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2nd ed., rev. and updated. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 186 pages) : illustrations, digital. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Gale virtual reference library
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Gale virtual reference library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-179) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Learning, Psychology of.
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Learning, Psychology of. |
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Teaching -- Psychological aspects.
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Teaching -- Psychological aspects. |
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Brain.
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Brain. |
| Indexed Term |
Humaniora Pædagogik. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jensen, Eric, 1950- Teaching with the brain in mind. 2nd ed., rev. and updated. Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ©2005 1416600302 1416602666 (DLC) 2005002844 (OCoLC)57577419 |
| ISBN |
141660264X (electronic book) |
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9781416602644 (electronic book) |
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9781416600305 (alkaline paper ; paperback) |
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1416600302 (alkaline paper ; paperback) |
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9781416602668 (PDF) |
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1416602666 (PDF) |
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9781416602651 (ebrary) |
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1416602658 (ebrary) |
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