Using the Brain's Natural Learning Process to Create Today's Curriculum
"Applying the natural human learning process described in the book transformed my students' ability to learn. No teacher, new or experienced, should enter any classroom without a copy of this book." -Patricia Jamie Lee, Educational Consultant Many Kites Press, St. Paul, MN Teach students to take responsibility for their own success! This updated edition of the bestselling book on the brain's natural learning process brings new research results and applications in a power-packed teacher tool kit. Rita Smilkstein shows teachers how to create and deliver curricula that help students become the motivated, successful, and natural learners they were born to be. Updated features include: Guidelines for using the six-step Natural Human Learning Process (NHLP) for lesson planning and test preparation New information on how technology and Internet research affect student learning Practical methods for giving all students the tools they need to achieve The author translates her unique research on students' critical and creative thinking into classroom strategies and sample lesson plans that will help to create a successful learning environment. Building on the content that earned the author an Educator's Award of the Year from the Delta Kappa Gamma International Society, We're Born to Learn provides teachers with practical methods for giving all students the metacognitive, motivational, and technological tools they need to take responsibility for their own achievement.
Teaching With the Brain's Natural Learning Process
"'Handle With Care' should be on the front cover so that the eager teacher uses the book as an inspirational resource." -Roy Bentley, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia "A wonderful guidebook for people moving toward constructivism and for many who are already there." -Geoffrey Caine, Director, Caine Learning "Fosters a refreshing educational discourse of possibility and offers some very useful classroom strategies that work with today's youth." -Peter P. Grimmett, Director, Institute for Studies in Teacher Education, Simon Fraser University Kindle students' excitement for learning with transformative, field-tested strategies and lessons! Students are natural thinkers and pattern-seekers who are born to learn. Tapping into their innate abilities is the key to engaging students in their own learning. This innovative guide helps teachers maximize student engagement and achievement by combining brain research, classroom applications, and teaching skills based on the Natural Human Learning Process (NHLP). Ideal for preservice and inservice teacher training and professional development, this superb resource covers: Working with diverse learners from PreK through high school and beyond Curriculum applications and sample lessons across content areas, teaching methods, and learning styles Research and theory, instructional planning and strategies, assessment, teaching for transfer, and more
