12 Best education books like Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning by Pooja K. Agarwal

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Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning

By: Pooja K. Agarwal

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Unleash powerful teaching and the science of learning in your classroom Powerful Unleash the Scien…

"When we think about learning, we typically focus on getting information into students’ heads. What if, instead, we focus on getting information out of students’ heads?"

-Pooja K. Agarwal, Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning

If you liked the education plot in Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning by Pooja K. Agarwal , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why

By: Paul Tough

3.50

Format: 250 pages,

In How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like … read more

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  • teaching
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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2. Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

By: Daniel T. Willingham

4.04

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Kids are naturally curious, but when it comes to school it seems like their minds are turned off. W… read more

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  • self help
  • teaching
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
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  • science
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3. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

By: Peter C. Brown , Henry L. Roediger III , Mark A. McDaniel

4.30

Format: None pages, Hardcover

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we … read more

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  • science
  • teaching
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • self help

4. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

By: Maryanne Wolf

4.23

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to r… read more

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5. How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens

By: Benedict Carey

3.93

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of The Power of Habit andThinking, Fast and Slowcomes a practical, playful, and en… read more

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6. Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management

By: Douglas Fisher , Nancy Frey , Dominique Smith

3.59

Format: 32 pages,

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7. What the Best College Teachers Do

By: Ken Bain

2.83

Format: 24 pages,

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8. Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning

By: James M. Lang

4.24

Format: 128 pages, ebook

Employ cognitive theory in the classroom every day Research into how we learn has opened the door f… read more

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9. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

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  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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10. Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

By: Barbara Oakley

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Top 10 Pick for Learning Ladders’ Best Books for Educators Summer 2021 A groundbreaking guide to i… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • teaching
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • science
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11. How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

By: Stanislas Dehaene

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“There are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and … read more

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  • education
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"Yann LeCun's strategy provides a good example of a much more general notion: the exploitation of innate knowledge. Convolutional neural networks learn better and faster than other types of neural net…"

-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

"Our brain is therefore not simply passively subjected to sensory inputs. From the get-go, it already possesses a set of abstract hypotheses, an accumulated wisdom that emerged through the sift of Dar…"

-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

"The moral here is that nature and nurture should not be opposed. Pure learning, in the absence of any innate constraints, simply does not exist. Any learning algorithm contains, in one way or another…"

-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

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12. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning (Corwin Mathematics Series)

By: Peter Liljedahl

4.57

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in de… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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13. The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades

By: Judith C. Hochman

4.39

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Why you need a writing revolution in your classroom and how to lead it The Writing Revolution (TWR… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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14. Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning

By: Pooja K. Agarwal

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Unleash powerful teaching and the science of learning in your classroom Powerful Unleash the Scien… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • personal development
  • teaching
  • psychology
  • academic
  • nonfiction
  • design
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  • science
"When we think about learning, we typically focus on getting information into students’ heads. What if, instead, we focus on getting information out of students’ heads?"

-Pooja K. Agarwal, Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning

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15. Closing the Reading Gap

By: Alex Quigley

4.25

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Our pupils’ success will be defined by their ability to read fluently and skilfully. But despite un… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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16. How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)

By: Joshua R. Eyler

4.05

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

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17. Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy

By: Daniel T. Willingham

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this revolutionary, comprehensive, and accessible guide on how the brain learns, discover how to… read more

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18. Hacking Classroom Management: 10 Ideas To Help You Become the Type of Teacher They Make Movies About (Hack Learning Series)

By: Mike Roberts

3.97

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

Classroom management is never a problem for the teachers they make movies about! Want a class like … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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19. Hacking Teacher Burnout: 8 Steps to Go from Isolated to Empowered So You Can Overcome Any Challenge (Hack Learning Series)

By: Amber Harper

3.70

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

There's no reason to leave education, because teacher burnout just got hacked!Teachers often face c… read more

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20. Through the Lens of Serendipity: Helping Others Discover the Best in Themselves--Even if Life has Shown Them Its Worst

By: Allyson Apsey

4.00

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

He is driving me crazy! Why is she acting this way? I just can’t deal what that person anymore!How … read more

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21. Embracing AI: Beyond the Basics Strategies for Educational Transformation (AI in Education)

By: Jon Fila

3.25

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

"Embracing Beyond the Basics Strategies for Educational Transformation" is a thought-provoking exp… read more

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6 must-read audiobook books like Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning by Pooja K. Agarwal

Transform Your Habits

Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why

Paul Tough

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

Daniel T. Willingham

4.04

Transform Your Habits

And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

Transform Your Habits

How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

Stanislas Dehaene

4.33

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16 best-selling nonfiction books like Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn by Barbara Oakley

Transform Your Habits

Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

Daniel T. Willingham

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

Peter C. Brown , Henry L. Roediger III , Mark A. McDaniel

4.30

Transform Your Habits

When the Adults Change, Everything Changes: Seismic shifts in school behaviour

Paul Dix

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

Charan Ranganath

3.95

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