Research on humor is carried out in a number of areas in psychology, including the cognitive (What makes something funny?), developmental (when do we develop a sense of humor?), and social (how is humor used in social interactions?) Dr. Martin is one of the best known researchers in the area, and his research goes across subdisciplines in psychology to be of wide appeal. This is a singly authored monograph that provides in one source, a summary of information researchers might wish to know about research into the psychology of humor.
The Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and
Improvement (OERI) asked RAND to examine how OERI might improve the
quality and relevance of the education research it funds. The RAND
Reading Study Group was charged with developing a research agenda to
address the most pressing issues in literacy and the teaching of
reading.
Double Your Learning Power: Master the Techniques of Successful Memory and Recall
Do you have trouble remembering names, faces, telephone numbers or foreign words? This excellent guidebook provides short-cut techniques for essential memory skills: mnemonics, reading quickly while remembering more, tools for scoring well on examinations. Drawing on recent psychological research about the learning process, Dudley adapts these insights into a practical set of exercises that anyone can master.
This book is a comprehensive but accessible description of English as it is spoken in New Zealand. New Zealand English is one of the youngest native speaker varieties of English, and is the only variety of English where there is recorded evidence of its entire history. It shares some features with other Southern Hemisphere varieties of English such as Australian English and South African English, but is also clearly distinct from these.
The Praeger Handbook of Learning and the Brain [Two Volumes]
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Nearly 100 entries describe current brain research as it relates to
education, as well as the relationship between the brain and learning
and instructional strategies. Over 100 expert authors contributed to
this work, covering the cognitive, social/emotional, and physical
aspects of learning as the brain develops. Topics include: brain
development, learning, curriculum, at-risk, classroom management,
culture, emotion, foods, intelligence, learning environments, learning
challenges, learning theories, and physical movement. Focus is on K-12
education, but the books also offer information on the pre-school and
adult learner. Cross references and recommended readings conclude each
entry. Supplemental reference sources include a glossary devoted to the
brain and an extensive bibliography.
Ideal for educators, parents and
teachers, this encyclopedia provides a wealth of knowledge about why
educational experiences are structured the way they are and how this
helps students learn more. Cognitive neuroscience and its practical use
in education provides much of the research for this book, however, the
entries are written at a level appropriate for a general reader.
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