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This important memoir of professional development in action follows bestselling author Selma Wassermann from her dismal beginnings, struggling for control over her students, to enjoying the kind of teaching in which teacher and students are truly partners in the process.This is the story of learning to respect students, to allow them choices, to engage them in their own self-discoveries, to relinquish control, to make informed diagnoses of individual learning needs and create teaching strategies to address them, and, ultimately, to stand up for what one believes is right and good in the education of children. ... Read more

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Un-Putdownable!
I am currently studying to become an elementary school teacher, and I devoured this book!

It is honest and inspiring, as well as intelligently and humourously written!

Selma's love for children and for learning really shows through. I was inspired to learn that school does not have to be dull and repetitive. I have gained new appreciation for the courage it takes to 'teach outside the box'.

It has made me so excited about teaching.

Thank you, Selma!

Un-Putdownable!
I am currently studying to become an elementary school teacher, and I devoured this book!

It is honest and inspiring, as well as intelligently and humourously written!

Selma's love for children and for learning really shows through. I was inspired to learn that school does not have to be dull and repetitive. I have gained new appreciation for the courage it takes to 'teach outside the box'.

It has made me so excited about teaching.

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Begin your counseling career on the right foot

Get Started in Counselling is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of counseling.It is essential reading if you want to learn vital counseling skills, are about to embark on a counseling course, or you are already a trained and experienced counselor. The book details a wide range of counseling skills and examines the origins and different models of counseling. The 2010 edition has been fully updated to include recent developments within the counseling field, notably the increasing popularity of online and telephone counseling and cognitive behavioral therapy.This book demystifies the jargon and uncovers a wide range of skills and approaches.

You can also visit teachyourself.com for tests, extension articles and a vibrant community of like-minded learners. And if you don't have much time, don't worry--this book gives you one-, five-, and 10-minute bites of learning to get you started.

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The fastest track to top SAT scores!This guide is specially made for students who wait for the last minute. Designed for fast-paced learning as the clock ticks down to test day, the book consists of just 24 easy lessons that can be completed in an hour or less. Each lesson presents a basic test topic in superconcentrated form, and then moves quickly to intensive, hands-on practice that builds skills and boosts scores. Because the study topics are divided into small, manageable units, the learning process is never overwhelming. Even if theres little time left, this friendly tutorial makes every hour count toward higher scores! ... Read more

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This is the best SAT verbal book!!!
This is probably the best SAT verbal book I've ever seen. It helped a lot, especially on analogies ... Read more

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This review quickly guides busy students through the SAT essentials and lets them set the pace as they progress through key steps to SAT success. Diagrams & charts. ... Read more

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It can help you!
This book give you very good tips on doing the test, and you also can practice using the cd-rom or the exercises in the book. But if you're REALLY going to study for it, and you want to do the best in SAT, you should buy other books besides this one.

don't believe it
Don't believe this book because yes, it was kind of good in that it gave explanations at the end of every question and supplied up-to-date information about the CATs and SATs, but none of it sticks in your head.This is just like one of those "lose 20 pounds in 2 days" kind ofschemes. If you're serious about doing well on the SATs, better go withsomeone like Barron's. ... Read more

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“This book is a testament to the extraordinary depth, powers, and resiliency of children’s spirits.” —Marion Wright Edelman, president, Children’s Defense Fund

If I Get to Five is a one-of-a-kind book by a one-of-a-kind human being. The medical world knows him as Fred Epstein, M.D., the neurosurgeon who pioneered life-saving procedures for previously inoperable tumors in children. His patients and their families know him simply as Dr. Fred, the “miracle man” who has extended them both a healing hand and an open heart.

Throughout his career Epstein’s young patients have been his most important teachers and trusted guides. They are children who—often by sheer force of will—have refused to relinquish life and all its gifts. In this inspiring book, these children teach us the lessons we all need to learn in order to live life to the fullest—lessons about seizing the moment and facing our deepest fears, about embracing the joy and wonder of everyday life. Most of all, they teach lessons about uncommon courage—the courage to do what’s hardest, to believe in what we don’t understand, to love without boundaries.

