literature and yet educators have great difficulty in... (read more)

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Theories of Human Learning: What the Professor Said (6TH 12 Edition)
Theories of Human Learning: What the Professor Said (6TH 12 Edition)
by Guy R. Lefrancois
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Both a serious academic text and a delightful story, this book offers a clear, readable look at a full range of learning theories from behavioral to cognitive. It also covers memory, motivation, connectionism (neural net models), and social learning and... (read more)

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Learning : Principles and Applications (4TH 02 - Old Edition)
Learning : Principles and Applications (4TH 02 - Old Edition)
by Stephen B. Klein
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In its fourth incarnation, Learning preserves its well-balanced academic rigor and accessibility. Klein continues to present a thorough coverage of both classic and current studies of animal and human research. Of particular interest are the recent... (read more)

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Communities of Practice : Learning, Meaning, and Identity (98 Edition)
Communities of Practice : Learning, Meaning, and Identity (98 Edition)
by Etienne Wenger
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Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation.... (read more)

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