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Good book for uneducated teachers with regards to law
With all the horror stories we hear about teachers being fired and sued over decesions they made about punishment and what to teach and how to teach, this book is a gold mine. It provides information on just about any topic a teach may encounter. Not only does it have great information, it is also written with few "legal trade" words. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Educational    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal status, laws, etc    7. Legal status, laws, etc.    8. School Laws And Legislation    9. Students    10. Teachers    11. United States    12. Educational administration    13. Law / Educational Law & Legislation   

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Great resource!
Great resource for lessons, sponge activities, and substitute lessons.Highly recommend for all teachers who want useful support for their writng program.

interesting activities that stimulate good writing
As a teacher of high-school students with learning disabilities I was very happy to find Ms. Rawlings book.Nothing is more difficult in writing thanthinking of an idea and getting started.I found that my students wouldsimply stare into space when asked to write, desperately trying to think ofsomething to write about. Now I use the story starters as fun, creativeways to get the kids going.For the first time many of them want to writebecause the story starters are so compelling they want to start the storyand see where it takes them.I also enjoy the sensible teaching tips froma seasoned pro in the classroom.Thank you Ms. Rawlings Miller!

A book your children will love!
My son LOVES this book!With the new Harry Potter books, my son (a 10-year-old who normally hates to read and write) has taken an interest in trying to write his own books.As a non-writer I did not know where tostart, but Ms. Miller's book is informative and most of all FUN! Shedemystifies writing so that it is enjoyable and understandable.I wouldsuggest anyone with schoolage children try this book so writing will not besuch a scarey thing for their kids. I read it and learned lots -- I wish Ihad it when I was growing up! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aids and devices    2. Composition and exercises    3. Creative writing (Elementary education)    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. English language    7. Language Experience Approach    8. Study and teaching (Elementary)    9. Teaching    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts   

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A teen's perspective on an almost four star book
"Odd Girl Speaks Out" is a book of short stories by teen and preteen girls about their experiences with relationships between other girls.Opening the beginning of each section is commentary by the editor relating to what the section will be about.
Memory Reminders
As we age I think it becomes harder and harder for us to remember our childhoods accurately.I was finishing up this book as I was giving a final exam and one of my students asked me, "Why are you reading that?"I tried to explain to her the research on female aggression that psychologists have been doing.I also tried to explain to her that authors like Simmons are making these research results and the personal "case studies" they apply to more available to the public and accessible to the people who need them (i.e., young girls, parents, and teachers).Both of these reasons should be enough for a person to read this collection of accounts of aggression, but I also feel things like this are important to read specifically because our memories are not accurate and maturity overrides our negative experiences sometimes.Even if you've forgotten what it was like to have no friends or to fear losing the friends you do have, your daughter, student, or client has not.

GREAT BOOK!
I am a Registered Nurse, with 3 college degrees, working on a Masters in Education.I bought this book for my 14 year-old daughter.After we read it together, I will give it to my friend, who is a Professional Counselor for children.She has a Masters in Ed already.I'm not saying that all these degrees I'm speaking of are important or that you need them to order this book.I think anyone with a daughter should order this book.I am only speaking about our education because I want you to know that professionals are also buying & using this book in our profession.Thank you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aggressiveness in children    2. Developmental - Adolescent    3. Education    4. Gender Psychology    5. Girls    6. Interpersonal Relations    7. Interpersonal conflict in chil    8. Interpersonal conflict in children    9. Interpersonal relations in chi    10. Interpersonal relations in children    11. Psychology    12. Social Psychology    13. Sociology Of Education    14. Students & Student Life    15. Social Science / Sociology / General   

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5-star service
Great service from this seller. My item was sent to me immediately with a follow-up email to confirm delivery.

A"Make Sense" Guide For All Educators
The author wrote this book in such a manner that a high school government student could understand the majority of the legal discussion and implications for school leaders.Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Educational    4. Educational Administration    5. Educational law and legislatio    6. Educational law and legislation    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. School Laws And Legislation    11. School management and organiza    12. School management and organization    13. United States    14. Law / Educational Law & Legislation    15. Social law    16. USA   

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Mapping is new!
I wanted to learn mapping to help me with my career choices as I worked with a resume writer and career coach (http://www.callfranklyspeaking.com). This book really helped me understand the concept and apply not just to a job change, but to my new job and mapping out the possibilities for my department. Easy to learn!

Great Resource
Very visual book, excellant ideas.Hope to use it to help my kids in school.

