Brain Based Learning by Eric Jensen

385 Pages - Item #: 604-007	ISBN: 1-890460-05-2
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• Stay tuned-in to the cutting-edge research
• A key resource for educators committed to excellence

Did you know there's an explosion of brain research that is shifting the existing paradigms in learning and education? Ninety percent of all books on the brain have been written in the last 5 years. A virtual bonanza of neuroscience discovery is revealing astonishing insights about the brain and learning. These dramatic new models are a spellbinding hybrid of powerful research on the role of emotions, bio-clocks, stress, threat, environment, and learning. Hear what the Nobel laureates say about the brain, attention, emotions, thinking, memory, assessment, and intelligence. Then relax as the author weaves all the latest explosive discoveries into something immediate, specific, and easy-to-implement the very next workday. This book may revolutionize the way you teach, train, or serve as a change agent, parent, or administrator. Applies to All Levels. (Part Theory, Part Practical)

Learning Smarter by Eric Jensen with Michael Dabney

234 Pages - Item #: 604-019	ISBN: 1-890460-09-5
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• Get a year’s worth of research on the brain and learning in one concise volume
• Discover more than 500 practical applications for diverse learning environments
• Know that what you're doing is what the research suggests you ought to do

The brain-based movement is no longer an infant; in fact, it’s more than a decade old. And, what have we learned? It’s time to teach smarter, not harder! This fully cited reference translates the latest research and offers action steps for boosting cognition, test scores, memory, nutrition, achievement, and early development. Learning Smarter is a collection of the year’s best contributions from LearningBrain News, an online subscription-based publication that reaches thousands of schools and individuals each month. Stay abreast of the latest findings on the brain and learning with these concise research updates translated for immediate classroom application. Each of the nearly one hundred reader-friendly briefs closes with “Action Steps” and a complete list of references. Applies to All Levels. 234 pages ©2001 (Part Theory, Part Practical)

Introduction to Brain-Compatible Learning by Eric Jensen

104 Pages - Item #: 604-006	ISBN: 1-890460-00-1
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Treat your brain to a good book, then motivate your students with a new approach to learning. This teacher-friendly resource will introduce you to the key principles of brain-compatible teaching and learning. Presented in an easy-to-read format, you will discover just how simple it is to orchestrate a classroom fit for the twenty-first century. Begin this enjoyable journey today. Applies to Pre-K-12. (Part Theory, Part Practical)

Different Brains, Different Learners: How to Reach the Hard to Reach by Eric Jensen

176 Pages - Item #: 604-012	ISBN: 1-890460-08-7
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• Learn to identify the 11 most frustrating student types
• Apply brain-based strategies to help your most challenged students
• Crack the code of misbehavior and learning challenges
• Transform frustration into hope and positive accomplishment

Nearly 40% of all students have some kind of learning impairment, yet many go undetected. Finally, a practical comprehensive guide has been written that links the latest brain research with teaching strategies to reach your most frustrating, hard-to-reach learners. This brilliant new book with color illustrations is packed with powerful tools, techniques, and strategies that can actually help students improve brain function without resorting to Ritalin or other medical interventions. Jensen presents a succinct overview of the key factors that prevent students from achieving, as well as a concise outline for identifying the symptoms and causes of prevalent impairments, such as oppositional-defiant disorder, attention deficit, dyslexia, hyperactivity, depression, auditory processing deficits, delayed sleep disorder, and more. Most importantly, you'll learn what to do once you've identified the disorder. Arm yourself with powerful knowledge for solving difficult learning problems; and discover specific how-to strategies for turning a borderline student into a confident achiever. Get started immediately with a step-by-step action plan! Applies to All Levels. (Part Theory, Part Practical)

Music with the Brain in Mind by Eric Jensen

122 Pages - Item #: 604-002	ISBN 1-890460-06-0
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• Discover how music supports learning
• Get specific links to solid research and more than 200 practical suggestions
• Learn how to boost achievement, motivation, and recall

Although compelling evidence supports the value of the musical arts in school, many of us still fight for its inclusion. This timely new resource translates the latest brain and music research and provides practical strategies for incorporating the musical arts at all levels. With sections on both theory and classroom applications, you'll find it easy to put the science into practice immediately and convince others of its benefits. From a primer on how the body hears music to music's impact on stress level, perceptual-motor skills, memory, and emotional intelligence, you're in for a super-sonic feast of facts and findings. Included are tips for choosing music and the various benefits of different music types. There is no other book on the market like this one. Applies to All Levels.(Part Theory, Part Practical)

