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Becoming a "Wiz" at brain-based teaching : how to make every year your best year / Marilee Sprenger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2015Description: ix, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1632205408 :
  • 9781632205407 :
Subject(s):
Contents:
The journey: the brain goes to school -- The questions and the research -- Connecting the information -- Building the yellow brick road: understanding how the brain develops and functions -- Basic brain structure -- The building blocks -- The yellow brick road is paved with messengers -- We're off to be the wizard -- No place like home -- An emotional learning environment -- What are enriched environments? -- Can we provide an enriched environment in the classroom? -- An environment where assessment is enrichment -- Brain-based assessment -- Home sweet home -- If I only had the nerve: dealing with stress -- The sympathetic nervous system -- Looking for balance: the parasympathetic nervous system -- Giving them courage -- If I only had a heart: emotional growth -- Heartbreak: the lack of social and emotional stimulation -- Creating heart: a look at emotional intelligence -- Heart-to-heart -- Straight from the heart: social and emotional intelligence strategies -- You gotta have heart, but what about guts? -- Heartbeat -- If I only had a brain: from sensory input to higher levels of thinking -- Cognitive skills -- Promoting cognitive growth -- The eight intelligences -- Brains, bloom, intelligence, and style -- Learning profiles -- If I only had a memory: improving memory to raise student achievement -- Memory development -- Memory principles -- Explicit and implicit memory -- Memory lanes = memory systems -- Metacognition -- Step by step; system by system -- Kansas is right down memory lane -- The wicked witch: what is she so upset about? Calming and controlling the classroom -- My theory of negative replacement -- Emotions, attention, and learning -- Brain states -- Music -- Managing movement -- The wicked witch is dead -- Dorothy: every brain is unique -- The care and feeding of Dorothy's brain -- Sleep and the brain -- Exercise -- Unique brains, unique learners -- Making a difference -- Leaving the Land of Oz: with courage, passion, and brains -- Glossary of terms -- References and supplementary reading.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 370.1523 S768 Available 33111008065506
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

New and veteran teachers will find guidelines to translate the latest research on learning, memory, and the brain into effective and enjoyable classroom practice. The author provides in-depth and accessible coverage of learning theory, multiple intelligences, resilience theory, and emotional intelligence to help teachers master the complexities of teaching all the young brains in their classrooms. This invaluable text:

- Helps readers understand complex concepts and translate theory into actual practice
- Provides brain-compatible classroom management strategies
- Features new graphic organizers, illustrations, and sidebars

Discover how this journey down the yellow brick road can lead to instruction that promotes success for all young minds.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.

The journey: the brain goes to school -- The questions and the research -- Connecting the information -- Building the yellow brick road: understanding how the brain develops and functions -- Basic brain structure -- The building blocks -- The yellow brick road is paved with messengers -- We're off to be the wizard -- No place like home -- An emotional learning environment -- What are enriched environments? -- Can we provide an enriched environment in the classroom? -- An environment where assessment is enrichment -- Brain-based assessment -- Home sweet home -- If I only had the nerve: dealing with stress -- The sympathetic nervous system -- Looking for balance: the parasympathetic nervous system -- Giving them courage -- If I only had a heart: emotional growth -- Heartbreak: the lack of social and emotional stimulation -- Creating heart: a look at emotional intelligence -- Heart-to-heart -- Straight from the heart: social and emotional intelligence strategies -- You gotta have heart, but what about guts? -- Heartbeat -- If I only had a brain: from sensory input to higher levels of thinking -- Cognitive skills -- Promoting cognitive growth -- The eight intelligences -- Brains, bloom, intelligence, and style -- Learning profiles -- If I only had a memory: improving memory to raise student achievement -- Memory development -- Memory principles -- Explicit and implicit memory -- Memory lanes = memory systems -- Metacognition -- Step by step; system by system -- Kansas is right down memory lane -- The wicked witch: what is she so upset about? Calming and controlling the classroom -- My theory of negative replacement -- Emotions, attention, and learning -- Brain states -- Music -- Managing movement -- The wicked witch is dead -- Dorothy: every brain is unique -- The care and feeding of Dorothy's brain -- Sleep and the brain -- Exercise -- Unique brains, unique learners -- Making a difference -- Leaving the Land of Oz: with courage, passion, and brains -- Glossary of terms -- References and supplementary reading.

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