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How the Brain Learns | 
 enlarge | Creator: David A. Sousa
Publisher: Corwin Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 17557
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 328
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1412936616
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.1523
EAN: 9781412936613
ASIN: 1412936616
Publication Date: December 21, 2005
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Condition: BOOK IS IN DECENT CONDITION - THE SPINE HAS A BIG GASH - THE BACK COVER & SOME PAGES ARE TORN FROM THE BOTTOM UP - NO MISSING PAGES.
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"When it comes to brain research,David Sousa is first among peers. His straightforward explanation of the intricacies of the brain, based on solid research, turns theory into practice allowing educators to immediately operationalize concepts into classroom practice."
-Jim Grant, International Educator, Author, Keynote Speaker
Staff Development for Educators
"A wonderful and thorough compendium of how our brain learns. Packed with both scientific and practical information."
-Eric Jensen, Speaker, Author, Trainer, and Consultant
Jensen Learning Corporation
"How the Brain Learns is an excellent text for educators who are looking to take the next step beyond the confines of the traditional model of direct instruction and who wish to ground their professional development in research about the brain. The chapter on 'The Brain and the Arts' in particular is superb."
-Geoffrey Caine, Executive Director
Caine Learning
Use the power of neuroscience to develop better students in your class!
How the Brain Learns, Third Edition, the newly revised and updated edition of this powerful and practical bestseller, examines remarkable new research and developments in brain functioning while continuing its successful tradition of translating this information into effective classroom strategies and activities.
In this revised edition, best-selling author David A. Sousa explores source material on brain research, including basic brain structures, how the brain processes information, memory and retention, and the transfer of knowledge to enhance present and future learning. In addition to critical new research about how the brain acquires language, the updated text includes: - An expanded chapter on thinking skills applying the recently revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
- A revised Information Processing Model to reflect new terminology and understanding about memory systems
- Additional new examples of how emotions influence learning and memory
- New Practitioner’s Corners to assess understanding of major concepts and how these translate into effective classroom strategies
- Updated bibliography and Internet resources
- An engaging new 2-color interior design
How the Brain Learns, Third Edition is an indispensable tool for all educators-school administrators and teachers, staff developers, preservice students and faculty, and parents who want to better understand the way their children process and retain information.
See Facilitator's Guide to How the Brain Learns, 3rd Edition (20051110)
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 An Excellent Book November 30, 2008
This is an exceptionally well written book - clear, easy to read and with excellent content. The number of teaching strategies given either directly or indirectly is exceptional, along with their practicality. A must read and use for any educator.
 Less than one star is what it deserves... November 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
...I don't even know where to begin -- so much of this book is just plain "gobbledygook"...it's frequently difficult to understand exactly to what he is referring...for example, he seems to use the word "transfer" as a synonym for "learning"...I say "seems" because it's not always clear...for example, he says a teacher with a "positive" attitude facilitates "transfer" better than one with a "negative" attitude...reasonable enough -- so why not say more simply that a teacher's attitude affects learning?...and while that seems like common sense -- is there any neuroscience research to support it?...he doesn't say...instead, you get this:
"How quickly transfer occurs during a learning situation depends on the rate of retrieval. As noted earlier, the rate of retrieval is largely dependent on the storage system that the learner has created and how the learning was originally stored. Designing the filing system in long term storage is a learned skill and can run the gamut from very loose connections to a highly organized series of networks. Working memory uses a sensory cue that it encodes with the material and files it in a network containing similar items."
...now, is that perfectly clear?...gooooood...what he's attempting to get to -- I think -- is the concept of using what you already know to learn something new...so if you already know, say, what it takes to learn to play a violin you can use that background to facilitate, say, learning calculus...makes good sense but most educators already are familiar with the concept...and after digging his other suggestions out of the abstruse prose, typically they are things you should already know -- eat right, get plenty of rest, interesting stuff is easier to learn than boring stuff, etc, etc...but other parts are simply nonsensical -- e.g. "The struggle between the emotional and rational systems is a major contributor to the terrible twos."...huh?...well, I'm glad someone finally staightened that out...I don't know what I'm supposed to do with it but I'll pass it along...but then he makes a most remarkable claim: "But what the child learned during (the "terrible twos") will be difficult to change and will strongly influence what is learned after..."...I still don't know what to do with it -- but, wait a minute -- exactly what body of evidence supports that remark?...none that I could find...and he makes the remarkable claim that Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder "is becoming so prevalent in middle and high schools that some neuroscientists and psychiatrists are convinced it is a chronic disorder of the adolescent population."...really?...who, where, when?...that's just nonsense...I was compelled to look up the author's background to see where his "expertise" came from and determined that he has a bachelor's degree in chemistry, a master's in teaching, and a Ph.D in something...he was a junior and senior high school teacher for a number of years as well as a superintendent of a school system -- hmmm, I guess psychology and neuroscience were his hobbies since he appears to have little training or practical experience with either...I find no body of work, no research, no peer reviewed publications preparing him for these books...nevertheless, he now how has a whole series of them offering his remarkable insights into how the brain operates in math and in gifted students as well as a series of "brain compatible activities" books...hmmm, I wonder what would constitute a "brain incompatible" activity...also, he is available for public speaking engagements as well as workshops...brother, where did Corwin find this guy?
How the Brain Learns December 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent resource for lay person. Written in a very understandable, practical style with good illustrations and examples. Great aide for educators who want to better understand how their students learn. Also teaches you something about yourself!
The Best Brain Book Out There! October 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dr. Sousa has an unbelievable way in teaching us about the brain ;the learning brain! His book is very user friendly with instant applications available after each chapter. This is his 3rd Ed. so you know he keeps on top of the everchanging findings in brain research and learning. I highly recommend that this book be in every house. Don't wait for teachers and college professors to introduce the way your brain learns...get going yourself! Teach others how the brain learns best!
Barbara McKenna, MEd.
Private Educational Consultant, VA
Needed for class October 31, 2007
This book is FILLED with wonderful information about our brains. It is required reading for my graduate class,and I know it will be one I pull off the shelf to use again and again. Fascinating stuff that can be useful for teachers.
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