Student Learning

The Student Leadership Challenge tailors one of the world’s most respected leadership models to students’ unique needs, and provides a proven pathway to success. Based on The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, this book merges solid research with personal stories from real-world student leaders to help students develop the critical skills they need to lead both now and after graduation. Useful from high school to graduate school and beyond, these lessons are reinforced by reflective and critical thinking activities to help students internalize important concepts.

Why is it so hard to get students to pay attention? Conventional wisdom blames iPhones, insisting that access to technology has ruined students' ability to focus. The logical response is to ban electronics in class. But acclaimed educator James M. Lang argues that this solution obscures a deeper problem: how we teach is often at odds with how students learn. Classrooms are designed to force students into long periods of intense focus, but emerging science reveals that the brain is wired for distraction. We learn best when able to actively seek and synthesize new information.

Pharmacology is one of the most challenging subjects in nursing school—but it doesn't have to be. Concise Notes on Pharmacology for Nursing Students is your ultimate high-yield crash course, designed to help you learn smarter, retain more, and pass the NCLEX-RN with confidence.

John Steinbeck's classic story of friendship, loneliness, loyalty, and sacrifice is now available for students at a B1 level of the CEFR. The book comes with an introduction, notes and, a wide range of activities. These are specially designed to further the reader’s understanding of the story and its literary appreciation. The extended grammar practice of the book makes it perfect for consolidating key structures, including the language specifications of the PET exam.

Our education environment is often stacked against teachers—from insufficient funding and mandatory meetings to red tape and standardized testing. Drawing on real-life struggles from the teachers who have used Sears' strategies to overcome burnout and make the most of their time, How To Love Teaching Again will give you specific steps to stop drowning in to-dos and do the work that inspires you.

Esta serie fue pensada para estudiantes de la lengua española en su variante argentina y para padres que deseen leerle o hacerles escuchar a sus niños historias educativas y con un cuidado mensaje positivo con acento argentino en vez de tonos neutros o estilos muy alejados de nuestra realidad cotidiana.

Engaging the Student Brain is your shortcut to listeners leaning in. Steven Northup is a 35-year classroom teacher and graduate-level teacher-of-teachers who shows you how to save time and effort with simple tweaks that are irresistible to the brain.

Experience the fifth episode of the Baumgartner & Momsen detective story series for German learners on your stereo or headphones, at home or on the go! The narration style and speed of this audiobook is aimed at providing learners with real-world spoken German which is clearly understandable, not too fast, but also not too slow. When a loyal family dog comes upon a human ear in its feeding dish one morning, the police is notified immediately, but due to a sudden change in staff, the investigation proceeds only haltingly.

Safe Is Not Enough illustrates how educators can support the positive development of LGBTQ students in a comprehensive way so as to create truly inclusive school communities. Using examples from classrooms, schools, and districts across the country, Michael Sadowski identifies emerging practices such as creating an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum; fostering a whole-school climate that is supportive of LGBTQ students; providing adults who can act as mentors and role models; and initiating effective family and community outreach programs.

Ever tried memorizing complex medical concepts at 2 AM, only to have them slip away by morning? What if mastering med-surg could actually be... enjoyable? Introducing "Med-Surg Made Easy Vol 2" by Callie Parker – where critical nursing knowledge meets the power of poetry to create an unforgettable learning experience! This revolutionary nursing resource transforms 110 essential med-surg topics into engaging poems that stick in your mind when it matters most.

This comprehensive guide navigates the complexities of AI in education, equipping educators with practical strategies, real-world applications, and ethical considerations. Imagine yourself as a tech-savvy, innovative educator, transforming your students' learning experience with the positive power of Artificial Intelligence.

Meaningful school reform starts with your most powerful partner—your students! When you take time to listen, you’ll find that students’ aspirations can drive your school toward exciting new goals—and when students know they’re being heard, they engage meaningfully in their own academic success. Using examples drawn from student surveys, focus groups, observations, and interviews, this groundbreaking book presents a blueprint for a successful partnership between educators and students.

Discover how to create highly profitable online courses in just six easy steps. Unlike other online businesses, you don’t need to possess a certain set of skills to jump on this wagon - you just need one. But beware the fact that there’s a buyer for whatever you want to sell means there’s almost certainly someone who’s already selling it. That’s why you need to arm yourself with the proper knowledge on how to choose, create, and market the absolute best online course.

How can you graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, gain access to the best post-college opportunities, and still have a life? Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College presents 75 simple rules that will rocket you to the top of your class.

When it comes to mastering vast amounts of information quickly, flashcards have proven to be an incredibly effective learning tool. Studies have shown that their ability to reinforce memory through repetition and active recall makes them indispensable for students facing challenging exams. Whether you're preparing for a crucial exam or seeking to solidify your drug knowledge, this guide offers an accessible and efficient way to review the top 200 drugs, tailored to your specific educational needs.

Easy Reading for ESL Students: Book 3 is a comprehensive audiobook designed especially for intermediate and advanced students of English as a Second Language. The book was developed and tested by full-time teachers of English. There are 12 stories accompanied by comprehension, vocabulary, speaking, and writing exercises. The stories are short (400-500 words). Each story and its exercises can be completed in 60 minutes.

The Learning Progression Model (LPM) offers a flexible and effective framework focusing on improvement over time, emphasizes learning as a process rather than an endpoint, encourages academic risk-taking, and fosters positive student-teacher relationships. This model defines outcomes based on a limited number of skills, provides ample opportunities for formative assessment, and allows multiple attempts without penalty. The LPM also removes nonacademic factors from grading and uses descriptive scoring to decrease attempts to quantify performances.

The authors of Make Just One Change argue that formulating one's own questions is "the single most essential skill for learning" - and one that should be taught to all students. They also argue that it should be taught in the simplest way possible. Drawing on 20 years of experience, the authors present the Question Formulation Technique, a concise and powerful protocol that enables learners to produce their own questions, improve their questions, and strategize how to use them.

Jonathan Mooney blends anecdote, expertise, and memoir to present a new mode of thinking about how we live and learn - individually, uniquely, and with advantages and upshots to every type of brain and body. He explores the toll that being not normal takes on kids and adults when they’re trapped in environments that label them, shame them, and tell them, even in subtle ways, that they are the problem.

What's it really like to do a PhD? There are lots of books of the "how to" variety for organizing yourself, dealing with supervisors, and writing papers and theses. But what about the emotional journey? What about the changes to your health, your social life, and your relationships with those closest to you? What about all the mistakes you make while trying to figure things out? And what if you're not sure about life as an academic? What then?