Amazing read!
This book presents visual mapping in both written words and graphic form. The consistency between the two forms makes learning extraordinarily fast. I read it in one sitting and have begun to use the techniques already to facilitate my writing. My one wish was that the publisher had done it in color. Ah, but this would have increased the cost to something I might not want to have spent before seeing it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aims & Objectives    2. Cognitive Psychology    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Learning Styles    6. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    7. Thought and thinking    8. Visual learning    9. Educational psychology   

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I want to know what is education reform?
I need to know the meaning of education reform. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. Computers & Technology    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Educational Administration    6. Educational Reform    7. Organizational behavior    8. School management and organiza    9. School management and organization    10. Special Education - General    11. Special Education - Learning Disabled    12. United States    13. Education / Computers & Technology    14. Organization & management of education   

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Great Resource for Teachers
This book is a great resource for any teacher who would like to incorporate technology into the classroom.It not only gives useful information about each type of technology, but it also offers great ideas on how to integrate the specific technolgies into your lesson plans.This book is engaing, interesting and useful.

Appropriate Use of Technology is the Knowledge Challenge
A very worthy book.In the technology realm, people are the greatest challenge, in maximizing best use of technology, and in securing its appropriate use.I'm David Scott, author of I.T. Wars: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium.There are many parallels between the educational challenges and business challenges in the coming years, in aligning technology to the business at-hand.Technology is now a foundational underpinning to everything, and dependencies and vulnerabilities are best understood through early and ongoingeducation.

Excellent book
This book is great at providing ideas to help teachers integrate Technology into their classrooms focused around the content areas.There are also a wide variety of computer software programs mentioned in the book.The programs can be helpful for both teachers and students. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. Computer-assisted instruction    3. Computers & Technology    4. Curriculum planning    5. Education    6. Education / Teaching    7. Educational Technology    8. United States    9. Computer-aided learning (CAL)    10. Education / Computers & Technology   

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The best book I've read on creating readers....
One and a half years ago, my kindergartener was reading at a 3rd grade level but lacked "comprehension". While he could retell basic plot elements, he appeared to lack any ability to synthesize or think about what he had read.
Good read!
This book is easy to read and follow.I am studying to teach and this is one of the few books not written by a Dr. so it offers a fresh perspective!

Important Home and Classroom Education
Who doesn't like to be read to?This book solidifies the feeling that reading to children builds their vocabulary, their desire to read and more over their ability to read fluently.It's all about modeling.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Literature - General    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Juvenile Literature    5. Language    6. Language Arts & Disciplines    7. Language Experience Approach    8. Oral reading    9. Reading Education (General)    10. Reading Skills    11. Reference    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    13. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading   

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A standard is born
I had the pleasure of being an online graduate student at Florida State University where Dr. Driscoll was teaching. Having Dr. Driscoll as an instructor, using her own book as a textbook for the course, was an invaluable experience for me. Anyone who needs a deeper understanding of cognitive learning theories need not look any further than this book. The logical formatting and presentation, the examples and explanations of theory from a variety of sources, makes this book a true gem, and one I still refer to, years after attending Dr. Driscoll's course.

Better than you think.
Just finishing my masters in secondary education, this is the book I find myself using as a reference most often.Just about everything is here in regards to the psychology of education from the elementry stuff like Behaviorism through a hoard of theorists like Piaget, Asubel, Brunner, etc. etc. etc.The contrast presented at the end of the book between Gagne and the constructivists makes the book feel particularly relevant. Intelligent and Practical
Marcy's book was the text for a course I attended, and it was packed with useful information. Her writing style is clear and organized into meaningful content areas. I found her examples to be practical and they easily conveyed the essence of the context. In general, the book exemplified the principles discussed in the materials by being student-centered. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cognitive Psychology    2. Cognitive learning theory    3. Developmental - General    4. Education / Teaching    5. Educational Psychology    6. Learning, Psychology of    7. Psychology    8. Child & developmental psychology    9. Cognitive theory    10. Education    11. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational Psychology    4. Educational Research    5. Educational statistics    6. Evaluation    7. Research    8. Education / Research    9. Social research & statistics   

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Thorough and practical
I use this as the text for a university level ESL Methods course.I've especially liked the authors use of specific classroom examples, as well as suggestions for learning activities that students can utilize.It is also full of suggestions for effective teaching strategies to use with ELLs.

