Susan Augustine: 3 books

Book cover of The Hungry Brain

The Hungry Brain

The Nutrition/Cognition Connection

by Susan Augustine
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2007

Feed the brain first to make the nutrition/cognition connection! Focusing on nutrition's role in promoting learning, the author calls on educators to model good food choices for their students. Building on a simple three-part framework of plant foods, animal foods, and junk foods, and incorporating...
Book cover of The Idea of the American University
by John Agresto, William B. Allen, Michael P. Foley
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010

As John Henry Newman reflected on 'The Idea of a University' more than a century and a half ago, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of the nation's most eminent thinkers on higher education to reflect on the nature and purposes of the American university today. They detail the life and rather...
Book cover of Making Summer Count

Making Summer Count

How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning

by Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Catherine H. Augustine, Heather L. Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011

Research has shown that students' skills and knowledge often deteriorate during the summer months, with low-income students facing the largest losses. School districts and summer programming providers can benefit from the lessons learned by other programs in terms of developing strategies to maximize...
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