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  • Comprehensible and Compelling

    The Causes and Effects of Free Voluntary Reading

    A joint effort from three thought leaders in educational research, linguistics, and literacy acquisition, this book explores the latest research that shows that compelling comprehensive input (CCI) is the baseline for all language and literacy development.It has been established that encouraging reading at all student levels supports literacy—not just literacy in terms of having basic reading and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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  • Language at the Speed of Sight

    How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It

    In this "important, alarming" (New York Times) book, see why so many American students are falling behind in their reading skills while others around the world excel.The way we teach reading is not working, and it cannot continue. We have largely abandoned phonics-based reading instruction, despite research that supports its importance for word recognition. Rather than treating Black English as a ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Tangled Mind

    Unraveling the Origin of Human Nature

    by Nick Kolenda ...
    Humans learn by association. Every concept that you understand is connected to an earlier concept. So then, what happens if you retrace those connections? Wouldn’t you eventually find a starting point? Indeed, you would. The Tangled Mind argues that a small group of primitive concepts sculpted your knowledge of the world. Essentially:You discover the world via sensory experience.You “scaffold” new ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

  • Qualitative Research

    Studying How Things Work

    This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study. Rather than offering recipes for specific techniques, master storyteller Robert Stake stimulates readers to discover "how things work" in organizations, programs, communities, and other systems. Topics range from identifying a research question to selecting methods, gathering data, interpreting and ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool

    Applying the Scientific Evidence

    We are robbing young children of play time at home and school in an effort to give them a head start on academic skills like reading and mathematics. Yet the scientific evidence suggests that eliminating play from the lives of children is taking preschool education in the wrong direction. This brief but compelling book provides a strong counterargument to the rising tide of didactic instruction on ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Creativity 101

    "...Full of keen and illuminating insight...Written with creative flair and great elegance."Robert Olen ButlerAuthor, A Good Scent from a Strange MountainWinner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction"...Witty, charming, and informative...Creativity 101 makes a convincing case for the importance of creativity in society, in our schools, and in our daily lives....And no, we aren't related."Scott ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Writing

    A Mosaic of New Perspectives

    This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this development can be fostered, but they lack a handy, unified, and comprehensive source of information to ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Assessment in Mathematics Education

    Large-Scale Assessment and Classroom Assessment

    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides an overview of current research on a variety of topics related to both large-scale and classroom assessment. First, the purposes, traditions and principles of assessment are considered, with particular attention to those common to all levels of assessment and those more connected with either classroom or large-scale assessment. Assessment design based on sound assessment ... Read more

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  • Creativity 101, Second Edition

    What is creativity? How does it work? How does it flourish in individuals and organizations? Now in its second edition, this bestselling introductory text--written by one of the world's leading experts on the psychology of creativity--is completely updated and expanded to reflect the tremendous growth in this field. In a redesigned, reader-friendly format, the text surveys the latest theories and ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Educational Research: a Beginner's Guide

    by Allyson Sesay ...
    This book presents a rudimentary exposure to the fi eld of educational research and an attempt to allay the unwarranted fear of those who perceive research as a highly technical and complex scholarly activity carried out by persons in the sciences. The author takes the position that anyone can do research and that it can be an interesting and very worthwhile experience. Educational research, ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family

    Drawing on interdisciplinary research, as well as the experiences of parents of multilingual children, this book walks parents through the multilingual reading and writing process from infancy to adolescence. It identifies essential skills at each developmental stage and proposes effective strategies that facilitate multiliteracy, in particular, heritage-language literacy development in the home ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Design Research on Learning and Thinking in Educational Settings

    Enhancing Intellectual Growth and Functioning

    Edited by David Dai ...
    Series series Educational Psychology Series
    The key question this book addresses is how to identify and create optimal conditions for the kind of learning and development that is especially important for effectively functioning in the 21st century. Taking a new approach to this long-debated issue, it looks at how a design research-based science of learning (with its practical models and related design research) can provide insights and ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD