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Presents background information on multiple intelligences and learning styles, as well as classroom examples, activities, organizers, self-assessments, and lesson-planning templates for teachers of all grade levels and subjects.

Discusses thirty-six principles of learning that the author argues are built into good video games, and looks at how those principles relate to three areas of research on learning, including situated cognition, the New Literacy Studies, and connectionism.

Outlines the 'Accelerated Learning' method of instruction which is designed for easy and quick acquisition and retention of information.

Offers teachers on overview of task rotation, explaining what it is, why it is a popular learning style, what the four interrelated tasks are, and how they can be integrated into the curriculum.

Presents twenty researched-based teaching strategies designed to reach diverse learners, organized in four distinct styles of instruction.