"Future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage by becoming an Ultralearner --the skill necessary to stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way"-- Provided by publisher.

Celebrates a toddler's increasing knowledge of the world, such as that rocks are heavy and flowers are light.

When boring Mr. Loring retires, A.J.'s class gets a new music teacher who raps, break-dances, and thinks he has what it takes to become a famous musician.

Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.

Following up on her acclaimed Teach Students How to Learn, that describes teaching strategies to facilitate dramatic improvements in student learning and success, Saundra McGuire here presents these "secrets" direct to students. Beginning with explaining how expectations about learning, and the study efforts required, differ between college and secondary school, the author introduces her listeners, through the concept of metacognition, to the importance...

"In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but also assures us that our abilities continue into adulthood,...

Fourth-graders Hank, Ashley, and Frankie are excitedly preparing for a magic show at the Rock 'N Bowl when Hank's creative alternative to an English essay lands him in detention and grounded the week of the show.

Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.

Moonshots in Education explores digital and online learning in the classroom. It gives several models and examples of schools that are already implementing digital learning and what the success rate has been.

La Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de La Sabana presenta hoy el primer cuaderno de guías de una serie dedicada a los procesos psicológicos básicos de sensopercepción, memoria e inteligencia, motivación y emoción, pensamiento y lenguaje, aprendizaje y aprendizaje social. Este primer cuaderno de guías de Memoria e inteligencia recrea uno de los enigmas más importante del ser humano: ¿cómo almacenamos y recuperamos información?,...