Brain-Based Strategies to Reach Every Learner: Surveys, Questionnaires, and Checklists That Help You Identify Students' Strengths-Plus Engaging Brain-Based Lessons and Activities (Teaching Strategies) [Paperback]

EdD J. Diane Connell (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Teaching Strategies

An indispensable guide to brain-based learning. Diane Connell summarizes current brain research and discusses the implications for the classroom. She offers tools to identify learning styles and ideas for differentiating lessons and activities to engage all students. Covers brain development, multiple intelligences, information processing, emotional intelligence, and much more.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Strategies (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439590205
• ISBN-13: 978-0439590204
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good resource for teachers, June 22, 2007

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Benjamin T. Dewolfe (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brain-Based Strategies to Reach Every Learner: Surveys, Questionnaires, and Checklists That Help You Identify Students' Strengths-Plus Engaging Brain-Based Lessons and Activities (Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

"Brain Based Strategies to Reach Every Learner" by Diane Connell, Ed.D. is a worthwhile resource for teachers who want an overview of the principles of some important psychological theories and how they apply to lesson plans in the classroom. For example, the book offers strategies for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners and the importance of using lesson plans that reach each type of student. Other ideas include memory strategies. Often children may be asked to simply memorize information (e.g. the 50 states), but may have difficulty simply memorizing or may forget the information after a short time. The book offers some excellent ideas (based on memory research) to help a child to put information into long-term memory from working memory. Other topics include Gardner's nine factor theory of intelligence. Once again, it describes Gardner's theory (which is an excellent one by the way), and offers suggestions in the classroom to reach kids with various strengths (e.g. musical intelligence) which are not consistently measured in traditional school curriculums on a consistent basis. The book begins with basic brain anatomy and discussion of left and right brained learners. The reader will probably find some new ideas to apply to lesson plans and in using these ideas may be able to reach more nontraditional learners.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Resource!!, May 1, 2008

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Angie Wilcock "High Hopes Educational Services" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

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Diane Connell's "Brain-Based Strategies To Reach Every Learner" is a great resource for teachers AND parents!
As a primary school teacher for 20 years, and now currently working as a consultant in schools with parents,students and teachers on how to switch students on to learn in a way that makes sense to them, I can highly recommend this book. Crammed full of really useful information - and presented in a style that makes sense - you don't have to be a teacher to understand the message that we all learn in different ways... and that learning can be fun!
For teachers there are so many great tips and ideas which can be easily implemented in the classroom and for parents who want to find out what makes their child 'tick', this book is a real revelation. A top read - well done Diane!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great informations for teachers to think about, April 2, 2011

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Karen (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Brain-Based Strategies to Reach Every Learner: Surveys, Questionnaires, and Checklists That Help You Identify Students' Strengths-Plus Engaging Brain-Based Lessons and Activities (Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

This is actually the second time buying this book. I lent the first one to a colleague that didn't return it to me and can't find it now. I consult with the teaching staff at my school and I believe this book offers great insight into one's teaching style and how it may or may not make a difference for students.