Soundtracks for Learning: Using Music in the Classroom by Chris Brewer

298 Pages - Item #: 608-001	ISBN: 978-0-9655825-4-4
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You'll be amazed at how dynamic your teaching becomes with this easy-to-use guide for using music to increase memory of facts, energize attention, and motivate learning. Plus you'll be delighted to find that music makes classroom management enjoyable. Based on 30 years of classroom experience, this ground-breaking new book highlights the most-recent brain research that explains how and why music transforms learning and then translates the key elements into practical application. Each of the 150 tried-and-true activities gives you and your students a way to make learning more exciting. This must-have resource gives you effective strategies for using music to complement the learning cycle---prepare for successful learning, present memorable lessons and reviews, and practice with musical activities that boost achievement. A full 20 pages of music suggestions make it simple to add a new dimension to your teaching by giving you lists of the best music to use throughout the day. Whether you are a school teacher or a corporate trainer, you'll find this book the best resource yet for gaining successful strategies that make your teaching easier.

Learning with the Body in Mind by Eric Jensen

122 Pages - Item #: 604-003	ISBN: 1-890460-07-9
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• Discover the learning benefits of games, energizers, play, and P. E.
• Get up to date with the newest research on the mind-body connection
• Join the ranks of educators successfully integrating movement arts into the curriculum

Once considered “extra-curricular,” research now suggests that movement activities are integral to the learning process. From role plays and school theatrical productions to relays and challenge courses, learning is activated when the body is involved. Whether you're an elementary-school teacher or a high-school math instructor discover how to increase intrinsic motivation, improve attitudes, strengthen memory, and boost achievement through the movement arts. This highly readable new resource offers a valuable compendium of practical strategies backed by clinical and classroom research for engaging all learners at all levels. Explore the possibility that more activity, more wisely applied, will make a significant, positive, and lasting contribution to the lives of your learners. Applies to All Levels. (Part Theory, Part Practical)

A New View of AD/HD: Success Strategies for Teaching the Impulsive Learner by Eric Jensen

71 Pages - Item #: 604-018	ISBN: 1-890460-23-0
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• Imagine your AD/HD students among the most successful in your classroom!
• Learn to identify positive AD/HD traits

Diagnoses of AD/HD are exploding in the student population. As a teacher, administrator, staff developer or counselor, it is up to you to meet the needs of these students. This remarkable new book gives educators and parents "hope" as it examines the positive attributes of AD/HD and builds on the characteristic strengths. By embracing, rather than resisting differences in AD/HD students, a very productive and rewarding learning relationship is possible. A New View of AD/HD does a great job of examining the most current research and offering practical insight into how to get the best out of these distracted students. A common-sense approach offers concise action steps that really work. Your frustration will be dramatically reduced when you understand how to identify and teach to strengths instead of focusing on areas of weakness. You'll be amazed by how much more effective you'll be! (All Grades) (Part Theory, Part Practical)

Secrets of the Teenage Brain: Research-Based Strategies for Reaching and Teaching Today's Adolescents by Sheryl Feinstein EdD, Foreword by Eric Jensen

Item #: 604-021	ISBN:
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188 Instructional Strategies that Will Help You Lead Teenage Learners to Academic Success.

The weather is more predictable than the average teen. Suddenly, even the brightest and most cooperative students become argumentative and distracted. The good news is there are ways you can navigate these abrupt shifts and still be an effective teacher. The bad news? You have to navigate these abrupt shifts to be an effective teacher. Recent neuroscience findings have revealed that the teenage brain is actually undergoing developmental changes that can cause extremely erratic behavior. Although you can’t change these behaviors, this new strategy-packed resource demonstrates ways you can adapt your teaching style to effectively reach and teach teens. You'll be entertained by the accounts of real-life experiences (you might recognize these teens from your classroom!) and then enlightened by the research-based teaching strategies for creating a more academically AND emotionally productive classroom. Grades 6 - 12. (Part Theory, Part Practical)

