Dr. Payne has written Understanding Learning: the How, the Why, the What to complement her workbook Learning Structures, which includes numerous strategies to help students learn vital content while building cognitive abilities. Understanding Learning provides key background in information about how and why these strategies work, along with a synopsis of brain research and cognitive studies.

About the Author

Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D. is founder of aha! Process and an author, speaker, publisher, and career educator. Recognized internationally for A Framework for Understanding Poverty, her foundational book and workshop, Dr. Payne has helped students and adults of all economic backgrounds achieve academic, professional, and personal success. As an expert on the mindsets of economic classes and overcoming the hurdles of poverty, she has trained hundreds of thousands of professionals who work with people from poverty, from educators and school administrators to community, church, and business leaders. She has presented to groups in every state in the U.S. and more than 10 countries.

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