Full Description
The holistic guide to understanding how the brain acquires, processes, and interprets information.
This concise look at how the brain learns, remembers, and creates meaning will allow every teacher to prepare more effective lesson plans and to create reflective learning opportunities for students. Topics include:
The cognitive system: mind, heart, and body
How visual learners, auditory learners, and kinesthetic learners acquire and process information
Working memory and short-term memory
Long-term memory pathways for semantic, episodic, and procedural memory
Teaching for declarative and procedural knowledge
Constructing meaning
Constructing mental modes
Automaticity
Building a model to facilitate learning
Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary
Bibliography and Index
Contents
About the Author
Introduction
Vocabulary Pre-Test
1. Learning With the Mind, Heart, and Body
2. How do We Acquire and Process Information?
3. Working Memory
4. Long-Term Memory Pathways
5. Teaching for Declarative and Procedural Knowledge
6. Building a Model to Facilitate Learning
Glossary
Vocabulary Post-Test
Bibliography
Index
