psychology of learning

Neurologist and middle-school teacher Willis describes a number of strategies that educators in inclusion classrooms can use to engage students with and without learning disabilities. These instructional practices draw upon findings from recent research on the learning brain. A number of sample lesson plans for inclusion class activities are provided in the appendix, along with a glossary and an extensive bibliography. Annotation ?2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Explains how educators can unleash genuine student potential by understanding the interconnectedness of the brain, mind, and body and by changing their perceptual orientation.

Presents information and teaching strategies based on brain research, covering such topics as language acquisition, the influence of emotions on learning and memory, thinking skills and Bloom's taxonomy, and assessment of concepts.

Expert teacher and trainer Susan Jones offers a reality-based approach to classroom instruction designed to help students in kindergarten through twelfth grade achieve life long success.

Explains that every child is born with genius qualities that teachers should identify and nurture and describes twelve of those qualities that are often ignored by society, educators, and parents.

Explains what reflective practice is and how it can be implemented in education, discussing reflection by individuals, with partners, in small groups, and by entire schools.

Offers advice to teachers on how to identify and address underlying impediments to learning and help students enhance their learning capabilities through the development of comparative thinking cognitive structures.