Visual Impact, Visual Teaching by Timothy Gangwer

Item #: 1105-015	ISBN: 1-89046-047-8
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Written for teachers to aid understanding of the need to make information visual in their classrooms, this book is powerful and informative and definitely can add to the knowledge needed by trainers and presenters when delivering their message to adult learners. The 162 pages are loaded with real-world examples and statistics related to brain research and the use of visual aids. For example, the author talks about one study done by the 3M Corporation in 2001 which shows that the human brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than text and that visual aids in a classroom improves learning up to 400 percent. Gangwer also addresses left/right brain, use of color, multiple intelligence's and much more as he makes a case for the use of visuals in any learning environment. Visual Impact/Visual Teaching is a must for anyone who shares knowledge and skills with others.

Designing Brain-Compatible Learning by Gayle H. Gregory and Terence Parry

312 Pages - Item #: 606-001	ISBN: 1-41293-717-5
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This revised, updated edition of Designing Brain Compatible Learning synthesizes the latest brain research into a powerful set of teaching and training tools and strategies for integrating thinking skills, cooperative learning, graphic organizers, and authentic assessment into any classroom. The new edition features:

• Step-by-step strategies for teaching concepts, skills, and content to all age groups and learning styles
  
• A newly expanded section on standards-based lesson design and lesson planning
  
• Charts, diagrams, and other visual tools to reinforce learning
  
• A collection of new planning templates and graphic organizers
  
• An extended glossary and updated bibliography

This comprehensive guide for teachers and instructional leaders provides in-depth coverage of instructional planning at its best.

How the Brain Learns by David Sousa

328 Pages - Item #: 606-006	ISBN: 1-41293-661-6
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How the Brain Learns, Third Edition, the newly revised and updated edition of this powerful and practical bestseller, examines remarkable new research and developments in brain functioning while continuing its successful tradition of translating this information into effective classroom strategies and activities.

In this revised edition, best-selling author David Sousa explores source material on brain research, including basic brain structures, how the brain processes information, memory and retention, and the transfer of knowledge to enhance present and future learning. In addition to critical new research about how the brain acquires language, the updated text includes:

• An expanded chapter on thinking skills applying the recently revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
  
• A revised Information Processing Model to reflect new terminology and understanding about memory systems
  
• Additional new examples of how emotions influence learning and memory
  
• New Practitioner’s Corners to assess understanding of major concepts and how these translate into effective classroom strategies
  
• Updated bibliography and Internet resources
  
• An engaging new 2-color interior design

How the Brain Learns, Third Edition is an indispensable tool for all educators-school administrators and teachers, staff developers, pre service students and faculty, and even parents who want to better understand the way their children process and retain information.

Making Learning Come Alive by David Samuel Smokler

112 Pages - Item #: 606-009	ISBN: 1-89046-046-X
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A well-designed game can deliver content while providing high levels of engagement, motivation, and understanding. Making Learning Come Alive gives teachers of any subject the tools to create interactive and meaningful experiences that connect to curricular themes, activate the multiple intelligence's, teach critical thinking and analytical skills, increase student participation, motivate all types of learners, and provide authentic assessment.

Feed Your Brain for Learning by Sandy Baumann, M.S

108 Pages - Item #: 707-010	ISBN: 0-9741424-0-9
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Nutrition affects the brains of children and adults in much the same way. Whether you are an educator or trainer this eye-opening book, by a former science teacher who observed first hand the effects of good nutrition on the performance of her students, will prove to be a valuable reference. From this handy guide, you will discover:

• Snacks that provide "brain food"
• 10 simple ways to improve nutrition to the brain
• Effects of regular physical exercise on test performance
• Ways to incorporate nutrition into classrooms, grouped by academic level and discipline
• Food pyramid for the brain
• Ways to use food labels and ingredient panels to find "brain food"
• Reasons why caffeine and lack of water decrease brain performance
• 5 health hazards from excess soft drink consumption
• Caffeine content of 12 popular beverages
• 16 signs of anemia (iron deficiency)
• The role of adequate sleep in learning
• Brain performance problems when students don't eat breakfast or they eat a high-carbohydrate breakfast
• Effects of food choices on teachers
• 40 signs of hypothyroidism and its effect on learning
• Brain food for test days
• Effects of food types (protein, carbohydrate and fat) on brain performance
• Helps for ADHD