American Educator, Winter 2007-2008

Vol. 31, No. 4

A Child's Delight

These Little-Known Books Are Sure to Enchant Your Students

Noel Perrin

Living Lights in the Sea

Edith Widder

Navigating the Age of Exploration

And Restoring Our Capacity for Astonishment

Ted Widmer

The Deep Seafloor: A Desert Devoid of Life?

Craig M. Young

Conjuring Cut Scores

The Exploration of the Deep

Cindy Lee Van Dover

Gas Promotes Mass: Methane Seeps

Lisa Levin

Notebook

One of Our Own

4,000 Meters Below

New Research Reveals the Wonders of the Deep

The Proficiency Illusion

Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Should Learning Be Its Own Reward?

Daniel T. Willingham