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Jennings, Wayne; Caulfield, Joan – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
Continuing dramatic developments in the ability of neuroscientists to peer inside the brain to discover its incredible intricacy places awesome responsibility on all educators to "do the right thing" for their students. Here, the authors offer readers powerful brain-compatible and research-based teaching and learning strategies based on how the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Brain, Neurological Organization
Sprenger, Marilee B. – 2002
This book uses an analogy of "The Wizard of Oz" to offer information about cognitive research, sharing simple tactics for implementing these ideas in the classroom. The book discusses expert findings about brain growth, structure, and functions to help teachers and administrators foster a love of learning in all students. Key features…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Smilkstein, Rita – 2003
This book provides research-based, concrete strategies for creating a student-centered curriculum in which every student can learn. It breaks down the Natural Human Learning Process (NHLP) into six stages, providing guidelines and models showing educators how to create learning experiences at each stage of the process for individuals, small…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Sylwester, Robert – 1995
This book provides an introduction to the current scientific understanding of the human brain and its processes. Chapter 1, "At the Edge of a Major Transformation," is an introduction to the field. Chapter 2, "How Our Brain Organizes Itself on the Cellular and Systems Levels," covers what body/brain cellular systems do, how…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attention, Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions
1996
This manual is intended to train teachers to use the Project Success Enrichment (PSE) program to teach language arts and visual art to gifted and typical elementary school students. An introduction outlines the PSE goals and provides a history of PSE. The next section discusses diagnostic and identification procedures for use in examining…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Curriculum
Silverman, Linda Kreger – 2002
This book describes the unique characteristics of visual-spatial learners and teaching techniques designed for this population. Following a quiz to identify visual-spatial learners, chapters address: (1) how visual-spatial learners think and the plight of being non-sequential; (2) the power of the right hemisphere, eye movement patterns, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques
Sousa, David A. – 2002
This book is designed to help teachers turn research on the brain function of intellectually and artistically advanced students into practical classroom activities and strategies. Following an introduction that discuses the myths and realities about giftedness, chapter 1 discusses basic brain structures and their functions. Chapter 2 looks at…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acceleration (Education), Attention Deficit Disorders, Brain Hemisphere Functions