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| | Description | Our brains work best under optimal conditions we think more creatively, we absorb information quickly, and we produce better work. So how do we create those conditions in a classroom setting to help all of our students achieve? This guide shows teachers how to use simple research-supported strategies in any lesson to improve students' engagement, productivity, and capacity to learn. Among the brain-boosting tools teachers can use tomorrow are innovative graphic organizers and note-taking techniques, review activities that help students memorize content-area information, questioning tips for improving students' abilities think critically, and practical ways to differentiate lessons for all learners. For use with Grades 3-8. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Sarah Armstrong | | Paperback: | 128 pages | | Publisher: | Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching | | Publication Date: | August 01, 2008 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0545021200 | | Product Width: | 188.25 centimeters | | Product Height: | 224.25 centimeters | | Product Weight: | 0.5 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.0 inches | | Package Width: | 7.2 inches | | Package Height: | 0.2 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 8 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A Must-Have Book for Any Educator! Jul 17, 2008
By T. Letter
"happy gal"
This book by Sarah Armstrong was a quick and easy read filled with GREAT strategies and suggestions I can use to make my teaching more effecting and my students' learning more relevant. If you know anything about Bloom's Taxonomy, or have ever had an "unreachable" student in your classroom, this is the book for you! I liked the "real-life" stories shared throughout the book; you can tell the author has lived the life of a classroom teacher! I can't wait to get back to school so I can put these ideas into practice. I wish I had read this book when I was a first year teacher!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Essential reading for teachers May 20, 2011
By Christina
I'm a new, second-career teacher; I've been reading book after book after book this year - many of them useful and all of them well-reviewed, but I believe this one will have the greatest impact on how I run my classroom.
It's a highly-readable book, the goal of which is basically to explain to teachers how kids (and adults for that matter) learn. It doesn't just present theories, however; it provides concrete suggestions for lessons. It gives teachers a new way to think about their timing in the classroom, the way they present material, and what type of assignments will be most meaningful. I particularly like how it addresses differentiation in the classroom; she stresses that creative thinking is something teachers need to encourage in ALL their students, not just their more accelerated learners; in fact stimulating the minds of the most at-risk students is particularly important.
I'll be reading this one over and over, and recommending it to other teachers.
Thought provoker Aug 27, 2010
By J. Bennett
"John"
This is an excellent read that supports the STEM initiative with brain research with suggestions that will work in the classroom. My 22 year old picked up the book when she was visiting and remarked that she wished she and her teachers could have read and practiced techniques because it would have helped her and other students tremendously in school. Just read it!
Teaching Smarter with the Brain In Focus May 10, 2010
By Speech Pathologist MEG
"MEG"
Teaching Smarter with the Brain in Focus is a practical teacher professional guide to enhances learning at a deeper level. It is inexpensive and so pragmatic compared to most brain sources/materials I have purchased. She is specific listing games, graphic organizers and different ways to engage students in collaborative tasks and cooperative groups. Her startegies are research based and fit standards of teaching including recent research facts on attention, music in the curriculum, etc.. I just heard her at the Brain and Learning Conference in Dc and like her book was a wealth of information.
Mary Ellen Gavin
Book Study for Teachers Sep 14, 2009
By Karenw Rhodes
"High School Teacher"
My entire school staff is reading this book for ways to improve our interaction with our students. This offers a research based perspective on learning and teaching!
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