Becoming a "Wiz" at Brain-Based Teaching; How to Make Every Year Your Best Year
ISBN: 9781412927963 | 141292796X
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Corwin Pr
Pub. Date: 12/6/2006
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"Offers plenty of practical, easy???to???employ, and effective ideas supported by research, and the sections are simple, yet powerful."???Kathy Tritz-Rhodes, Principal, Marcus Meriden Cleghorn Elementary, IA"Marilee Sprenger makes the neuroscience content more accessible to 'newbies.'"???Valerie A. Ubbes, Associate Professor, Miami University, Oxford, OH Praise for the First Edition: "An exceptional book???well???researched, highly practical, and in touch with the everyday needs of today??'s teacher."???Eric Jensen, Author, Teaching With the Br... MORE
| Acknowledgments | |
| About the Author | |
| Introduction | |
| The Journey: The Brain Goes to School | |
| Researching | |
| The Outcome | |
| Following the Yellow Brick Road: Understanding Brain Structure and Function | |
| Basic Brain Structure | |
| Chemical Messengers | |
| The Road Home | |
| If I Only Had the Nerve: Dealing Wi... MORE | |
| The Lion's Not Lying | |
| Giving Them Courage | |
| If I Only Had a Heart: Emotional Growth | |
| Heartbreak: The Lack of Social and Emotional Stimulation | |
| Creating Heart: A Look at Emotional Intelligence | |
| Heart-to-Heart | |
| Straight from the Heart: Social and Emotional Growth Strategies | |
| Heartbeat | |
| If I Only Had a Brain: Complex Cognitive Skills | |
| Cognitive Skills | |
| Promoting Cognitive Growth | |
| Memory Lanes | |
| Metacognition | |
| The Eight Intelligences | |
| Which Witch Is Which? Calming and Controlling the Classroom | |
| My Theory of Negative Replacement | |
| Emotions, Attentions, and Learning | |
| Brain States | |
| Music | |
| The Wicked Witch Is Dead | |
| Dorothy: Teaching Different Brains | |
| The Care and Feeding of Dorothy's Brain | |
| Unique Brains, Unique Learners | |
| Making a Difference | |
| No Place Like Home: The Learning Environment | |
| What Are Enriched Environments? | |
| Can We Provide an Enriched Environment in the Classroom? | |
| Enrichment and Assessment: Are They Compatible? | |
| Brain-Based Assessment | |
| Home Away From Home | |
| Glossary of Terms | |
| References and Supplementary Reading | |
| Index | |
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