Using Brainpower in the Classroom: Five Steps to Accelerate LearningThis book offers a realistic, practical and accessible model to allow teachers to incorporate the best of recent brain-based research into their teaching. The five steps involve:
Illustrated throughout with classroom examples from a wide range of subject areas, the book is highly practical in its focus and the ideas it contains can easily be adapted to work with all age ranges and types of school. |
Contents
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Step 2 Cognition intelligence and thinking | 43 |
Gender | 79 |
The whole lesson | 103 |
Step 5 Physical environment | 127 |
Conclusion | 151 |
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Using Brainpower in the Classroom: Five Steps to Accelerate Learning Steve Garnett Limited preview - 2005 |
Using Brainpower in the Classroom: Five Steps to Accelerate Learning Steve Garnett Limited preview - 2006 |
Using Brainpower in the Classroom: Five Steps to Accelerate Learning Steve Garnett No preview available - 2005 |
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