Educational standards in Japan are the highest in the world. In this first comprehensive study of these standards Professor Richard Lynn concludes that Japanese teenagers are about two years ahead of their contemporaries in Europe and the United States.

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A leading expert in the art of learning shows parents how to help their children, and themselves, become productive adults, explaining what to do to help youngsters overcome the common and persistent problem of getting work done, identifying seven areas of neurodevelopmental weakness, and demonstrating how to emphasize a child's strengths to promote success. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

Product Description: Drawing on a review of theory, methods, and the substantive focus of student success research in four disciplines, this report proposes a conceptual model to guide policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in their efforts to close well-documented gaps in student success...read more

Product Description: Innerhalb der bisherigen Underachievement-Forschung herrscht die Überzeugung vor, dass brachliegende Begabungsressourcen sowohl für den Einzelnen als auch für die Gesellschaft einen Verlust darstellen. Speziell im schulischen Kontext führt dies zu der Frage, auf welche Weise sichergestellt werden kann, dass Schülerinnen und Schüler ihr tatsächlich vorhandenes intellektuelles Potenzial auch in Gestalt angemessener schulischer Leistungen umsetzen...read more

Product Description: Finalist for a 2012 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers! Teaching Boys Who Struggle in School: Strategies That Turn Underachievers into Successful Learners responds to growing concerns about a crisis in boys academic achievement...read more

Product Description: This valuable resource offers a research-based approach for helping youth develop academic self-regulation skills, highlighting the relationship among choice, willpower, and effort. Over 70 interventions are provided to enhance students' self-control and self-discipline in the following areas: Planning--Setting academic goals that are relevant, valuable, interesting and achievable; Problem Solving--Using strategies to attain goals, overcome problems, make adjustments, and get help when necessary; Self-Evaluation--Comparing results of efforts with intentions and attaching meaning to outcomes...read more

Product Description: Drive boredom out of your classroom – and keep it out – with the student-engagement strategies in this book. You’ll learn how to gain and sustain the attention of your students from the moment the bell rings. Perfect for teachers of all subjects and grade levels, these activities go head-to-head with student boredom and disengagement, resulting in class time that’s more efficient, more educational, and loads more fun! Contents include: Strategies to Begin a Lesson Strategies to End a Lesson Strategies for Solo/Independent Work Strategies for the Whole Group Author Bryan Harris, an expert in student engagement and classroom management, has extensive experience in K-12 motivation and brain-based learning...read more

Product Description: In his new book, author and international keynoter Douglas Reeves addresses a major challenge faced by today's school leaders: an ever-growing load of programs and initiatives. Reeves contends that program overload not only taxes leadership resources, but actually hurts rather than improves student performance...read more

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Product Description: By offering guidelines for safely challenging assumptions, building common language, and giving and receiving feedback on educational practices, protocols play a vital role in helping educators have professional learning conversations that lead to improved student learning...read more

Product Description: In the foreword to Self-Assessment and Goal Setting, Heidi Andrade explains that self-assessment is a key element in formative assessment because it involves students in thinking about the quality of their own work rather than relying on their teacher as the sole source of evaluative judgments...read more

Product Description: For many years, coauthors Rick DuFour and Bob Marzano have been co-travelers on the journey to help educators improve their schools. As Rick has focused on bringing the professional learning community process to life in schools, he has relied heavily on Bob s vast research on effective teaching and effective leadership...read more

Product Description: Author Doug Lemov offers the essential tools of the teaching craft so that you can unlock the talent and skill waiting in your students, no matter how many previous classrooms, schools, or teachers have been unsuccessful. This must-have resource is filled with concrete, specific, and actionable classroom teaching techniques that you can start using in your classroom tomorrow...read more