How the brain learns / David A. Sousa.
The fifth edition includes new information on memory systems, especially working memory capacity; updated research on how the explosion of technology is affecting the brain; current finding on brain organization and learning, and revised sections on hemispheric specialization; new evidence on how learning the arts enhances cognitive processing and creativity. Includes an expanded resources section and more than 150 new or updated references.
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- ISBN: 9781506346304
- ISBN: 1506346308
- Physical Description: xv, 377 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition: Fifth edition.
- Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press Inc, [2017]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Basic brain facts -- How the brain processes information -- Memory, retention, and learning -- The power of transfer -- Brain organization and learning -- The brain and the arts -- Thinking skills and learning -- Putting it all together. Introduction : Looking inside the brain ; Implications for teaching ; Why this book can help improve teaching and learning; What&#x;s coming up -- 1. Basic brain facts : Some exterior parts of the brain ; Some interior parts of the brain ; Neuron development in children ; The brain as a novelty seeker; What&#x;s coming up -- 2. How the brain processes information : The information processing model -- 3. Memory, retention, and learning : How memory forms ; Stages and types of memory ; Learning and retention ; Factors affecting retention of learning ; Learning motor skills ; Daily biological rhythms affect teaching and learning ; Intelligence and retrieval; What&#x;s coming up -- 4. The power of transfer : What is transfer? ; Teaching for transfer; Additional thoughts about transfer; What&#x;s coming up -- 5. Brain organization and learning : Brain lateralization ; Spoken language specialization ; Learning to read; Learning mathematics; Difficulties in learning mathematics; Mathematics for English language learners; What&#x;s coming up -- 6. The brain and the arts : The arts are basic to the human experience ; Why teach the arts? ; Impact of the arts on student learning and behavior ; Music ; The visual arts ; Movement; What&#x;s coming up -- 7. Thinking skills and learning : Characteristics of human thinking ; The dimensions of human thinking ; Revisiting Bloom's taxonomy of the cognitive domain ; Other thinking skills programs; What&#x;s coming up -- 8. Putting it all together : Students should know how their brains learn; What about the flipped classroom; Daily planning ; Unit planning ; Maintaining skills for the future; Conclusion. |
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Subject: | Learning, Psychology of. Learning > Physiological aspects. Brain. Brain. Learning > Physiological aspects. Learning, Psychology of. |
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Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | 370.1523 SOUSA (Text) | 33946003166225 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |