Learning from Shanghai: Lessons on Achieving Educational Success
The Shanghai school system has attracted worldwide attention since its impressive performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2009. The system ranks as a ‘stunning success’ according to standards of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Shanghai also stands out for having the world’s highest percentage of ‘resilient students’ – students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who emerge as top performers. Learning From Shanghai: Lessons on Educational Success offers a close-up view of the people and the policies that have achieved such world-class performance.
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
“Achor transports us to his virtual classroom, a journey along which we glean the seven secrets of happiness. The Happiness Advantage reveals the most important discoveries coming out of modern psychology.” -Rom Brafman, bestselling co-author of Sway and Click "Shawn Achor is funny, self-deprecating, and devastating to my notions of what his field is all about…. I'm butter to his knife."
Why have all the sprinters who have run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds been black? What's one thing Mozart, Venus Williams, and Michelangelo have in common? Is it good to praise a child's intelligence?
The Pitbull of Personal Development? and New York Times best-selling author is back with advice on the dumb things people do to sabotage their success.
What do people really want? They want what they've got. It's a simple formula. You have what you want because your actions produced your results. Not your words, and certainly not your wants.
Powerful Vocabulary for Reading Success: Student's Edition Grade 4
15 Minutes a Day To Hundreds of New Words a Year! Powerful Vocabulary for Reading Success is the first vocabulary program to offer you a systematic, teacher-directed approach to improving your students’ reading achievement.
