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Michael Domjan; Andrew R. Delamater – APA Books, 2023
Through four previous editions, students and instructors have relied on this book's clear, concise, and highly accessible overview of the processes and mechanisms responsible for conditioning and learning. Domjan and Delamater summarize major theories of how humans and nonhuman animals learn, along with the classic experiments that support these…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Learning Processes, Video Technology, Neurosciences
Denis Staunton; Aimie Brennan – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2024
In this beautifully-written book, the authors skip across the many bridges that connect neuroscience to education, creating a wonderful resource for educators. They consider all the elements that an understanding of neuroscience can bring to education in a highly accessible manner, focusing on emotions and spiritual meaning as well as more…
Descriptors: Brain, Neurosciences, Educational Attainment, Educational Improvement
Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa; Jovi R. S. Nazareno; Christopher Rappleye – Teachers College Press, 2024
Writing is the highest form of thinking, as evidenced by neuroimaging that shows how more neural networks are activated simultaneously during writing than during any other cognitive activity. This book will help teachers understand how the brain learns to write by unveiling 15 stages of thinking that underpin the writing process, along with…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Writing Assignments, Writing Processes, Feedback (Response)
McConchie, Liesl; Jensen, Eric – Educational Leadership, 2020
Authors of the newly revised Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Liesl McConchie and Eric Jensen offer whole-brain approaches teachers can take to engage students in new learning and retaining that knowledge.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Learning Processes, Neurosciences
Goodwin, Bryan – McREL International, 2018
This paper proposes a synthesis of the science of learning into a "model" teachers can follow and apply right away in their classrooms. Recent studies in neuroscience show that that our brains appear to actively and purposefully forget most of what we learn--continually clearing out old and unneeded memories to allow us to focus on more…
Descriptors: Brain, Memory, Learning Processes, Neurosciences
Tabor, Pamela D.; Dibley, Dawn; Hackenberg, Amy J.; Norton, Anderson – SAGE Publications Ltd (UK), 2020
"Numeracy for All Learners" is a wide-ranging overview of how Math Recovery® theory, pedagogy, and tools can be applied meaningfully to special education to support learners with a wide range of educational needs. It builds on the first six books in the Math Recovery series and presents knowledge, resources, and examples for teachers…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Feuerstein, Reuven; Falik, Louis H.; Feuerstein, Rafael S. – Teachers College Press, 2015
Decades before educators began to draw teaching and learning implications from neuroscientists' groundbreaking findings on brain plasticity, Reuven Feuerstein had already theorized it and developed practices for teaching and developing higher-level cognition and learning for all students, including those with Down syndrome and other learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Schemata (Cognition), Academic Achievement