Helpful with strategies for teaching ELLs.
This book is a great source for both mainstream teachers and TESOL teachers.It helps in teaching all kinds of students.Very helpful!

Great Textbook
This book is an excellent resource for all teachers of ELLs.They give so many examples and ways to implement the ideas introduced.The additional reading is an expansive list of websites and reading for further research.Well written and easy to follow publisher website also accompany this text. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. English as a Second Language    2. English language    3. Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books    4. Foreign Language Study    5. Foreign speakers    6. General    7. Language    8. Study and teaching    9. ELT: teaching theory & methods    10. Education / Bilingual Education    11. English    12. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Good resource tool.
This item was very helpful, full of pertinent information and will remain in my professional book collection for continuing reference. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ability testing    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Language Experience Approach    5. Reading    6. Remedial Reading (Educational Aspects)    7. Remedial teaching    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    9. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading   

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Inside the learning mind....
I found this book to be very informitive in how the mind works and respect to how people learn. I have improved my personal study habits because after reading this book I realized that I was not using the most effective way of keeping things in my long term memory. This book gives a detailed explanation with real life examples of how to approach situations as a teacher or parent who wants to know the inner tickings of the developing learner. If you are more concerned with toddlers though this book only briefly touches on them. This book deals more with school age children. If I were to try and write a review that this book deserves, I would be writing all night. I know that the description of this book is written above and I believe it to be a really good description of the book. I will agree though that this book answers all of the aspects of teaching, learning and the classroom as well as the many theories and approaches to educational psychology.

I didn't receive my book.
I did not receive my book from this seller, and I am still having difficulty getting someone to refund my order. I would not recommend this seller if you want to get something for your money.

Interesting, practical intro to ed'l psych'y for teachers
In a highly readable manner, Jeanne Ormrod introduces educational psychology for K-12 teachers.She incorporates many of the learning principles and teaching practices her text espouses by using colorfullyillustrated and highlighted multiple formats throughout, such as summaries,case studies, classroom applications and examples, emphasis of majorpoints, and learning exercises. The three major sections address learnerdiversity, how students learn, and becoming an effective teacher.Sheoutlines seven themes for effective learning which she addresses in everysection: interaction, information processing, relevance, classroom climate,challenge, expectations, and diversity. The text cites educational researchthroughout (there is an index with 44 pages of references) yet theparagraphs have a readibility and easy flow to them. Ormrod's chaptersconsistently address her goals as an author: focusing on cores principles,relating them to our own behavior, processing them effectively and applyingthem in the classroom. The phrase "interesting textbook," usuallyan oxymoron, in this case is well-deserved praise. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Classroom management    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Educational Psychology    5. Learning    6. Teaching    7. Education / Educational Psychology   

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Useful for a Reserach Course
Although a bit dull to read, this book is helpful to candidates in an education master's program. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational Research    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Research    6. Education / Testing & Measurement    7. Social research & statistics   

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Had to have it
I perused this book through interlibrary loan and had to have my own copy.Executive skills are reviewed and handy, handy procedures are given along with various forms intended to help the student, teacher, and parent stay organized and in tune with the student's performance.My copy is currently in my classroom and I intend to use it.This book is appropriate for any student, not just those with attention or organization difficulties.

Valuable Information for teaching Organizational Skills
This book gives detailed information that could help students develop "self-talk" cues to remain focused with homework assignments, daily organizational task and long term projects.The term Executive Function works.The forms at the end of the book are helpfull and can be rearranged for individual student use. A good overview of what can help students who have "ADD" or "ADHD". ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education / Teaching    2. Educational Psychology    3. Executive ability in adolescen    4. Executive ability in adolescence    5. Executive ability in children    6. Psychology    7. Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent    8. Self-management (Psychology) f    9. Self-management (Psychology) for teenagers    10. Education    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology   

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Student-Involved Assessment for Learning
Great book!The book was brand new, and really will help me with feedback and knowledge I will need to become a teacher.This book is great for future teachers!

Useful in the Classroom
I ordered this book for a master's course I'm taking and found the information on reasoning patterns and assessment very useful in helping me see the difference between sound and unsound asssessment.Stiggins suggests numerous assessment ideas that provide a more positive environment for assessing and learning.This is a book I will keep in my classroom and use frequently. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational Tests And Measurements (Higher Education)    4. Educational tests and measurem    5. Educational tests and measurements    6. Examinations    7. Testing & Measurement    8. United States    9. Education / Testing & Measurement    10. Examinations & assessment   

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Graduate student review of Program Evaluation
This book is used as a text book in my graduate class on evaluation in Instructional Technology. The book is clear, easy to understand, thorough and a good "primer" on evaluation.

