Brain-friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom

Brain-friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom
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Publisher : ASCD
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781416605393
ISBN-13 : 1416605398
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Brain-friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom by : Judy Willis

Many teachers in regular classrooms feel unprepared to teach students with learning disabilities. Fortunately, brain research has confirmed that strategies benefiting learners with special challenges are suited for engaging and stimulating all learners. In this book, neurologist and classroom teacher Judy Willis explains that we can best help students by putting in place strategies, accommodations, and interventions that provide developmentally and academically appropriate challenges to suit the needs, gifts, and goals of each student. Brain-Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom will help teachers * Understand how the brain learns and the technologies that reveal this process. * Implement strategies that are compatible with students' individual learning styles and honor their multiple intelligences. * Improve the focus of students with attention disorders and help them gain the confidence and skills they need to develop goal-oriented behaviors. * Create an enriching learning environment by incorporating student-centered activities, discovery and hands-on learning experiences, cross-curricular learning, and multisensory lessons. * Implement strategic review, study, and test preparation strategies that will allow students to retain information and connect it with future learning. * Build safe, supportive classroom communities and raise class awareness and empathy for students with learning disabilities. It's time for teachers to lower the barriers, not the bar. Using strategies that align with research on how people's brains function, teachers can engage all students as individuals and help them reach their maximum potential with joy and confidence.

Brain-friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom

Brain-friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom
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Publisher : ASCD
Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 9781416606314
ISBN-13 : 1416606319
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Brain-friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom by : Judy Willis

Judy Willis draws on her experience as a neurologist and classroom teacher to demonstrate brain research-based strategies that provide developmentally and academically appropriate challenges to suit the needs and goals of students with learning disabilities.

How Your Child Learns Best

How Your Child Learns Best
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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9781402220685
ISBN-13 : 1402220685
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis How Your Child Learns Best by : Judy Willis

Brain-Based Strategies You Can Use Today to Enhance Your Child's Love of Learning How Your Child Learns Best is a groundbreaking guide for parents that combines the latest brain research with the best classroom practices to reveal scientifically savvy ways to improve your child's success in school. Written by Judy Willis, MD, MEd, a board-certified neurologist who is also a full-time classroom teacher, How Your Child Learns Best shows you not only how to help your child learn schoolwork, but also how to capitalize on the way your child's brain learns best in order to enrich education wherever you are, from the grocery store to the car - a necessity in today's "teach to the test" world. By using everyday household items and enjoyable activities, parents of children ages three to twelve can apply targeted strategies (based on age and learning strength) in key academic areas, including: Reading comprehension Math word problems Test preparation Fractions and decimals Oral reading Reports and projects Science and history Reading motivation Vocabulary Discover how to help your child increase academic focus and success, lower test stress while increasing test scores, increase class participation, foster creativity, and improve attention span, memory, and higher-level thinking. How Your Child Learns Best shows how to maximize your child's brain potential and offers something for every parent who wants the best for his or her child. "At last we parents now have a reference that will help guide us in assisting our children's growth and flowering. This book is what parents have been searching for and need now more than ever." - from the foreword by Goldie Hawn

BRAIN-FRIENDLY TEACHING

BRAIN-FRIENDLY TEACHING
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1933445742
ISBN-13 : 9781933445748
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis BRAIN-FRIENDLY TEACHING by : SPENCER. KAGAN

Teaching the Brain to Read

Teaching the Brain to Read
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Publisher : ASCD
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781416616610
ISBN-13 : 1416616616
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Teaching the Brain to Read by : Judy Willis

Reading comes easily to some students, but many struggle with some part of this complex process that requires many areas of the brain to operate together through an intricate network of neurons. As a classroom teacher who has also worked as a neurologist, Judy Willis offers a unique perspective on how to help students not only learn the mechanics of reading and comprehension, but also develop a love of reading. She shows the importance of establishing a nonthreatening environment and provides teaching strategies that truly engage students and help them * Build phonemic awareness * Manipulate patterns to improve reading skills * Improve reading fluency * Combat the stress and anxiety that can inhibit reading fluency * Increase vocabulary *Overcome reading difficulties that can interfere with comprehension By enriching your understanding of how the brain processes language, emotion, and other stimuli, this book will change the way you understand and teach reading skills--and help all your students become successful readers. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.