If I Get to Five takes us inside a world unlike any other, from the high-stakes, high-tech operating room where life and death are separated by a heartbeat to the sickrooms and recovery rooms where parents discover the limits and power of their faith. But most compelling of all is the journey inside the hearts, minds, and souls of the wisest children you will ever encounter.

No one who reads this remarkable book will ever look at children—or adversity—in the same way.
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Trivial and Trite Timewasting Dross
Sick and tired of audio or paper books that spend their time retelling boring stories, repeat aka read verbatim from equally dull in conclusive research articles, and give such brilliant statements such as "every child is special". If pediatric neurosurgeons are brilliant it doesn't show here, and sorry ignorant sops all religions are not equal.

There is absolutely NOTHING of use of value here for the person interested in or the person that has someone with pediatric tumors. Make them send you $20 to painfully read through this.

Surprises You
I had to read this for a class. Thing is, I went in thinking it was too fluffy and idealistic. But for some reason I couldn't stop reading, and when I was half way through it I realized that I was actually being affected by the readings. I recommend it for anyone who enjoys inspirational stories, who are going through hard times with a medically fragile child, or who need to be reminded why they got into the health profession in the first place. He writes about many of his patients, the lessons each one taught him about life, how he deals with pain and loss, and explains medical jargon. I enjoyed this book and would gladly recommend it to anyone who asked about it.

One of my favorite books because
your heart feels every emotion. You can read this book in one day you will not want to put it down. Page to page you want to know what is going to happen to Dr. Fred. Not often can learn of someones struggles, and ask the hard qusetions to yourself. The "whys" in this man's life are hard to understand. Until you know that to him living is enough. This book will make you laugh, cry, never want to give up.

Courage and Character
During the summer or 2004, I was at a junction in my professional path where I found myself in desperate need of encouraging words.I went into the hospital bookstore and found this.The book is simple, the narrative is not as flamboyant as John Stone's "In the Country of Hearts", but it strikes a chord, confirming a fact that we already know to be true:children are much more capable of opening their hearts and minds than adults.To capture the stories of these patients requires a man of courage and character, and I get the feeling that it's exactly what makes Fred Epstein a very special man, and physician.

On a side note, this book was instrumental in finding a neurosurgeon for my niece's classmate.I had just read the book, and gave it to my mother to read.Just two weeks after she got the book, we heard that this little girl had a tumor and had been flown to see some specialists in Miami.After communicating with that family, they were able to get a consult from Dr. Epstein, and she is now recovering, although her prognosis still remains uncertain.

Whimsical clichés about sick children, but no real depth
Fred Epstein is some sort of folk-hero of a man: Moved by righteous anger to battle against the evil cancers that threaten the lives of innocents, he performs miracles, curing "inoperable" tumours in his bespoke Neverneverland kids hospital.

Whilst parents of a sick child may find solace or interest here, this book (and I appreciate that this view will be unpopular) did nothing for me.

The narrative reads across between a religio-medical manifesto and a self-help book. For every hundred words of anecdote about a child who fought cancer, there's another hundred of pop-philosophising. There are glimpses of the children's brilliance, and one can appreciate the resilience that Epstein is trying to convey, but there is just too little detail here to do more than produce a colour-wash of feeling. It is this that fails to portray the depth of the situation, as any parent could easily empathise and little more understanding is offered by this book. Rather than giving a true insight into the life of a paediatric neurosurgeon, or any more than a superficial glimpse into the lives of his patients and their parents, this comes across as a pseudo-religious pick and mix of ideas, faith and assertions set against a candy-floss coated spiel about the courage, pluck and strength of children.

