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Bob Duffin teaches in Mesa, Arizona. In April of this year he posted the following review of Good Habits, Good Students under the heading, “Advice that can really work”: I teach mathematics in middle school and am always looking for high quality reference material to help my students develop better academic and personal habits. [...] If you are inspired, ambitious, and motivated, acquiring good habits is easy: follow the advice on this web site, and in my book. But if you lack inspiration, ambition, and motivation, you are unlikely to make the effort needed to acquire good habits. What to do? Talk to people who seem to be inspired, [...] Today a colleague began talking about his Grade 11 students. “They don’t take notes”, he said in exasperation. “Not a single one of them.” Another colleague, overhearing us, joined in. “Isn’t that their problem?” he said. “By Grade 11 they should have figured this stuff out. We shouldn’t have to tell them to take [...] Two educators I greatly respect have written reviews of Good Habits, Good Students and have kindly allowed me to post them here. Caroline Ellwood was one of the founders of the International Baccalaureate’s Middle Years Programme. She has been a middle school teacher and principal, taught IB Theory of Knowledge, and has been a [...] I now have some copies of Good Habits, Good Students that I can send out to anyone who might be able to write a review, share it with colleagues, consider it for adoption as a textbook, or purchase multiple copies for classroom use. If you are a book reviewer educational blogger magazine editor teacher [...] You can now order your copy of Good Habits, Good Students from Amazon in the U.S. and Great Britain. Update: I’ve added Amazon.ca (Canada), Blackwell’s (U.K.), and Powell’s Books (U.S.) to the list. For details, check the Where to Buy page. Good Habits, Good Students: A Complete Guide for Students Who Want to Succeed has been released for sale. Little did I imagine what I was getting myself into a few years ago when I wrote a one-page handout for my students about the good habits they should be cultivating. No Manhattan release party is [...] I have added a new page, The Book, where potential readers of Good Habits, Good Students: A Complete Guide for Students Who Want to Succeed can view the front and back cover, and the table of contents. You can also download the entire book for free, and download full-sized copies of six goal-setting aids [...] Thanks to Rachel for choosing the font and colour, and working out the design with some help from Jeff and Dixie. Rocky Nuñez at Llumina colourized Michelle Jennison’s original black-and-white drawing and put it all together. The book should be ready in three weeks. “Eric MacKnight’s wide experience with diverse students has gone into producing the book so many students, parents and teachers have been waiting for – all those individual tips that teachers want to pass on to help turn struggling students into better, happier ones. Well, they’re here within one cover in an easy to read [...] |
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