Learning Styles

Draw out the best in your children - by understanding the way they learn. If you're frustrated that your child isn't learning the way you did, chances are they are too! In this practical resource, Cynthia Ulrich Tobias explains that understanding how you both learn can make all the difference. Using expertise in education and learning styles, Tobias offers practical guidance for teaching to your child's strengths - both at home and in school - even when his or her learning style is very different from your own.

A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway's best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades, it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft.

Any conversation about effective teaching must begin with a consideration of how students learn. However, instructors may find a gap between resources that focus on the technical research on learning and those that provide practical classroom strategies. How Learning Works provides the bridge for such a gap. Distilling the research literature and translating the scientific approach into language relevant to a college or university teacher, this book introduces seven general principles of how students learn.

Joshua R. Eyler identifies five broad themes running through recent scientific inquiry - curiosity, sociality, emotion, authenticity, and failure - devoting a chapter to each and providing practical takeaways for busy teachers. He also interviews and observes college instructors across the country, placing theoretical insight in dialogue with classroom experience.

A bold challenge to the conventional wisdom about early childhood, with a pragmatic program to encourage parents and teachers to rethink how and where young children learn best by taking the child's eye view of the learning environment.

Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the day-to-day grind, it can seem impossible to muster enough energy to make learning fun or interesting. Author Julie Bogart distills decades of experience - homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world - to teach parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids, whether they're in elementary or high school.

Written by Dr. Teri James Bellis, one of the world's foremost authorities on APD, this is the first book on the subject that is completely accessible to the public. Through helpful case studies, you'll finally discover the answers you need, as well as proven strategies for living with APD. Comprehensive and powerfully prescriptive, this book contains vital information for anyone who suffers from this serious disorder.

Are you ready to unlock the secret blueprint the top 0.1% of the world’s highest performers use to win in life — every single day? Science proves that your success is never one-size-fits-all — because you’re not. From your Chronotype (your circadian rhythm code) to your Ayurvedic Dosha (your mind-body blueprint) to your Western Personality Type and your Learning Style — these four pillars shape how you think, love, work, and thrive. 🧬 The Human Blueprint combines the best of East and West: modern chronobiology, timeless Ayurvedic wisdom, cutting-edge personality psychology, and...

With schools becoming more competitive and technology becoming increasingly distracting, today's students face a minefield of obstacles to academic success. Doing well in school isn't just a matter of smarts or more studying: It takes good habits, practical tools - and a healthy brain. Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades draws on Dr. Amen's experience as a neuroscientist and psychiatrist as well as the latest brain science to help you study more effectively, learn faster, and stay focused so you can achieve your academic goals.

In Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact. Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples' potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how - by saying less and asking more - you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.

As Random House’s copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike - not to mention his followers on social media - for deconstructing the English language with playful erudition. Now, he distills everything he has learned from the myriad books he has copyedited and overseen into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward.

Discover the Joy of Playing the Harmonica! Have you ever wanted to play an instrument that’s fun, portable, and can make beautiful music in any style? How to Play the Harmonica for Beginners is your perfect guide to starting your harmonica journey, even if you’ve never played an instrument before! What You’ll Learn Inside This Book: Understanding the Harmonica: Dive into the fascinating world of this small but mighty instrument. Learn about different types of harmonicas, like diatonic, chromatic, and tremolo, and discover which one is right for you. Step-by-Step Basics: Start from ...

Have you ever said any of the following, "Numbers and mathematics just aren't my forte," or "I've never been able to spell correctly or “I can never remember the names of bones and muscles.” Or “I can remember faces but not the names.” Relax; you are not the only one; there are many like you. The refrain of self-doubt echoes across schoolyards, boardrooms, and social gatherings as individuals struggle with challenges that could have been reduced through early guidance and understanding of their unique learning styles. Such declarations, whether regarding academic subjects, physical ...

Are you ready to rethink what it means to be “smart”? Understanding Howard Gardner is your complete, beginner-friendly guide to one of the most influential psychological theories of the modern era—the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Developed by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, this revolutionary framework transformed the way we think about intelligence, learning styles, and human potential. In this in-depth and engaging guide, you’ll explore all nine intelligences—from linguistic and logical to interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, and beyond. Discover how each ...

YOU HAVE AN AWESOME MEMORY TO DEVELOP Do you have trouble remembering things? Have you tried using traditional memory improvement techniques, such as making pictures, pegging, and chunking, and they did not seem to improve your memory or increase your brainpower? If you have read other memory books, and they did not help you be sharp with memory, it is probable that you have a different learning style than what the books taught. The problem is not with your memory. It's just that the techniques did not cater to your personal style. Memory Brain Exercises will help you discover your personal...

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese, and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives, and agents all flock to his lecture series, praising it as a mesmerizing and intense learning experience.

Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. The lessons in this illuminative text are grounded in theory but made accessible through numerous real-world examples - ready for immediate application to your next graph or presentation.

In The Sense of Style, the best-selling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker doesn’t carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of a century ago. Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose.

The Elements of Style has long been a valued and beloved resource for all writers. Hailed for its directness and clever insight, this unorthodox textbook was born from a professor's love for the written word and perfected years later by one of his students: famed author E. B. White. Ever since its first publication in 1959, writers have turned to this book for its wise and accessible advice.

When love arrives, it feels light, sweet, and full of promise—until past wounds and present fears start to weigh it down. The path to secure attachment can feel like learning to dance with shadows—some cast by childhood relationships, others by the uncertainties of today.