Teaching with the Brain in MindRead the title again, and then consider: What is the point of doing your job any other way? After explaining the basics of research and theory in clear terms, this book offers precise techniques for putting those principles to work in class. The day after you read it, this book will make you more effective at commanding attention, motivating students, and helping them really remember what they learn. Produced by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). |
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... involved in attentional shifts . If you are looking for a teaching book you left in the classroom , your left frontal lobe tells the mid- brain area how to sort incoming data . There , the lateral geniculate nucleus ( LGN ) suppresses ...
... involved in attentional shifts . If you are looking for a teaching book you left in the classroom , your left frontal lobe tells the mid- brain area how to sort incoming data . There , the lateral geniculate nucleus ( LGN ) suppresses ...
Page 73
... involved in emotions . Third is a link between these pathways and chemicals to everyday learning and memory . The first element gave emotions something " solid , " some kind of grounded reality that we could measure . It was concrete ...
... involved in emotions . Third is a link between these pathways and chemicals to everyday learning and memory . The first element gave emotions something " solid , " some kind of grounded reality that we could measure . It was concrete ...
Page 84
... involved in memory , attention , and spatial perception . Amazingly , the part of the brain that processes movement is the same part of the brain that's processing learning . Here's another example . Neuroscientist Eric Courchesne of ...
... involved in memory , attention , and spatial perception . Amazingly , the part of the brain that processes movement is the same part of the brain that's processing learning . Here's another example . Neuroscientist Eric Courchesne of ...
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