Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It
By: James M. Lang
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions—which is why a renown…
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1. The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness
By: Todd Rose
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In this ground-breaking book perfect for readers of The Power of Habitand Quiet, Harvard scientist … read more
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2. Austerlitz
By: Anthea Bell , W.G. Sebald
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with f… read more
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3. The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
By: Steven H. Strogatz
2.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A world-class mathematician and regular contributor to the New York Timeshosts a delightful tour of… read more
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4. 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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5. Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do
By: Daniel T. Willingham
4.72
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
How parents and educators can teach kids to love reading in the digital ageEveryone agrees that rea… read more
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6. The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child
By: Daniel J. Siegel , Tina Payne Bryson , None
4.19
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, an indispensable guide to unlock… read more
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7. The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Coddled Kids, Helicopter Parents, and Other Phony Crises
By: Alfie Kohn
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Somehow, deeply conservative assumptions about how children behave and how parents raise them have … read more
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8. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
By: Parker J. Palmer
4.00
Format: 191 pages,
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9. Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter
By: Dan Ariely , None
4.15
Format: None pages, ebook
Why is paying for things painful? Why are we comfortable overpaying for something in the present ju… read more
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10. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
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11. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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12. Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning
By: José Antonio Bowen
4.22
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
How AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of hum… read more
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13. What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?
By: Stephen Wolfram
3.91
Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition
Nobody expected this—not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of wr… read more
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14. Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation (Volume 42) (American Crossroads)
By: Matthew F. Delmont
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In the decades after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, busing to a… read more
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15. Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)
By: Alfie Kohn
4.10
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling… read more
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16. 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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"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
17. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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18. 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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19. Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It
By: James M. Lang
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions—which is why a renown… read more
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20. The New College Classroom
By: Cathy N. Davidson
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
What the latest science of learning tells us about inspiring, effective, and inclusive teaching at … read more
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21. Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn
By: Sanjay Sarma
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking look at the science of how it works both in the mind and in the classroom, which … read more
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