01359cam a2200241 a 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059020001800074020001500092040000800107050002300115100002400138245013400162260004500296300001900341505060600360505001700966518001500983650003200998650003301030650002801063650002601091110202s2011    caua     b    001 0 eng    a9780313391538  a031339153X  a9780313391545  a0313391548  aSDU00aLB1031bJ76 S 20111 aJones-Smith, Elsie.10aSpotlighting the strengths of every single student :bwhy U.S. schools need a new, strengths-based approach /cElsie Jones-Smith.  aSanta Barbara, Calif. :bPraeger,c2011.  a285 p. :bill.0 aEmergence, growth and current uses of strengths-based educational systems -- The strengths mindset: understanding the nature of strengths -- Brain development, emotion, and learning -- The strengths-based school's component 1: a strengths-building pyramid -- Component 2: improving instruction, the academic curriculum -- Component 3: caring and empathic classrooms -- Component 4: preventing failure -- Component 5: increasing home, school, and community partnerships -- Assuring teachers understand their own strengths -- Creating and communicating a strengths-based school vision: getting involved.0 aHKBU library  aYT2025 M09 0aIndividualized instruction. 0aSchool improvement programs. 0aMultiple intelligences. 0aAcademic achievement.