A highly successful series assists practitioners to improve practice through the provision of short publications which present the results of well–established bodies of research in easy–to–read booklets. Titled the Educational Practices Series, it is coordinated by Jere Brophy and is published and distributed through a cooperative arrangement with the International Bureau of Education (IBE) in Switzerland. The titles in the series are:

1. Teaching by Brophy, J.
2. Parents and Learning by Redding, S.
3. Effective Educational Practices by Walberg, H.J., & Paik, S.J.
4. Improving Student Achievement in Mathematics by Grouws, D.A., & Cebulla, K.J.
5. Tutoring by Topping, K.
6. Teaching Additional Languages by Judd, E.L., Tan, L., & Walberg, H.J.
7. How Children Learn by Vosniadou, S.
8. Preventing Behaviour Problems: What Works by Foster, S.L., Brennan, P., Biglan, A., Wang, L., & al–Ghaith, S.
9. Preventing HIV/AIDS in Schools by Schenker, I.
10. Motivation to Learn by Boekaerts, M.
11. Academic and Social Emotional Learning by Elias, M.
12. Teaching Reading by Pang, S., & Muaka, A., & Bernhardt, E., & Kamil, M.
13. Promoting Pre–School Language by Lybolt, J., & Gottfred, C
14. Teaching Speaking, Listening and Writing by Wallace, T., Stariba, W.E., & Walberg, H.J.
15. Using New Media by Chung–wai Shih, C., & Weekly, D.E.
16. Creating a Safe and Welcoming School by Mayer, D.E.
17. Teaching Science by Staver, J.R.
18. Teacher Professional Learning and Development by Timperley, H.
19. Effective Pedagogy in Mathematics by Anthony, G., & Walshaw, M.
20. Teaching Other Languages by Bernhardt, E.

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