Teaching with the brain in mind

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When the first edition of Teaching with the Brain in Mind was published in 1998, it quickly became a bestseller, and it's gone on to inspire thousands of educators to apply the latest brain research in their classroom teaching. Now, author Eric Jensen is back with a completely revised and updated edition of his classic work. In easy to understand, engaging language, Jensen provides a basic orientation to the brain and its various systems and explains how they affect learning. After discussing what parents and educators can do to get children's brains in good shape for school, Jensen goes on to explore topics such as motivation, critical thinking skills, environmental factors, the social brain, emotions, and memory and recall. He offers fascinating insights on a number of specific issue, including, how to tap into the brain's natural reward system, critical link between movement and cognition, impact on learning of environmental factors such as, lighting, temperature, and noise, value of feedback, importance of prior knowledge and mental models, why stress impedes learning, how social interaction affects the brain, how to help students improve their ability to encode, maintain, and retrieve learning. The repeated message to educators is simple: You have far more influence on student's brains than you realize. And you have an obligation to learn as much as you can to take advantage of the incredible revelations that science is providing. The revised and updated Teaching with the Brain in Mind, 2nd edition helps you do just that.

Description

Balances the research and theory of the brain with successful tips and techniques for using that information in classrooms. An invaluable tool for any educator looking to better reachstudents through truly brain-compatible teaching and learning.

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Other Editions

• Teaching with the brain in mindAssociation for Supervision and Curriculum Development1998-01-01
• A sketch of the denominations of the christian world accompanied with a persuasive to religious moderation to which is prefixeda an account of atheism, deism, theophilanthropism, judaism, mahometanism and christianity, adapted to the present times.Crosby1804-01-01
• Teaching with the Brain in MindHardcoverAssociation for Supervision & Curriculum Deve2005-01-01
• Teaching with the Brain in MindHardcoverAssociation for Supervision & Curriculum Deve2005-01-01