The best evaluation survey text
This text surveys evaluation theory and practice in a manner that is easy to understand and teach.It's appropriate for undergraduate or graduate work in performance evaluation.The authors do an excellent job of reviewing the history and key literature.They also briefly explain popular methodologies and discuss different approaches, such as objective and holistic.The book includes case study material that highlights processes, advantages, drawbacks, and potential problems of evaluation efforts.The authors avoid consulting hype and focus on building the evaluation body of knowledge.An update with Fitzpatrick listed as the first author is now available and also is excellent.

All models evaluation book
Even though it is not an Evaluation Manual which sometimes comes in handyfor conducting evaluation studies, it is a very good book. I have used itfor my Masters Program (at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) and found itvery useful both for the theoretical and for the practical parts.It coversall major models tracing their origins. I plan on using it for my DoctoralProgram, at Universidad de Costa Rica. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Curricula    2. Curriculum Evaluation    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Educational evaluation    6. Evaluation    7. Evaluation research (Social ac    8. Evaluation research (Social action programs)    9. Finance    10. General    11. Study and teaching    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    13. United States    14. Political Science / General    15. Teaching skills & techniques   

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Fantastic
When I completed the Tribes course, I recieved this book. I have found it to be a fantastic resource for the activities associated with Tribes and I would highly recommend it to anyone who was interested in promoting a safe learning environment.

Tribes Review
This is a wonderful book, not just for the professional educator, but also for parents, group leaders, or those who may just want to experience community building and sharing.This is truly a great book!!

excellent resource for all teachers
This book has brilliant and interesting ideas to keep the classroom motivated. The games are fun and are suitable for allages. This book is a must for all teachers !!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Decision Making & Problem Solving    2. Education    3. Teaching Methods & Materials - General   

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Packed with Good Ideas
Eighth Edition. From beginning to end, this book is loaded with practical techniques for improving classroom behavior. The heart of the book summarizes the discipline approaches of a range of theorists, from pioneering models like Skinner, Kounin, and Dreikers to more sophisticated approaches including the Canters' Assertive Discipline, Glasser's noncoercive discipline, and Curwin and Mendler's Discipline with Dignity. The range of pedagogies corresponds to the diversity of pedagogies, districts, and students.
Look Elsewhere for "How-to's"
Building Classroom Discipline is a practical book for a college classroom;however, for the teacher looking for a "how-to" book, there are other books that are better.BCD is wonderful for learning about different theories or studies on discipline, but it doesn't get to the practical stuff until the end of the book.Therefore, if you are looking for a book full of "how-to's", read something else.

Great For Teachers
This book I believe is excellent for not only beginning teachers but also those teachers who are in a classroom now. It provides an unbiased account of Educational Theorist. The text looks at what each theorist has recommended from his or her own research in managing classroom behaviour. The book provides strategies for teachers to help control and prevent student misbehaviour. The book not only looks at old Theorist such as Dreikus, Kounin, Skinner but new Theorist such as Canter.It is a must for all teachers to read, allowing them to effectively use strategies suggested by the various theorists in their classroom. I have found the suggested strategies helpful in my own Teaching. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Behavior Management    2. Classroom Management    3. Early Childhood Education    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Preschool & Kindergarten    7. School discipline    8. Education / Leadership    9. Teaching skills & techniques   

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Excellent resource
I have had many opportunities to learn from Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis over the years.Through books, workshops, videos and even her coming into my classroom for a model lesson she has inspired my students through my instruction.Of course, with all the background, using this toolkit was easy and useful.However, I have since moved to a new school district.This toolkit has offered me an opportunity to help with comprehension instruction here as well.I have found that even teachers who have never even heard of Stephanie Harney or Anne Goudvis are easily able to use these lessons to enhance their student's comprehension, epecially in the area of non-fiction.Each lesson offers an overview, narrative and teaching points.There are examples of the "teacher talk" language to use and what expect of the 'kid talk'. Included are assessment tools and graphic organizers. The source book of short texts, is an extraordinary resource and helps one to find other resources that match the curriculum and ability levels of the students.
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Subjects:  1. Education / Teaching    2. Grammar    3. Language    4. Language Arts & Disciplines    5. Language Experience Approach    6. Reading comprehension    7. Grammar & vocabulary    8. Language teaching & learning material & coursework