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"The best-selling author of Traffic and You May Also Like now gives us a thought-provoking, playful investigation into the transformative joys that come with starting something new, no matter your age"--
"Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Are we afraid to fail? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of being a beginner? Or is it simply a fact that you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Inspired by his young daughter's insatiable...
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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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We now live in a learning economy, says Brad Staats, and while learning has always been important, the returns on lifetime learning are greater than ever. Our primary focus must be on our ability to learn. We must strive to develop new skills to create more value--or be left behind. As Jeff Immelt, Chairman and former CEO of GE, has noted, "You never hire somebody, no matter what the job you're hiring for, for what they know. You're hiring them for...
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Magination Press/American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Introduces the concept of a learning disability in concrete terms for younger students. This supportive and upbeat story reassures readers that they are capable, and can use "smart strategies" to help themselves learn.
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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From the moment we enter school as children, we are made to feel as if our brains are fixed entities, capable of learning certain things and not others, influenced exclusively by genetics. This notion follows us into adulthood, where we tend to simply accept these established beliefs about our skillsets (i.e. that we don't have "a math brain" or that we aren't "the creative type"). These damaging--and as new science has revealed, false--assumptions...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"In the spirit of Thinking, Fast and Slow, a groundbreaking look at the science of how we learn--and how we can use it to discover our true potential, as individuals and across society As the vice president for Open Learning at MIT, Sanjay Sarma has a daunting job description: to educate the world. But if you're going to undertake such an ambitious project, it behooves you first to ask: How exactly does learning work? What conditions are most conducive?...
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Linden Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Every child can succeed in school and life, but some children need more help than others. For over 40 years, internationally acclaimed reading specialist and student advocate Dr. Victoria E. Waller has helped children who have trouble reading, who can't sit still in class, who don't feel like they can participate-children whom teachers have all but given up on. In Yes! Your Child Can, Dr. Waller shares with parents, teachers, and therapists her proven...
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Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Young documents the methods he and others have used and shows that, far from being an obscure skill limited to aggressive autodidacts, ultralearning is a powerful tool anyone can use to improve their career, studies, and life.
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My weird school volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A.J. and his classmates are convinced that the new school librarian, Mrs. Roopy, has multiple personality disorder because she keeps pretending to be famous people.
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My weird school volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.
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Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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In the seventh grade, Todd Rose was suspended--not for the first time--for throwing stink bombs at the blackboard. At eighteen, he was a high school dropout, stocking shelves at a department store. Today, Rose is a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His book illuminates the struggles of millions of bright young children--and their frustrated parents and teachers--who are stuck in a one-size-fits-all school system that fails...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Google TensorFlow has become the darling of financial firms and research organizations, but the technology can be intimidating and the learning curve is steep. Luckily, TensorFlow For Dummies is here to offer you a friendly, easy-to-follow book on the subject. Inside, you'll find out how to write applications with TensorFlow, while also grasping the concepts underlying machine learning--all without ever losing your cool!
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English
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Jhumpa Lahiri decides to move to Rome with her family, for 'a trial by fire, a sort of baptism' into a new language and world. There, she begins to read, and to write, initially in her journal, solely in Italian. Lahiri investigates the process of learning to express oneself in another language, and describes the journey of a writer seeking a new voice.
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Written by a cognitive psychologist who has spent decades studying low we learn, OUTSMART YOUR BRAIN is the definitive guide to help students master the skills of understanding material and retaining information. In clear, accessible prose, Dan Willingham lays out the techniques necessary for students at any stage to succeed and thrive when learning, studying, and taking exams. When studying, the tendency is to focus on the mental tasks that we control...
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Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Macy, officially labeled "disturbed" by her school, records her impressions of her rough neighborhood and home life as she tries to rescue her brother from Child Protective Services, win back her overachieving best friend after a fight, and figure out whether to tell her incarcerated father about her mother's cheating.
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Series
My weird school daze volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A new football coach arrives at school and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.
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