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Learning and attention issues affect one in five American students. These neurologically based disorders interfere with an individual's ability to store, process, or produce information. While science seeks to pinpoint exactly what areas of the brain are involved, students with learning difficulties must learn to manage. This authoritative volume introduces readers to the many labels used to describe conditions that affect attention, memory, coordination,...

"When parents are told their child has a learning disability, they need more information. Thinking Differently is just the resource to meet that need. David Flink, leader of Eye to Eye, a national mentoring program for children with learning differences, explains each learning disability in layman's terms to prepare parents to speak knowledgeably with teachers about their child's specific challenges ..."

This updated edition describes early learning, different kinds of learning disabilities, common signs, causes, and diagnostic procedures, and how other disabilities and chronic conditions can affect learning. Includes information on academic issues, such as homework, study habits, and assistive technology, plus coping tips and facts about laws designed to protect the rights of people with learning disabilities. Also lists helpful online apps, games...

With this collection of all three volumes of Spanish, the listener will feel they are learning within minutes and will be amazed by how easy aquiring a language can be.

In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule--what scientists know for sure about how our brains work--and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives.--From www.brainrulesbook.com .

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

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.

Filmed over a year, this production follows a 3-year-old boy at play in a wide variety of settings. He is seen on his own, with his mum, in a group and with a friend enjoying indoor and outdoor play around his home and playgroup. The sequences show how particular sorts of play enhance learning and development in some or all of the six EYFS areas. They can be used to practice observation and assessment and to look at the implications for planning....

It may be a little tricky explaining what fluency is to a group of third-graders; but they can recognize it when they hear it. Working with teacher Lisa Gregory's students in their classroom, Debbie introduces the concept of fluency and gives them a rubric so they can self-assess and score their fluency on a four-step scale. To help students become conscious of what fluent and not-so fluent readers sound like, Debbie reads passages, modeling the four...