Mulan is not your typical girl. Instead, she climbs trees and despises needlework. She meets the boy next door and the two of them form a friendship. He teaches her archery, how to ride a horse, how to use a sword, and, finally, how to read and write. When her father comes home, everything changes. First, she must learn how to trust and obey him. Second, she must learn how to love him and her new stepmother. Just when she's finally found herself a new family, the Huns appear on the horizon of China. The men are called back to war.
I love her simple yet beautifully arranged and painted flowers and scenes. I've learned a lot from her. The books in this series are aimed at the amateur leisure painter. They are written by professional working artists who guide the reader through each subject in easy stages. Included are step-by-step demonstrations and the aim is to provide a valuable library of practical advice and inspiration.
This vital teachers′ resource answers such questions as "Can intelligence be developed? Do teacher expectations shape student learning? How can I make learning ′stick′ for my students?" Drawing from theory and research in learning, this book offers clear, practical guidance along with inspirational ideas to show how teachers can enable students to gain both the cognitive competence and confidence needed to succeed academically.
We can all remember how great we felt when our favorite teacher praised us for a job well done or a good instructor encouraged us during a tough assignment. We were eager to go the extra mile for these teachers because we knew they believed in us and supported our success. In Inviting Students to Learn, Jenny Edwards shows us how to re-create that same enthusiasm with our own students by choosing our words carefully and creating learning environments that motivate students to be eager to learn and ready to succeed.
Although individuals learn continually, they do have preferences about how they learn. Thus, everyone has a learning style. However, there exists a confusing array of definitions of learning style, a term often used interchangeably with cognitive style or learning ability. Prior to the mid-1970s, researchers experimented with cognitive style; their definitions were different, but all were concerned with how the mind actually processed information or was affected by individual perceptions.
