Böcker av Princeton University

Classroom-tested strategies to inspire true student learning Meet Every Learner's Needs delivers research-backed techniques to transform classrooms into dynamic learning environments in which all students are appropriately challenged--and appropriately supported--every day. Based on teacher and Modern Classrooms Project cofounder Robert Barnett's experience training thousands of teachers worldwide, this book provides a methodology for K-12 educators to design lessons and courses that respond to individual learners' unique needs and help every learner develop authentic understanding. This approach has empowered educators and students in all grade levels and content areas, everywhere from underperforming inner-city public schools to elite international schools, across all fifty states and over 150 countries. The book includes highly practical tips and templates, which busy teachers can use to provide better instruction immediately. Throughout the book, readers will learn how to: Make direct instruction accessible and engaging to all learners Develop strong personal relationships with and between learners Create efficient learning experiences that give learners ownership and autonomy Share this approach with their colleagues and communities Meet Every Learner's Needs will leave readers both inspired and empowered to redesign instruction in their classrooms and communities. It will help educators, administrators, and parents take immediate action to create learning experiences that help all students truly succeed.

EuroTragedy is an incisive exploration of the tragedy of how the European push for integration was based on illusions and delusions pursued in the face of warnings that the pursuit of unity was based on weak foundations.

In the early 1900s, thousands of immigrants laboured in New York's Lower East Side sweatshops, enduring work environments that were among the worst examples of the Progressive Era. This book explores how sweatshops came to represent the dangers of industrialization and the perils of immigration.

The first rigorous psychoanalytic investigation into the heart and mind of Nixon explores the forces and events that shaped his complex personality, presenting an enlightening portrait of a troubled man whose insecurities doomed him to suffer the most sensational downfall in American political history.

The impact of television and the Internet on politics in the United States during the last half-century. The 2007 study shows that the degree of choice among different media content affects political learning, turnout, and the polarization of elections.

Good reasoning can lead to success; bad reasoning can lead to catastrophe. Yet, it's not obvious how we reason, and why we make mistakes. This new book by one of the pioneers of the field, Philip Johnson-Laird, looks at the mental processes that underlie our reasoning. It provides the most accessible account yet of the science of reasoning.

This book presents the Clarendon Lectures in Finance by one of the leading exponents of financial booms and crises. It explains why the recent global financial crisis erupted in an era when risk management was at the core of the most sophisticated financial institutions.

Taking its titles from an Aristotelian phrase describing the efficient practices of managing a household, Arts of Possession looks at the way in which ways of living, the household and practices of having, became central issues in English medieval literature.

Readers are guided step by step through numerous specific problems and challenges, covering all aspects of electrostatics with an emphasis on numerical procedures. The author focuses on practical examples, derives mathematical equations, and addresses common issues with algorithms.

This comprehensive guide helps health care professionals use genetics in managing patients at risk for, or already diagnosed with, common cancers. It offers health care professionals a framework for counseling patients, families, and colleagues about the availability, benefits, and limitations of the new technologies for genetic risk assessment.