Teaching with the brain in mind / (Record no. 2068)

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ISBN 1416600302 (alk. paper : pbk.)
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ISBN 1416602666 (PDF)
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ISBN 141660264X (netLibrary)
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ISBN 1416602658 (ebrary)
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
-- Uk
-- DIS
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 370.15
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Jensen, Eric,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Teaching with the brain in mind /
Statement of responsibility, etc Eric Jensen.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 2nd ed., rev. and updated.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Alexandria, Va. :
Name of publisher Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
Year of publication c2005.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xi, 186 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Learning, Psychology of.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Teaching
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Brain.
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005002844.html
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