learning

Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write in a pit school.

Examines what researchers have discovered about the structure, function, and development of the human brain, and looks at how their discoveries can be applied to teaching techniques in the classroom.

Explains how the curriculum planning model Understanding by Design (UbD) and the teaching model Differentiated Instruction (DI) fit together and can be integrated for student success, discussing such topics as responsive teaching with UbD and assessment in academically diverse classrooms.

Presents an explanation of the six aspects understanding and learning, examining ways to design curriculums to engage students in exploring and deepening their understanding of important ideas.

Explores six different facets of understanding; examines ways to design curriculums to engage students in exploring and deepening their understanding of important ideas; and discusses how to design assessments that reveal the extent of student understanding.

Describes the neurobiology of learning and memory, covering forms of learning, memory stages and organization, molecular mechanisms of learning and memory, learning and memory in invertebrates, long-term potentiation, and ways of enhancing and disrupting memory.

Each intelligence chapter begins with an article about that intelligence. Includes many different directions and permutations, from redesigning curriculum to using portfolios to emphasizing the personal intelligence, to addressing genuine understanding.

A comprehensive guide to multiple intelligences for teachers that explains what the multiple intelligences theory is, how it can be incorporated into the classroom, and why it is so important for a well-rounded curriculum, with practical strategies for MI lessons, centers, projects, theme units, and more.