How the brain learns
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How the brain learns
Corwin, c2017
5th ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-365) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written for anyone who wants to better understand the way people learn, this fifth edition integrates recent developments in neuroscience, education, and psychology; and allows educators to experience the joy of seeing students reach their full potential. World-renowned educational neuroscience consultant David A. Sousa has helped tens of thousands of educators understand how brain research can improve teaching and learning.
Table of Contents
List of Practitioner's Corners
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Publisher's Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Looking Inside the Brain
Implications for Teaching
Why This Book Can Help Improve Teaching and Learning
What's Coming Up?
Chapter 1: Basic Brain Facts
Some Exterior Parts of the Brain
Some Interior Parts of the Brain
Neuron Development in Children
The Brain as a Novelty Seeker
What's Coming Up?
Chapter 2: How the Brain Processes Information
The Information Processing Model
What's Coming Up?
Chapter 3: Memory, Retention, and Learning
How Memory Forms
Stages and Types of Memory
Learning and Retention
Factors Affecting Retention of Learning
Learning Motor Skills
Daily Biological Rhythms Affect Teaching and Learning
Intelligence and Retrieval
What's Coming Up?
Chapter 4: The Power of Transfer
What Is Transfer?
Teaching for Transfer
Additional Thoughts About Transfer
What's Coming Up?
Chapter 5: Brain Organization and Learning
Brain Lateralization
Spoken Language Specialization
Learning to Read
Learning Mathematics
Difficulties in Learning Mathematics
Mathematics for English Language Learners
What's Coming Up?
Chapter 6: The Brain and the Arts
The Arts Are Basic to the Human Experience
Why Teach the Arts?
Impact of the Arts on Student Learning and Behavior
Music
The Visual Arts
Movement
What's Coming Up?
Chapter 7: Thinking Skills and Learning
Characteristics of Human Thinking
The Dimensions of Human Thinking
Revisiting Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain
Other Thinking Skills Programs
What's Coming Up?
Chapter 8: Putting It All Together
Students Should Know How Their Brains Learn
What About the Flipped Classroom?
Daily Planning
Unit Planning
Maintaining Skills for the Future
Conclusion
Resources
Glossary
References
Index
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