Understanding Misunderstandings
Understanding Misunderstandings

Author: Robert L. Young

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 1999-10-01

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0292796064

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Have you ever meant one thing, but said another? Reacted angrily when no offense was intended? Wished that the earth would open up and swallow you? Understanding Misunderstandings will help you get out and stay out of these difficulties. Robert L. Young explains why many common types of misunderstandings arise and how they can be avoided or corrected. In the first part of the book, he breaks the process of misunderstanding down into stages, showing how it can occur when we misspeak, mishear, misinterpret, or react in inappropriate ways. In the second part, he expertly analyzes the kinds of misunderstandings that can arise from differences in culture, social class, race and ethnicity, and gender. Real-life examples illustrate many of the problems and solutions he describes. Because misunderstanding can destroy friendships and marriages, wreck careers, and lead to clashes between whole segments of society, understanding and diffusing it is of the utmost importance. This reader-friendly book provides the practical guidance to do just that. Educators, business people, psychologists, parents—in fact, everyone who interacts with other people—will benefit from it.

Understanding Misunderstandings
Understanding Misunderstandings

Author: Robert L. Young

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-07-22

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0292786581

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Have you ever meant one thing, but said another? Reacted angrily when no offense was intended? Wished that the earth would open up and swallow you? Understanding Misunderstandings will help you get out and stay out of these difficulties. Robert L. Young explains why many common types of misunderstandings arise and how they can be avoided or corrected. In the first part of the book, he breaks the process of misunderstanding down into stages, showing how it can occur when we misspeak, mishear, misinterpret, or react in inappropriate ways. In the second part, he expertly analyzes the kinds of misunderstandings that can arise from differences in culture, social class, race and ethnicity, and gender. Real-life examples illustrate many of the problems and solutions he describes. Because misunderstanding can destroy friendships and marriages, wreck careers, and lead to clashes between whole segments of society, understanding and diffusing it is of the utmost importance. This reader-friendly book provides the practical guidance to do just that. Educators, business people, psychologists, parents—in fact, everyone who interacts with other people—will benefit from it.

Understanding How Others Misunderstand You
Understanding How Others Misunderstand You

Author: Ken Voges

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Published: 1995-07-01

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1575675447

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Using the pioneering DISC profile, this book teaches--in clear terms--how to build closer, more understanding relationships at home, work and church.

Child Development
Child Development

Author: Jean Mercer

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2012-11-02

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1452217688

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In Child Development: Myths and Misunderstandings 2e, Jean Mercer uses intriguing vignettes and questions about children and families to guide readers in thinking critically about 59 common beliefs.

Science Teaching Reconsidered
Science Teaching Reconsidered

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1997-03-12

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 0309175445

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Effective science teaching requires creativity, imagination, and innovation. In light of concerns about American science literacy, scientists and educators have struggled to teach this discipline more effectively. Science Teaching Reconsidered provides undergraduate science educators with a path to understanding students, accommodating their individual differences, and helping them grasp the methodsâ€"and the wonderâ€"of science. What impact does teaching style have? How do I plan a course curriculum? How do I make lectures, classes, and laboratories more effective? How can I tell what students are thinking? Why don't they understand? This handbook provides productive approaches to these and other questions. Written by scientists who are also educators, the handbook offers suggestions for having a greater impact in the classroom and provides resources for further research.

Math Misconceptions
Math Misconceptions

Author: Honi Joyce Bamberger

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780325026138

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Children enter school filled with all kinds of ideas about numbers, shapes, measuring tools, time, and money--ideas formed from the expressions they hear ... the things they see on television ... the computer screen ... in children's books ... all around them. It's no wonder some children develop very interesting and perhaps incorrect ideas about mathematical concepts. "How can we connect the informal knowledge that students bring to our classrooms with the mathematics program adopted by our school system? Just as important, how do we ensure that the mathematics we are introducing and reinforcing is accurate and will not need to be re-taught in later years?" Math Misconceptions answers these questions by: identifying the most common errors relative to the five NCTM content strands (number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis and probability); investigating the source of these misunderstandings; proposing ways to avoid as well as "undo" misconceptions. Using classroom vignettes that highlight common misconceptions in each content area, followed by applicable research about the root causes of the confusion, the authors offer numerous instructional ideas and interventions designed to prevent or correct the misconception. --Publisher's description.

The Understanding Trap
The Understanding Trap

Author: Rick Voyles

Publisher:

Published: 2015-10-11

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9781517329945

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Misunderstandings can cause conflict. But how do you resolve a conflict caused by a misunderstanding? It seems reasonable to suspect that correcting a misunderstanding would be the best way to end the conflict. However, attempts to correct a misunderstanding can very easily escalate a conflict. With over 20 years of experience working with people in conflict, Dr. Voyles provides a step-by-step description of how our best efforts to get understanding from the other person can become a trap, not only denying us the goal we seek, but potentially making that conflict worse. Learning how to stay out of the Understanding Trap will improve all of your personal and professional communications. Getting a clear look at what is actually happening when we attempt to correct another person's misunderstanding, will change the way you approach conflict forever.