Whilst there are undoubtedly some amazing stories here - not least Epstein's own as he struggles to recover from a brain haemorrhage with the distant hope of operating again - they are glossed over and whilst any individual's story would be fascinating, these soundbite snippets and clichés form an insubstantial whole that fails to do justice to Epstein or his charges.

Epstein is clearly writing from the heart and to not enjoy his book is not to denigrate the fantastic work he has done for these children and their parents. For parents of children facing surgery, this may be a valuable support and readers who appreciate this tale might also like Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie. For other readers interested in the processes of treatment and recovery, but not fans of the self-help platform, I recommend instead McCrum's My Year Off, Diamond's C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too and Vertosick's When the Air Hits the Brain.


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Opening with a comprehensive tutorial on study skills, this text then guides the student through each of the eight content areas: language arts and reading, mathematics, social studies, science, art, music, health and physical education, and theatre arts. Illuminated through sample lesson plans, lesson plan prompts, classroom observation forms, and practice questions, each content area is concretely applied to classroom practice.  This concise guide also helps students understand many of the basic theories and methodologies behind best practices for each content area. The book concludes with preparatory information on ESL supplemental certification.

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Worth every penny
I purchased this book exclusively for the ESL portion. The authors did a very good job covering the competencies in detail but not to overwhelming. However, I did have to purchase additional material just so I can have practice exams. Overall, I do give this book an A. After all, it did help my pass my ESL supplemental exam.

Not very helpful
Apparently anyone can write a book these days, and editors must have gone on strike. This book had one or two helpful things in it, but it had SO MANY ERRORS.It was definitely not worth it. A lot of the answers were wrong. I was planing on putting all of the wrong answers and typos here, but there are just too many. Just don't buy this book. I studied and memorized the book front to back, but when I took my test, NOTHING that I studied was there. I passed the test with flying colors, but I don't think I needed the book for that. All you need to do is think the way Texas wants you to, and go over the free online study guide. There are plenty of websites that give you helpful tips. What I got out of those sites was that you have to answer the questions like Texas thinks you should, not the way a rational, real-world person would. Don't buy the book, and don't worry too much about memorizing terms. Just know the basics and study the free manual. If you got your degree in education, you should have NO problem. I took and passed the test before ever taking any education classes. Don't spend money on this worthless book.

Very helpful book
I though this book was great.It really went in to detail and explained what I needed to know for the exam!I recommend it.

Great preparation book!
This book provided a good review for the TExES exam. I only needed the ESL section; so I had more information than I needed. However, I read through other parts of the book just for review. It is well-written, has good examples and test questions, and covers much of the information on the tests. This was the only book that I could find that contained ESL review material.

Very helpful and very broad!
I took the Generalist EC-4 Exam in May 09' and it was probably one of the hardest exams I have taken and I have my bachelor's degree already. (I did pass though!) This book was extrememly helpful in getting your mindset prepared for the test, especially if you have no experience in teaching or have not taken any pedagogy courses.
The book overall is a great BROAD review, which is great because the test is set up the same way. Some of the questions on the test completely took me off guard. I studied for 2 months or so and I definitely needed all of that time. Study all you can and this book is a great resource to passing! ... Read more

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This text is to serve as a resource both to those preparing to work with and to those facing the day-to-day challenge of students the educational system has come to call learning disabled. Teachers must concern themselves with what works best with those students placed in their charge. The teaching methods and procedures suggested in this book have been verified through research and practice. My optimism rests on the thought that learning disabled youngsters' school experiences may be enriched by the contents of this text. CONTENTS: 1) Introduction 2) Individualized Educational Program Process 3) Evaluation of Instruction 4) Intervention Strategies: Part 1 Increasing Students' Performances 5) Intervention Strategies: Part 2 Various Strategies to Reduce or Increase Performances 6) Problem Solving: A General Approach to Remediation 7) Social Behavior 8) Oral Language 9) Reading 10) Written Communication 11) Mathematics 12) Life-Centered Career Education 13) Communicating With Others: Parents and Professionals ... Read more

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Everthing you need to assess student progress in Algebra, Geometry and Advanced Algebra, and ensure student success. Boxed set includes: (1) Assessment Workbook (2) Algebra 1 Exit Exam Workbook (3) High School Standardized Test Prep (4) Interactive Student Tutorial CD-ROM (5) Computer Item Generator CD-ROM, and (6) Guide to Assessment Success. ... Read more

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Leveled instuction and practice on 10 essential skills. ... Read more

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Frustrated trying to fit patient & family education into no time?

