Teaching with the brain in mind /
Explores how to improve student achievement and create a more effective classroom by applying brain research to teaching. Includes insights on how students are wired for learning and how their learning behaviors change as they mature.
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Alexandria, Va. :
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
©2005.
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| Edição: | 2nd edition, revised and updated. |
| coleção: | Gale virtual reference library.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=141347 |
Sumário:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1. Meet your amazing brain
- Basic brain anatomy
- How the brain changes over time
- Cooperation and competition in the brain
- How the brain learns
- Part 2. 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
- Part 3. 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
- Part 4. Movement and learning
- The mind-body link
- How exercise affects cognition
- The importance of play, recess, and physical education
- Part 5. Emotional states
- Why emotions are now "mainstream"
- How emotions are processed in the brain
- The power of emotional states
- How to influence emotional states
- Part 6. 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
- Part 7. 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
- Part 8. Motivation and engagement
- Common causes of demotivation
- The brain's reaction to rewards
- The nature of intrinsic motivation
- Tools for motivation
- The supercamp model
- Part 9. 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
- Part 10. 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
- Part 11. Brain-based teaching
- What to do before, during, and after teaching to take full advantage of what we know about the brain and learning
- Part 12. 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
- Glossary of brain terms
- References
- Follow-up References
- Index
- About the Author.