Description: List of Practitioner's CornersPreface to the Fifth EditionPublisher's AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroductionLooking Inside the BrainImplications for TeachingWhy This Book Can Help Improve Teaching and LearningWhat's Coming Up?Chapter 1: Basic Brain FactsSome Exterior Parts of the BrainSome Interior Parts of the BrainNeuron Development in ChildrenThe Brain as a Novelty SeekerWhat's Coming Up?Chapter 2: How the Brain Processes InformationThe Information Processing ModelWhat's Coming Up?Chapter 3: Memory, Retention, and LearningHow Memory FormsStages and Types of MemoryLearning and RetentionFactors Affecting Retention of LearningLearning Motor SkillsDaily Biological Rhythms Affect Teaching and LearningIntelligence and RetrievalWhat's Coming Up?Chapter 4: The Power of TransferWhat Is Transfer?Teaching for TransferAdditional Thoughts About TransferWhat's Coming Up?Chapter 5: Brain Organization and LearningBrain LateralizationSpoken Language SpecializationLearning to ReadLearning MathematicsDifficulties in Learning MathematicsMathematics for English Language LearnersWhat's Coming Up?Chapter 6: The Brain and the ArtsThe Arts Are Basic to the Human ExperienceWhy Teach the Arts?Impact of the Arts on Student Learning and BehaviorMusicThe Visual ArtsMovementWhat's Coming Up?Chapter 7: Thinking Skills and LearningCharacteristics of Human ThinkingThe Dimensions of Human ThinkingRevisiting Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive DomainOther Thinking Skills ProgramsWhat's Coming Up?Chapter 8: Putting It All TogetherStudents Should Know How Their Brains LearnWhat About the Flipped Classroom?Daily PlanningUnit PlanningMaintaining Skills for the FutureConclusionResourcesGlossaryReferencesIndex

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