Learning Begins: The Science of Working Memory and Attention for the Classroom Teacher (A Teacher’s Guide to the Learning Brain) - Softcover

Watson, Andrew C.

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9781475833379: Learning Begins: The Science of Working Memory and Attention for the Classroom Teacher (A Teacher’s Guide to the Learning Brain)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1475833377 ISBN 13: 9781475833379
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

Learning Begins, written by a teacher for teachers, translates current brain research into practical classroom strategies. Because students learn with their brains, it simply makes sense for teachers to explore educational psychology and neuroscience. And yet, information in these fields can be daunting and contradictory. Worse still, few researchers can clearly explain the specific classroom uses of their remarkable discoveries.

Learning Begins both explains this research and makes it useful for teachers and administrators.
Part I investigates the science of working memory: a cognitive capacity essential to all school work. When teachers recognize the many classroom perils that can overwhelm working memory, they can use research-aligned strategies to protect it, and thereby promote student learning.
Part II reveals the complexities of student attention. By understanding the three neural sub-processes that create attention, teachers can structure their classrooms and their lessons to help students focus on and understand new material.

Written in a lively and approachable voice, based on years of classroom experience and a decade of scientific study, Learning Begins makes educational psychology and neuroscience clear and useful in schools and classrooms.

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About the Author

Andrew C. Watson is a classroom teacher with 16 years of experience. Andrew has spent 9 years exploring and explaining the practical classroom uses of psychology and neuroscience. As founder and president of Translate the Brain, a professional development consultancy, he has travelled the United States and the globe to work with teachers, students, and parents.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1475833377
ISBN 13 
9781475833379
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
172
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