The Inclusive Classroom

The Inclusive Classroom
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9781472977892
ISBN-13 : 1472977890
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Inclusive Classroom by : Daniel Sobel

Effective inclusion in the classroom shouldn't be a burden; it should be the most rewarding aspect of a teacher's role. 'An excellent guide to changing approaches to inclusion and creating a culture where all children can flourish.' SEN Magazine In this innovative guide to supporting the most vulnerable students, experts Daniel Sobel and Sara Alston help primary and secondary teachers understand the barriers to children's learning. Emphasising the importance of meeting needs rather than focusing on diagnosis, they provide proven differentiation methods that maximise learning for the whole class, while reducing stress and saving time for the teacher. Guiding teachers through all the different phases of a single lesson, from starters to plenaries, the unique format of The Inclusive Classroom will help bring inclusion to the forefront of any lesson plan. Each chapter contains simple, effective actions to differentiate and improve learning outcomes for students vulnerable to underachievement, including those traditionally labelled SEN, EAL, pupil premium, looked after and young carers. Also provided are back-up ideas for when things don't go to plan, real-life anecdotes from teachers, and instructions on how to rethink traditional diagnoses and instead prioritise strengths and participation needs.

Learning to Love Math

Learning to Love Math
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Publisher : ASCD
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 9781416612285
ISBN-13 : 1416612289
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Learning to Love Math by : Judy Willis

Is there a way to get students to love math? Dr. Judy Willis responds with an emphatic yes in this informative guide to getting better results in math class. Tapping into abundant research on how the brain works, Willis presents a practical approach for how we can improve academic results by demonstrating certain behaviors and teaching students in a way that minimizes negativity. With a straightforward and accessible style, Willis shares the knowledge and experience she has gained through her dual careers as a math teacher and a neurologist. In addition to learning basic brain anatomy and function, readers will learn how to * Improve deep-seated negative attitudes toward math. * Plan lessons with the goal of "achievable challenge" in mind. * Reduce mistake anxiety with techniques such as errorless math and estimation. * Teach to different individual learning strengths and skill levels. * Spark motivation. * Relate math to students' personal interests and goals. * Support students in setting short-term and long-term goals. * Convince students that they can change their intelligence. With dozens of strategies teachers can use right now, Learning to Love Math puts the power of research directly into the hands of educators. A Brain Owner's Manual, which dives deeper into the structure and function of the brain, is also included—providing a clear explanation of how memories are formed and how skills are learned. With informed teachers guiding them, students will discover that they can build a better brain . . . and learn to love math!

Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher

Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher
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Publisher : ASCD
Total Pages : 143
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ISBN-10 : 9781416617914
ISBN-13 : 1416617914
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher by : Judith Willis

Drawing on her neurology expertise and classroom experience, author Judy Willis examined decades of learning-centered brain research to determine what information was most valid and relevant for educators. The result is a comprehensive and accessible guide for improving student learning based on the best the research world has to offer. Willis takes a reader-friendly approach to neuroscience, describing how the brain processes, stores, and retrieves material and which instructional strategies help students learn most effectively and joyfully. You will discover how to captivate and hold the attention of your students and how to enhance their memory and test-taking success. You will learn how to know when students are ready for learning and when their brains need a rest. You will also learn how stress and emotion affect learning and how to improve student engagement. And you will find innovative techniques for designing assessments and adjusting teaching practices to ensure that all students reach their potential. No matter what grade or subject you teach, Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning will enrich your repertoire of teaching strategies so you can help students reach their full academic potential.

Differentiation and the Brain

Differentiation and the Brain
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Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 9781935543350
ISBN-13 : 1935543350
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Differentiation and the Brain by : David A. Sousa

Examine the basic principles of differentiation in light of what current research on educational neuroscience has revealed. This research pool offers information and insights that can help educators decide whether certain curricular, instructional, and assessment choices are likely to be more effective than others. Learn how to implement differentiation so that it achieves the desired result of shared responsibility between teacher and student.

Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning

Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning
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Publisher : ASCD
Total Pages : 261
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ISBN-10 : 9781416628606
ISBN-13 : 1416628606
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning by : Judy Willis

Thanks to unprecedented advances in brain science, we know more about the brain today than ever before. But what does that science tell us about how we learn? How can we capture the power of neuroscience research so that it benefits our students? Judy Willis and Malana Willis answer these questions with clarity and insight, translating recent research on the brain and learning into understandable concepts and practical strategies to use across the curriculum, spanning all grade levels from preK through postsecondary. In this revised and expanded edition of the bestselling Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning, readers will learn how to * Arouse students' curiosity and interest in pursuing wide-ranging topics, including those they might typically find boring. * Counteract the negative effects of stress, boredom, and frustration on memory. * Defuse undesirable behaviors that are the result of the brain's natural "fight/flight/freeze" response. * Incorporate the motivating characteristics of video gaming—including clear goals, achievable challenges, predictions, and continual feedback—into classroom learning. * Break through stereotypes that deter students from reaching their full potential. * Use the power of neuroscience research to develop students' executive function skills, such as focus, prioritization, organization, collaboration, critical analysis, and innovation. Willis and Willis describe how the brain converts a vast amount of sensory input into long-term memory and durable understanding, and how educators can use this knowledge to guide students to more successful experiences in school and beyond.