{"product_id":"motivating-minds-9781475836370","title":"Motivating Minds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWould you like to establish an animated classroom atmosphere where students are motivated to gain skills, absorb knowledge, express opinions, and examine alternatives? Would you like your students to reflect on the quality of their thinking and learning? With her usual eloquence, Elisheva Zeffren articulates students' need to think critically, formulate conclusions, and uncover what is relevant and important to modern life. The lucid writing style, easy-to-read charts, creative exercises, practical and concrete goals, make this book simple to revisit. Educators can take the innovative ideas back to their classrooms and implement them with little or no preparation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMotivating Minds provides innovative ideas and activities to bring out the best in your students, immersing everyone in the joy of learning, discovery, and collaboration. Read it and reap! -- Sam Horn, Author of \"Tongue Fu!\" and \"Take the Bully by the Horns\"\u003cbr\u003eWhat you have here is a magnificent tool-kit of educational methods which will get your students to use their brains easily and brilliantly. If there was ever a time educators could use this book, it is now! -- David J. Lieberman, New York Times Bestselling Author of Never Be Lied To Again\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Creating Anticipation Chapter 2: Using the “Fun Theory” to Engage Students in Learning  Chapter 3: Pursuing Wonder  Chapter 4: Musing for Mental Exercise  Chapter 5: Sending Students on Discovery Missions Chapter 6: Promoting Participation Chapter 7: Coaching with Cooperative Learning Chapter 8: Practice Prime Problem Solving Chapter 9: Discovering with Cognitive and Social Experiments Chapter 10: Conducting Surveys Chapter 11: Fostering Public Speaking  Bibliography Student Testimonials About the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040247021911,"sku":"9781475836370","price":61.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475836370.jpg?v=1750946149","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/motivating-minds-9781475836370","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}