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"An education researcher maps out the new science of learning, showing how simple techniques like comprehension check-ins and making material personally relatable can help people gain expertise in dramatically better ways than simple rote memorization"--OCLC.

A guide to learning and memory and how one can apply it to their own lives.

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.

Provides strategies for improving the classroom environment to help students become more independent learners.

Explains the major principles and strategies of learning, outlining why it can be so hard sometimes, and yet easy on other occasions, structured in three parts: 'learning within classrooms', 'learning foundations', which explains the cognitive building blocks of knowledge acquisition and 'know thyself' which explores confidence and self-knowledge, and features interactive appendices containing study guide questions to encourage critical thinking.

Provides elementary, secondary, and college and university teachers tips, strategies, and exercises to increase instructional effectiveness.

A comprehensive guide to Explicit Direct Instruction that explains how it can help children learn through effective lessons and offers expert advice on implementing the method in diverse classrooms.