Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies

• Examples illustrating how each teaching practice can be employed in a practical environment
• Tips on how to encourage students to incorporate self-motivation in their own learning through personal goals
• Detailed analysis on how the brain absorbs learning
• Mentoring guidelines that will help even the most challenged students
• Helpful graphics illustrating the essential points of these practices

Donna Walker Tileston is a veteran teacher and administrator. She is currently the president of Strategic Teaching and Learning, a consulting firm that provides services to schools throughout the United States and worldwide. Donna’s publications include Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies (2000), which has been on Corwin′s bestseller list since its first year in print, in addition to the ten-volume award-winning series What Every Teacher Should Know, now in its second edition. Other recent titles are Teaching Strategies for Active Learning (2006), Teaching Strategies that Prepare Students for High Stakes Tests (2008), and Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap (2009). Donna received her BA from the University of North Texas, her MA from East Texas State University, and her EdD from Texas A & M University-Commerce. She may be reached at www.whateveryteachershouldknow.com