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Selected Print Books

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eBook Collection by EBSCOhost

Additional e-books not available through CU Search can be found at EBSCOhost's ebook collection, which contains over 180,000 books.

Recent Titles in Print

Find these books and many more on the shelves in the reference and circulating collections of Montgomery Library:

THE FAMILY    
HQ 789 .W66 2020   The Ecology of Childhood: How Our Changing World Threatens Children's Rights
     
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EDUCATION    
LB 1025.3 .K57 2021   The Thoughtful Teacher: Making Connections with a Diverse Student Population
LB 1025.3 .R87 2013   The Artisan Teacher: A Field Guide to Skillful Teaching
LB 1027 .F53 2020   All the Classroom's a Stage: Applying Theater Principles to Teaching Techniques
LB 1028.43 .R337 2020   Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era
LB 1029 .M75 G88 2016     Bringing Montessori to America:  S.S. McClure, Maria Montessori, and the Campaign to Publicize Montessori Education
LB 1029.M75 W46     Montessori for the New Millennium: Practical Guidance on the Teaching and Education of Children of All Ages, Based on A Rediscovery of the True Principles and Vision of Maria Montessori
LB 1044.9 .C59 L47 2019   Lessons Drawn: Essays on the Pedagogy of Comics and Graphic Novels
LB 1060.2 .H36 2019   Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools
LB 1072 .R87 2020     Steps to Schoolwide Success: Systemic Practices for Connecting Social-Emotional and Academic Learning
LB 1139.5 .L58 C65 2020   Books As Partners: Diverse Literature in the Early Childhood Classroom
LB 1775.2 .W64 2018    The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher
LB 2866 .K86 2016   The Real School Safety Problem: The Long-Term Consequences of Harsh School Punishment
LB 3013.32 .O94 2019   The Alliance Way: The Making of a Bully-Free School
LB 3089.2 .Z56 2023   No Longer Welcome: The Epidemic of Expulsion from Early Childhood Education
LB 3430 .S87 2020   Supporting and Educating Traumatized Students: A Guide for School-Based Professionals
     
SPECIAL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION    
LC 2670.2 .C76 2020   The Starting Line: Latina/o Children, Texas Schools, and National Debates on Early Education
LC 3969 .L33 2020   Moral Issues in Special Education: An Inquiry into the Basic Rights, Responsibilities, and Ideals
LC 4165 .W35 2020   Trauma Informed Teaching Through Play Art Narrative (PAN)
LC 4602.5 .W75 2023   Emotionally Responsive Teaching: Expanding Trauma-informed Practice with Young Children
LC 4704 .L386 2019   Learning Disabilities: From Identification to Intervention
     
ART EDUCATION    
N 350 .M263 2021   Teaching Contemporary Art with Young People: Themes in Art for K-12 Classrooms
NX 280 .D66 2020   Teacher as Curator: Formative Assessment and Arts-Based Strategies
     
ENGLISH LANGUAGE    
PE 1404 .C468 2019   A Good Fit for All Kids: Collaborating to Teach Writing in Diverse, Inclusive Settings
     
LITERATURE (GENERAL)    
PN 1009 .A1 M285 2019   The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter
PN 1128 .A2 A5325 2019   Amplifying the Curriculum: Designing Quality Learning Opportunities for English Learners
PE 1405 .U6 M38 2019   The Two Cultures of English: Literature, Composition, and the Moment of Rhetoric
PR 990 .J65 2019   Literature's Children: the Critical Child and the Art of Idealization
     
PSYCHOLOGY & MEDICINE    
REF BF 432 .C48 S28 2018    Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations and Applications
REF BF 432 .C48    Resource Guide to Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations and Applications
RC 394 .C7 S73 2021   The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, the Myths, and the Future
REF RC 455.2 .C4 A48 2022    Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5-TR
     
MATHEMATICS    
QA 11.2 .B26525 2021    Figuring out Fluency in Mathematics: Teaching and Learning (Grades K-8)
QA 135.6 .B39425 2019   Math Fact Fluency: 60+ Games and Assessment Tools to Support Learning and Retention
QA 135.6 .L55 2021   Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning (Grades K-12)
QA135.6 .S2577 2022   Figuring out Fluency - Addition & Subtraction with Whole Numbers: A Classroom Companion (K-8)
QA135.6 .S2578 2022   Figuring out Fluency - Multiplication & Division with Whole Numbers: A Classroom Companion (Grades K-8)
QA .S65 2023    11 Effective Strategies for Teaching Math to Students Who Have Given Up on Learning
     
LIBRARY SCIENCE    
Z 711.25 .C65 B83 2021   The One-Shot Library Instruction Survival Guide
Z 695.95 .F53 2020   A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order

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Library of Congress Classification Guide for Education Resources:

                          L             General
  LA History of Education
  LB Theory and Practice of Education
  LC Special Aspects of Education
  LD Individual Institutions - U.S.
  LE    Individual Institutions - Other Americas         
  LF Individual Institutions - Europe
  LG Individual Institutions - Asia/Africa/Oceania
  LH College Publications
  LJ Student Fraternities and Sororities
  LT Textbooks
  PZ Children's Literature