Author, Fran London, MS, RN, gives you the essentials and the inspiration you need to make a big impact on the quality of care and your patients’ quality of life.

No Time To Teach helps you learn fun, creative ways to:
•Assess, educate, coach, and document your teaching.
•Make the most of every teaching opportunity with patients and families.
•Take a team-based approach to the patient education process.
•Incorporate technology and materials into your teaching.
•GO FROM “no time to teach” TO “teaching in no time”.

“A repertoire of excellent teaching strategies that can be used at anytime, even when nurses feel they have No Time to Teach.” Pediatric Nursing
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This digital document is an article from Education, published by Project Innovation (Alabama) on June 22, 1998. The length of the article is 1328 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Using graphic organizers to teach vocabulary: does available research inform mathematics instruction?(Teacher Assessment)
Author: Eula Ewing Monroe
Publication: Education (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1998
Publisher: Project Innovation (Alabama)
Volume: v118Issue: n4Page: p538(4)

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Frustrated trying to fit patient and family education into no time? Author, Fran London, RN, MS gives you the essentials and the inspiration you need to make a big impact on the quality of care and your patient's quality of life.No Time to Teach helps you learn fun, creative ways to:-Assess, educate, coach and document your teaching.-Make the most of every teaching opportunity with patients and families-Take a team based approach to the patient education process.-Incorporate technology and materials into your teaching.Go from "no time to teach" to "teaching in no time." ... Read more

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Must find the time to teach!
A common sense approach to an area that healthcare that is severely lacking - patient teaching. I have known nurses who have left the profession - not because of pay - not because of hours - nor the stress in working with patients who have health issues.Many have left because the environment does not allow sufficient time of knowledge transfer to the patient.Fran provides a gentle reminder of the very essence of healthcare delivery should not omit the fundamentals of patient teaching!

Great for any teacher
Although the book is geared towards healthcare there are universal truths and nuggets that can help any teacher improve their ability to reach their students.

A must-have for anyone who cares for patients
Fran London, who is recognized worldwide as the contemporary expert in Patient Education, has somehow managed to capture her entire career's worth of experience, wisdom, and insights into educating patients and families in this book. EVERYONE who comes into contact with patients needs to read this.

What this book is NOT:A collection of preachy how-to's, recycled theories about learning, and generic advice on how to teach.

What this book IS:A no-nonsense, realistic approach to helping health care professionals make the most of their time with patients.It shows you how you can incorporate teaching into every single contact that you have with a patient and how to document it and communicate it to other care providers.It even explores modern technology and how that impacts our relationships and communications with patients.Fran's approaches are sensitive to diversity among the patients that you serve, and she gets you thinking about how and why you need to individualize the education you give.There's a strong underlying theme of trust and respect in the patient-caregiver relationship.You can dispense the greatest education in the world, but if it's not done in a way that your patient will understand, or if the patient is not ready to hear it, or if the patient simply don't trust you - it's just a waste of your time.

The book is not like a typical educational textbook.The content is divided up into chapters so you can read it in small chunks at a time.There are interesting quotes at the beginning of each chapter that frame what will be addressed. I love the "voice" that it is written in - it's like Fran London is having a personal conversation with you.

This isn't a book that teaches you how to teach.It's a guide to help you think critically about how to strengthen your abilities as an educator and deliver patient education in an effective, meaningful way, to every patient and family that you serve. ... Read more