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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. New in Paperback! Make learning more meaningful by teaching the "whole game" David Perkins, a noted authority on teaching and learning and co-director of Harvard's Project Zero, introduces a practical and research-based framework for teaching. He describes how teaching any subject at any level can be made more effective if students are introduced to the "whole game," rather than isolated pieces of a discipline. Perkins explains how learning academic subjects should be approached like learning baseball or any game, and he demonstrates this with seven principles for making learning whole: from making the game worth playing (emphasizing the importance of motivation to sustained learning), to working on the hard parts (the importance of thoughtful practice), to learning how to learn (developing self-managed learners). Vividly explains how to organize learning in ways that allow people to do important things with what they knowOffers guidelines for transforming education to prepare our youth for success in a rapidly changing worldFilled with real-world, illustrative examples of the seven principles At the end of each chapter, Perkins includes "Wonders of Learning," a summary of the key ideas.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. New in Paperback! Make learning more meaningful by teaching the "whole game" David Perkins, a noted authority on teaching and learning and co-director of Harvard's Project Zero, introduces a practical and research-based framework for teaching. He describes how teaching any subject at any level can be made more effective if students are introduced to the "whole game," rather than isolated pieces of a discipline. Perkins explains how learning academic subjects should be approached like learning baseball or any game, and he demonstrates this with seven principles for making learning whole: from making the game worth playing (emphasizing the importance of motivation to sustained learning), to working on the hard parts (the importance of thoughtful practice), to learning how to learn (developing self-managed learners). Vividly explains how to organize learning in ways that allow people to do important things with what they knowOffers guidelines for transforming education to prepare our youth for success in a rapidly changing worldFilled with real-world, illustrative examples of the seven principles At the end of each chapter, Perkins includes "Wonders of Learning," a summary of the key ideas.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. "Will leave readers thinking about the ways that humor can be a survival tool in a world that tends to put people in boxes." -- Publishers Weekly Listen in as ten YA authors--some familiar, some new--use their own brands of humor to share stories about growing up between cultures. Edited by acclaimed author and speaker Mitali Perkins, this collection of fiction and nonfiction uses a mix of styles as diverse as their authors, from laugh-out-loud funny to wry, ironic, or poignant, in prose, poetry, and comic form. With stories by: Cherry Cheva Varian Johnson G. Neri Naomi Shihab Nye Mitali Perkins Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich Debbie Rigaud Francisco X. Stork Gene Luen Yang David Yoo.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. "Will leave readers thinking about the ways that humor can be a survival tool in a world that tends to put people in boxes." -- Publishers Weekly Listen in as ten YA authors--some familiar, some new--use their own brands of humor to share stories about growing up between cultures. Edited by acclaimed author and speaker Mitali Perkins, this collection of fiction and nonfiction uses a mix of styles as diverse as their authors, from laugh-out-loud funny to wry, ironic, or poignant, in prose, poetry, and comic form. With stories by: Cherry Cheva Varian Johnson G. Neri Naomi Shihab Nye Mitali Perkins Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich Debbie Rigaud Francisco X. Stork Gene Luen Yang David Yoo.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Analyzes the current educational system, describes the ways in which children learn, and suggests practical techniques for improving student understanding.

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Hardback. Condition: Good. In response to the crisis in American education, Perkins examines the ways in which children learn and think. He shows how current teaching methods leave children with a flimsy grasp of what they are taught, and suggests strategies for deepening knowledge and stimulating independent thought.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. In response to the crisis in American education, Perkins examines the ways in which children learn and think. He shows how current teaching methods leave children with a flimsy grasp of what they are taught, and suggests strategies for deepening knowledge and stimulating independent thought.…

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