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Teaching with the brain in mind
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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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Camp Verde Unified School District - PROFCOLL - Professional Collection
370.15 JEN
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9781416602668
141660264
9781416600305
9781416602644
141660264
9781416600305
9781416602644
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From the Book - Regular Print - Second edition, revised and updated.
Meet your amazing brain. Basic brain anatomy ; How the brain changes over time ; Cooperation and competition in the brain ; How the brain learns
Preparing the brain for school. What to do to get a child's brain ready for school ; Sensitive periods in brain development ; Developing social and emotional skills ; The importance of nutrition ; The dynamic teenage brain
Rules we learn by. How to increase student engagement ; Variations on repetition ; The importance of prior knowledge and mental models ; Ways to take advantage of the body's natural rhythms ; The role of hormones ; Trial-and-error learning ; How positive and negative emotions affect the brain
Movement and learning. The mind-body link ; How exercise affects cognition ; The importance of play, recess, and physical education
Emotional states. Why emotions are now "mainstream" ; How emotions are processed in the brain ; The power of emotional states ; How to influence emotional states
Physical environments for learning. Neuroscience's new interest in physical environments ; How seating, temperature, lighting, noise, and building design affect learning ; Factors to consider when designing smarter schools
Managing the social brain. How social interaction affects the brain and cognition ; The effect of stress, bonding, bias, and peer pressure ; How to make school a more positive social experience
Motivation and engagement. Common causes of demotivation ; The brain's reaction to rewards ; The nature of intrinsic motivation ; Tools for motivation ; The SuperCamp model
Critical thinking skills. How gender, culture, disorders, and life experience shape a unique brain ; How the brain tackles problem solving ; How the brain's maturation process affects learning ; How the brain adapts to changing circumstances
Memory and recall. Links between memory and survival ; How the brain encodes and maintains memory ; The different kinds of memory ; Ways to enhance memory retrieval
Brain-based teaching. What to do before, during, and after teaching to take full advantage of what we know about the brain and learning
Schools with the brain in mind. Connecting brain research to curriculum, assessment, and staff development ; Supporting good instruction and good instructors ; Effecting change with the brain in mind.
From the eBook - 2nd ed., rev. and updated.
Meet your amazing brain
Basic brain anatomy. How the brain changes over time. Cooperation and competition in the brain. How the brain learns
Preparing the brain for school
What to do to get a child's brain ready for school. Sensitive periods in brain development. Developing social and emotional skills. The importance of nutrition. The dynamic teenage brain
Rules we learn by
Increasing student engagement. Variations on repetition. The importance of prior knowledge and mental models. Taking advantage of the body's natural rhythms. The role of hormones. Trial-and-error learning. How positive and negative emotions affect the brain
Movement and learning
The mind-body link. How exercise affects cognition. The importance of play, recess, and physical education
Emotional states
Why emotions are now "mainstream." How emotions are processed in the brain. The power of emotional states. How to influence emotional states
Physical environments for learning
Why research on the physical environment has spawned new interest among neuroscientists. How seating, temperature, lighting, noise, and overall building design affect learning. Factors to consider for designing smarter schools
Managing the social brain
How social interaction affects the brain and cognition. The impact of stress, bonding, bias, and peer pressure. How to make school a more positive social experience
Motivation and engagement
Common causes of demotivation. The brain's reaction to rewards. The nature of intrinsic motivation. Tools for motivation. The supercamp model
Critical thinking skills
How gender, culture, disorders, and life experience shape a unique brain. How the brain tackles problem solving. How the brain's maturation process affects learning. How the brain adapts to changing circumstances
Memory and recall
Links between memory and survival. How the brain encodes and maintains memory. The different kinds of memory. Ways to enhance memory retrieval
Brain-based teaching
What to do before, during, and after teaching to take full advantage of what we know about the brain and learning
Schools with the brain in mind
Connecting brain research to curriculum, assessment, and staff development
Supporting good instruction and good instructors. Change with the brain in mind.
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