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"Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to "pick up the pace"? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done--whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called "processing speed," and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated....
5) Making thinking visible: how to promote engagement, understanding, and independence for all learners
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Presents a research-based approach to teaching thinking that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study.
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"The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important--and astoundingly simple--thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines precisely how parents can best put it into practice" --
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"Bright, emotionally healthy, moral children don't just happen. While every parent wants to raise such a child, no one has yet shown exactly how these qualities begin, and how they can be nurtured. Now, for the first time, Stanley Greenspan, the internationally admired child psychiatrist, identifies the six most crucial and irreplaceable experiences which enable children to reach and expand their full intellectual, emotional, and moral potential as...