Authors:Maureen Stout, Ph.D., Maureen Stout,
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Keywords: name, esteem, kids, america, dumbing, curriculum
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2001-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0738204358
ISBN-13: 9780738204352

The so-called self-esteem movement-a progressive, child-centered, discovery model of schooling-has transformed schools into therapeutic clinics and teachers into counselors, creating a generation of entitled, righteous, underachieving children. An insider’s account of the pernicious aspects of this seemingly well-meaning movement, The Feel-Good Curriculum provides devastating evidence that our belief in the power and importance of self-esteem in education is misplaced and without basis.Avoiding political posturing and political correctness, The Feel-Good Curriculum identifies the four sp

Authors:Maureen Neihart, Maureen Neihart, Sally M. Reis, Nanc
Publisher: Prufrock Press
Keywords: children, gifted, development, emotional, social
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1882664779
ISBN-13: 9781882664771

The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? offers an examination of the essential topics teachers, parents, and researchers need to know about the social and emotional development of gifted children. Instigated by a task force convened by the National Association for Gifted Children and written by leading scholars in the field of gifted education, the book includes chapters on peer pressure and social acceptance, resilience, delinquency, and underachievement. The book also summarizes several decades worth of research on special populations, including minority, le

Authors:Maureen McMahon, Maureen McMahon, Patricia Simmons, R
Publisher: National Science Teachers Association
Keywords: research, pb204x, education, experiences, science, practical, assessment
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2006-03-27
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 1933531002
ISBN-13: 9781933531007

If you want the latest research about assessment techniques that really work, you want Assessment in Science. This collection of informative, up-to-date reports is by authors who are practicing K-12 classroom teachers and universitybased educators and researchers. Working in teams, they tried out and evaluated different assessment approaches in actual classrooms. The research is sound, but that doesn’t mean it’s hard to grasp. The book stays true to its title by capturing practical lessons in accessible language. As the introduction notes, the reports feature “classr

Author: Rex Stout
Publisher: Crimeline
Keywords: one, champagne
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1995-12-08
List price: $6.50
ISBN-10: 0553244388
ISBN-13: 9780553244380

Unwilling to accept a suicide ruling after witnessing the death of the admittedly morbid Faith Usher, Archie Goodwin is assisted in the investigation by Nero Wolfe, who has been warned to stay away from the case. Reissue. NYT.

Author: Jay A. Stout
Publisher: Casemate
Keywords: hitler, oil, destroy, campaign, ploesti, fortress
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-11-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1932033181
ISBN-13: 9781932033182

Unlike previous books on Ploesti, Jay Stout goes well beyond the famous big and bloody raid of August 1943 and depicts the entire 1944 strategic campaign of twenty-plus missions that all but knocked Ploesti out of the war and denied the German war machine the fuel and lubricants it so desperately needed. While Fortress Ploesti is the narrative history of the entire air campaign to deny the Ploesti oil complex to the Axis powers, it is also a launching point for the author’s inquiries into many aspects of the American strategic bombing effort in World War II. It delivers across the board.

Author: Rex Stout
Publisher: Crimeline
Keywords: mysteries, wolfe, nero, base, prisoner
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1992-10-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0553242695
ISBN-13: 9780553242690

Hours after Priscilla Eads pleads with him to take her case, Nero Wolfe is shocked to find out that she was murdered, and soon he is investigating her fortune-hunting husband and greedy business associates. Reissue.

Author: Rex Stout
Publisher: Crimeline
Keywords: nero, wolfe, mystery, library, stout, dead, rex, quite
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1992-09-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0553261096
ISBN-13: 9780553261097

involving national security, Nero Wolfe must set the traps that will catch the pair of wily killers responsible. Reissue. NYT.