Sprenger, Marilee

"Vocabulary expert Marilee Sprenger presents the 25 essential words all students must know to succeed academically, along with strategies to teach them effectively"--.

"Brain expert Marilee Sprenger explains how applying neuroscience to social-emotional learning yields strategies that create supportive classroom environments and improve outcomes for all students"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces readers to the specific neural connections that are most relevant to language and reading development and shows how these reading pathways can best be nurtured, even in children who struggle with reading.

Presents seven strategies teachers can use to help their students increase their capacity to remember information presented in the classroom.

Examines the impact of technology on the developing brains of students and discusses teaching strategies to use digital media tools within the classroom environment.

A guide to creating brain-compatible classrooms that explains how teachers can use these strategies to build a classroom environment that helps the brain function at its best.

A guide to creating brain-compatible classrooms that explains how teachers can use these strategies to build a classroom environment that helps the brain function at its best.

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.

Presents seven strategies teachers can use to help their students increase their capacity to remember information presented in the classroom.