Brain-Compatible Learning for the Block

Brain-Compatible Learning for the Block
Author: R. Bruce Williams
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2007-12-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1452297169

The second edition provides detailed sample lesson plans and includes additional strategies for using extended time formats effectively.

Designing Brain-Compatible Learning

Designing Brain-Compatible Learning
Author: Gayle H. Gregory
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2006-06-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412937175

Designing Brain Compatible Learning synthesizes brain research into a set of teaching tools and strategies for integrating thinking skills, cooperative learning, graphic organizers, and authentic assessment into any classroom. This edition features: step-by-step strategies for teaching concepts, skills, and content to all age groups and learning styles; a newly expanded section on standards-based lesson design and lesson planning; charts, diagrams, and other visual tools to reinforce learning; a collection of new planning templates and graphic organizers; and a glossary and bibliography.

The Brain-Based Classroom

The Brain-Based Classroom
Author: Kieran O'Mahony
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2020-12-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000330664

The Brain-Based Classroom translates findings from educational neuroscience into a new paradigm of practices suitable for any teacher. The human brain is a site of spectacular capacity for joy, motivation, and personal satisfaction, but how can educators harness its potential to help children reach truly fulfilling goals? Using this innovative collection of brain-centric strategies, teachers can transform their classrooms into deep learning spaces that support their students through self-regulation and mindset shifts. These fresh insights will help teachers resolve classroom management issues, prevent crises and disruptive behaviors, and center social-emotional learning and restorative practices.

Tools for Teaching in the Block

Tools for Teaching in the Block
Author: Roberta Sejnost
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2009-04-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412957133

Presents research-based best practices for teaching adolescent learners in extended sessions, with lesson plans and content area strategies designed to integrate reading, writing, and critical thinking, and reproducible blackline masters.

100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning (K-8)

100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning (K-8)
Author: Marcia L. Tate
Publisher: Corwin
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2019-07-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1544341261

Use research- and brain-based teaching to engage students and maximize learning Lessons should be memorable and engaging. When they are, student achievement increases, behavior problems decrease, and teaching and learning are fun! In 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning K-8, best-selling author and renowned educator and consultant Marcia Tate takes her bestselling Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites one step further by providing teachers with ready-to-use lesson plans that take advantage of the way that students really learn. Readers will find 100 cross-curricular sample lessons from each of the four major content areas: English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Plans designed around the most frequently taught objectives found in national and international curricula. Lessons educators can immediately replicate in their own classrooms or use to develop their own. 20 brain-compatible, research-based instructional strategies that work for all learners. Five questions that teachers should ask and answer when planning brain-compatible lessons and an in-depth explanation of each of the questions. Guidance on building relationships with students that enable them to learn at optimal levels. It is a wonderful time to be a teacher! This hands-on resource will show you how to use what we know about educational neuroscience to transform your classroom into a place where success if accessible for all.

Differentiated Instructional Strategies for the Block Schedule

Differentiated Instructional Strategies for the Block Schedule
Author: Gayle H. Gregory
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2010-06-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412950961

Eliminate “idea block” with this practical resource that includes more than 100 planning tools, matrixes, rubrics, templates, and choice boards for differentiating instruction during extended learning blocks.

The Brain-compatible Classroom

The Brain-compatible Classroom
Author: Laura Erlauer
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0871207486

Did you know that the best time to learn something new is during the first two hours after you wake up and the last two hours before you go to sleep? Did you know that stressing key points in color can boost memory retention by 25 percent? Author Laura Erlauer has studied brain research and applied it to classroom teaching in a way that is both intuitive and scientific. Synthesizing recent research exploring how the brain works, she explains how students' emotions and stress affect their ability to learn, how the physical classroom environment influences learning, and what forms of assessment work best. Drawing on her experience as a teacher and principal, Erlauer summarizes current brain research and shows how teachers can use this knowledge in the classroom every day. The book covers a wide variety of topics, including * The most effective use of collaborative learning; * Simple ways to keep the attention of your students for the whole class period; * Keys to involving students in decision making to increase their engagement and achievement; * Ways to make lesson content relevant to motivate students; and * Things every teacher can to do limit stress in the classroom and school environment. Each chapter provides examples from real classrooms, showing how the research can be used to improve student learning. The ideas and strategies presented are from a variety of grade levels and subject areas and can be used immediately to create a classroom where students can reach their full potential.

Brain-based Learning with Class

Brain-based Learning with Class
Author: Colleen Politano
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781894110488

In this book, the authors have adapted Eric Jensen's 10 principles that need to be implemented in the classroom for a brain-compatible approach to teaching and learning. These principles include uniqueness, emotions, nutrition, and elimination of threat. The book also provides basic information about the brain, ways to teach students about the brain, and dozens of practical brain-based activities for students of every age.

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
Author: Zaretta Hammond
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2014-11-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483308022

A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement gap, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement. Culturally responsive instruction has shown promise, but many teachers have struggled with its implementation—until now. In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction. The book includes: Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships Ten “key moves” to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection