Facilitator's Guide to How the Brain Learns, 3rd Edition
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Guide your staff to a clear understanding of cognitive research and its practical applications for the classroom!
This essential training guide to the new third edition of David Sousa's How the Brain Lerans, Third Edition provides staff developers and turnkey teachers with the tools necessary to facilitate a workshop or study group based on the bestselling book. Chapter-by-chapter topics focus on brain research that relates to teaching and learning and how this research can be translated into practical classroom strategies, and explore in depth
- Basic brain facts
- Information processing
- Memory, retention, and learning
- Transfer of knowledge
- Hemispheric preferences and teaching to the whole brain
- Creativity
- Higher-order thinking skills
Key activities from the book include engaging in action research, determining sensory preferences, developing mnemonics, using metaphors to enhance knowledge transfer, making a concept map, putting the arts into lessons, differentiating complexity and difficulty, and putting lesson components together.
Highlights for the facilitator include
- Chapter summaries
- Supplemental information
- Discussion questions
- Timed activities
- Journal writing exercises
- Sample workshop agendas
- Sample workshop evaluation form
The Facilitator's Guide to How the Brain Learns, Third Edition, helps you effectively lead others through dialogue, reflection, and application of Sousa's work in a number of different settings. Now you can help guide your faculty and colleagues to a better understanding and application of the most current cognitive research available for educators!
See How the Brain Learns, Third Edition
Contents
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
- How to Use This Guide
Chapter-By-Chapter Study Guide for How the Brain Learns (3rd Edition) by David A. Sousa
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Basic Brain Facts
- Chapter 2: How the Brain Processes Information
- Chapter 3: Memory, Retention, and Learning
- Chapter 4: The Power of Transfer
- Chapter 5: Brain Specialization and Learn
- Chapter 6: The Brain and the Arts
- Chapter 7: Thinking Skills and Learning
- Chapter 8: Putting It All Together
Sample Workshop Agendas
- Half-Day Workshop Agenda
- One-Day Workshop Agenda
- Two-day Workshop Agenda
Workshop Evaluation Form
Workshop Evaluation Form
Description
Guide your staff to a clear understanding of cognitive research and its practical applications for the classroom!
This essential training guide to the new third edition of David Sousa's How the Brain Lerans, Third Edition provides staff developers and turnkey teachers with the tools necessary to facilitate a workshop or study group based on the bestselling book. Chapter-by-chapter topics focus on brain research that relates to teaching and learning and how this research can be translated into practical classroom strategies, and explore in depth
- Basic brain facts
- Information processing
- Memory, retention, and learning
- Transfer of knowledge
- Hemispheric preferences and teaching to the whole brain
- Creativity
- Higher-order thinking skills
Key activities from the book include engaging in action research, determining sensory preferences, developing mnemonics, using metaphors to enhance knowledge transfer, making a concept map, putting the arts into lessons, differentiating complexity and difficulty, and putting lesson components together.
Highlights for the facilitator include
- Chapter summaries
- Supplemental information
- Discussion questions
- Timed activities
- Journal writing exercises
- Sample workshop agendas
- Sample workshop evaluation form
The Facilitator's Guide to How the Brain Learns, Third Edition, helps you effectively lead others through dialogue, reflection, and application of Sousa's work in a number of different settings. Now you can help guide your faculty and colleagues to a better understanding and application of the most current cognitive research available for educators!
See How the Brain Learns, Third Edition
Contents
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
- How to Use This Guide
Chapter-By-Chapter Study Guide for How the Brain Learns (3rd Edition) by David A. Sousa
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Basic Brain Facts
- Chapter 2: How the Brain Processes Information
- Chapter 3: Memory, Retention, and Learning
- Chapter 4: The Power of Transfer
- Chapter 5: Brain Specialization and Learn
- Chapter 6: The Brain and the Arts
- Chapter 7: Thinking Skills and Learning
- Chapter 8: Putting It All Together
Sample Workshop Agendas
- Half-Day Workshop Agenda
- One-Day Workshop Agenda
- Two-day Workshop Agenda
Workshop Evaluation Form
Workshop Evaluation Form
February 2006 | 56 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facilitator's Guide | 01/02/2026 | 9781412937382 | $23.95 |
Guide your staff to a clear understanding of cognitive research and its practical applications for the classroom!
This essential training guide to the new third edition of David Sousa's How the Brain Lerans, Third Edition provides staff developers and turnkey teachers with the tools necessary to facilitate a workshop or study group based on the bestselling book. Chapter-by-chapter topics focus on brain research that relates to teaching and learning and how this research can be translated into practical classroom strategies, and explore in depth
- Basic brain facts
- Information processing
- Memory, retention, and learning
- Transfer of knowledge
- Hemispheric preferences and teaching to the whole brain
- Creativity
- Higher-order thinking skills
Key activities from the book include engaging in action research, determining sensory preferences, developing mnemonics, using metaphors to enhance knowledge transfer, making a concept map, putting the arts into lessons, differentiating complexity and difficulty, and putting lesson components together.
Highlights for the facilitator include
- Chapter summaries
- Supplemental information
- Discussion questions
- Timed activities
- Journal writing exercises
- Sample workshop agendas
- Sample workshop evaluation form
The Facilitator's Guide to How the Brain Learns, Third Edition, helps you effectively lead others through dialogue, reflection, and application of Sousa's work in a number of different settings. Now you can help guide your faculty and colleagues to a better understanding and application of the most current cognitive research available for educators!
See How the Brain Learns, Third Edition
Table Of Contents:
- About the Author
- Introduction
- How to Use This Guide
- Chapter-By-Chapter Study Guide for How the Brain Learns (3rd Edition) by David A. Sousa
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Basic Brain Facts
- Chapter 2: How the Brain Processes Information
- Chapter 3: Memory, Retention, and Learning
- Chapter 4: The Power of Transfer
- Chapter 5: Brain Specialization and Learn
- Chapter 6: The Brain and the Arts
- Chapter 7: Thinking Skills and Learning
- Chapter 8: Putting It All Together
- Sample Workshop Agendas
- Half-Day Workshop Agenda
- One-Day Workshop Agenda
- Two-day Workshop Agenda
- Workshop Evaluation Form