Learning Styles

Any conversation about effective teaching must begin with a consideration of how students learn. However, instructors may find a gap between resources that focus on the technical research on learning and those that provide practical classroom strategies. How Learning Works provides the bridge for such a gap. Distilling the research literature and translating the scientific approach into language relevant to a college or university teacher, this book introduces seven general principles of how students learn.

Draw out the best in your children - by understanding the way they learn. If you're frustrated that your child isn't learning the way you did, chances are they are too! In this practical resource, Cynthia Ulrich Tobias explains that understanding how you both learn can make all the difference. Using expertise in education and learning styles, Tobias offers practical guidance for teaching to your child's strengths - both at home and in school - even when his or her learning style is very different from your own.

A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway's best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades, it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft.

You're not crazy. You’re triggered. You’re not too much. You were trained to chase love that runs. You date people who pull away. You feel like you’re begging to be chosen. You either cling, vanish, or implode. You don’t need another breakup. You need to understand why your nervous system thinks this is love. This book doesn’t just describe attachment styles. It helps you repattern them — in real time, with tools that stick. You’ll get: ✅ Real-life dialogues between attachment styles (you’ll see yourself in them) ✅ Secure behavior scripts you can copy-paste into texts ...

Written by Dr. Teri James Bellis, one of the world's foremost authorities on APD, this is the first book on the subject that is completely accessible to the public. Through helpful case studies, you'll finally discover the answers you need, as well as proven strategies for living with APD. Comprehensive and powerfully prescriptive, this book contains vital information for anyone who suffers from this serious disorder.

Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the day-to-day grind, it can seem impossible to muster enough energy to make learning fun or interesting. Author Julie Bogart distills decades of experience - homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world - to teach parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids, whether they're in elementary or high school.

A bold challenge to the conventional wisdom about early childhood, with a pragmatic program to encourage parents and teachers to rethink how and where young children learn best by taking the child's eye view of the learning environment.

Are you ready to rethink what it means to be “smart”? Understanding Howard Gardner is your complete, beginner-friendly guide to one of the most influential psychological theories of the modern era—the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Developed by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, this revolutionary framework transformed the way we think about intelligence, learning styles, and human potential. In this in-depth and engaging guide, you’ll explore all nine intelligences—from linguistic and logical to interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, and beyond. Discover how each ...

Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. The lessons in this illuminative text are grounded in theory but made accessible through numerous real-world examples - ready for immediate application to your next graph or presentation.

The Elements of Style has long been a valued and beloved resource for all writers. Hailed for its directness and clever insight, this unorthodox textbook was born from a professor's love for the written word and perfected years later by one of his students: famed author E. B. White. Ever since its first publication in 1959, writers have turned to this book for its wise and accessible advice.

Discover the Joy of Playing the Harmonica! Have you ever wanted to play an instrument that’s fun, portable, and can make beautiful music in any style? How to Play the Harmonica for Beginners is your perfect guide to starting your harmonica journey, even if you’ve never played an instrument before! What You’ll Learn Inside This Book: Understanding the Harmonica: Dive into the fascinating world of this small but mighty instrument. Learn about different types of harmonicas, like diatonic, chromatic, and tremolo, and discover which one is right for you. Step-by-Step Basics: Start from ...

Joshua R. Eyler identifies five broad themes running through recent scientific inquiry - curiosity, sociality, emotion, authenticity, and failure - devoting a chapter to each and providing practical takeaways for busy teachers. He also interviews and observes college instructors across the country, placing theoretical insight in dialogue with classroom experience.

Do you know children who get upset when their routines change? They might also struggle to see the big picture, make friends, solve a problem in real time, and read nonverbal communication. Meltdowns, tantrums, and other challenging behaviors might be common. This audiobook was designed to teach you how making small shifts in your language and speaking style that will produce important results.

In The Sense of Style, the best-selling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker doesn’t carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of a century ago. Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose.

Are you ready to unlock the secret blueprint the top 0.1% of the world’s highest performers use to win in life — every single day? Science proves that your success is never one-size-fits-all — because you’re not. From your Chronotype (your circadian rhythm code) to your Ayurvedic Dosha (your mind-body blueprint) to your Western Personality Type and your Learning Style — these four pillars shape how you think, love, work, and thrive. 🧬 The Human Blueprint combines the best of East and West: modern chronobiology, timeless Ayurvedic wisdom, cutting-edge personality psychology, and...

YOU HAVE AN AWESOME MEMORY TO DEVELOP Do you have trouble remembering things? Have you tried using traditional memory improvement techniques, such as making pictures, pegging, and chunking, and they did not seem to improve your memory or increase your brainpower? If you have read other memory books, and they did not help you be sharp with memory, it is probable that you have a different learning style than what the books taught. The problem is not with your memory. It's just that the techniques did not cater to your personal style. Memory Brain Exercises will help you discover your personal...

The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide originally composed by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight elementary rules of usage, 10 elementary principles of composition, a few matters of form, a list of 49 words and expressions commonly misused, and a list of 57 words often misspelled. William Strunk concentrated on specific questions of usage, and the cultivation of good writing, with the recommendation "Make every word tell".

When love arrives, it feels light, sweet, and full of promise—until past wounds and present fears start to weigh it down. The path to secure attachment can feel like learning to dance with shadows—some cast by childhood relationships, others by the uncertainties of today.

Whether you're a total beginner or a seasoned pro, Singing 101: Vocal Basics and Fundamental Singing Skills for All Styles and Abilities gives you the essential tools to build a strong, healthy voice. Learn how to sing with accurate pitch, lasting stamina, beautiful tone, and optimal technique, based on centuries of proven vocal wisdom and updated with the latest scientific insights on voice production.

Real Mexicans don’t speak like your textbook...so it’s no wonder you struggle with the slang and expressions of spoken Mexican Spanish! This book fixes that. For the first time, you’ll learn to move beyond beginner level and speak Spanish in the real world! With 101 authentic conversations in intermediate Mexican Spanish and a brand-new story in this edition, you’ll become confident in the words, phrases, and expressions you need to communicate like a local.