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Brain-Based Learning: The New Paradigm of Teaching | 
enlarge | Author: Eric P. Jensen Publisher: Corwin Press Category: Book
List Price: $36.95 Buy New: $29.93 You Save: $7.02 (19%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 17 reviews Sales Rank: 471725
Media: Paperback Edition: 2nd Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 288 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5 Dimensions (in): 10 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 1412962560 Dewey Decimal Number: 370.1523 EAN: 9781412962568 ASIN: 1412962560
Publication Date: June 12, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Condition: Inventory subject to prior sale. Expedited orders cannot be sent to PO Box. Sorry, not able to ship to APO, FPO, Alaska, and Hawaii.
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"This book is filled with classroom implications and instructional suggestions based on research. Classroom teachers, school administrators, professional development trainers, college/university faculty, and parents would all benefit from this information." -Andrea Rosenblatt, Associate Professor Barry University "I have used the information from this book in many of my trainings. The 'What This Means to You' sections translate technical information into everyday language for the reader. This is truly a book that makes, has made, and will continue to make a contribution to the field." -Steve Hutton, Area Coordinator Kentucky Center for Instructional Discipline Adopt a teaching approach aligned with the brain's natural way of learning! Borrowing research from the disciplines of neuroscience, biology, and psychology, brain expert Eric Jensen offers an easy-to-understand explanation of the relationship between learning and the brain, helping educators increase student motivation and achievement. The author shares empirical data and provides in-depth information about the impact of physiological effects, sensory stimuli, and emotions on learning. Updated and streamlined, this second edition offers:
- A set of brain-based principles for informed decision making
- Low-cost teaching strategies that teachers can implement immediately
- Reader-friendly language accessible for both novice and veteran educators
- Easy-to-follow chapter outlines and helpful text boxes to emphasize key points
Written for teachers, teacher leaders, and administrators, this comprehensive text demonstrates how brain-compatible learning environments can work to optimize learning in the classroom, reduce discipline problems, overcome learning difficulties, and increase graduation rates. (20071213)
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"Brain Based Learning" is a masterpiece April 2, 2008 "Brain Based Learning" suggests a new style of teaching that activates student brains and makes them an active participant in the learning process. Author Eric Jensen is absolutely brilliant with his delivery of this material. His writing style is engaging, profound and insightful. I'm so impressed with the way to weaves together a variety of sources to present his idea for personal transformation. Never before have I read a book that combines material on stress reduction, fight-or-flight, activating both hemispheres of the brain, and flow states-- and applied it to education.
Seriously, this book is a masterpiece! You don't have to be a teacher to gleam something from "Brain Based Learning" -- it is also insightful for entrepeniurs, marketers and writers. If you listen to brain synch cds, use light and sound machines, or do any sort of AVE (audio visual entrainment), reading this book will rock your world. I highly recommend this book!
Brain based Learning August 23, 2007 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a text book I ordered for my classes for teacher certification. This book is very easy to read, and I am really enjoying it. It presents info and then at the end of a section, recaptures the essence of the reading for you. I would suggest it for any teaching class. I am learning so much from this book. I have been buying all my text books from Amazon because they are so much cheaper, and sometimes I can get free shipping. So far, there has not been a book that I could not find here at Amazon.
This explains a lot! January 10, 2007 1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Reading this book was fascinating! The brain is an amazing organ and this book presents the facts in a way that will capture and hold your interest.
Multilevel marketing meets education January 3, 2007 12 out of 15 found this review helpful
I had to purchase this book for a community college class I'm taking. As a "textbook," it has been a complete disappointment. The "science" is sketchy, the research is shoddy, and the huge holes in logic are brushed over with explanations like "you can't prove nearly anything empirically in education" (straight from page 8!). Some of the concepts presented are interesting, but since Mr. Jensen (no, he doesn't hold a doctorate) provides almost no citations for his claims, there is no way to check his assertions or determine where the theories come from. The book reads like a multilevel marketing sales pitch. In fact, you are encouraged to share it with your friends and colleagues and are directed to a website where you could empty your bank account getting "certified" in Mr. Jensen's unique, "empirically unproven" techniques.
Easy read for brain information November 11, 2006 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book was purchased for a PhD level course. It is a very easy read. It gives practical applications to the latest brain research. On a down note, there are not a lot of references documented within the text when Jensen quotes a study, but he does give an extensive bibliography. This book can be used for parents to read about how their child's brain works, or for teachers within a school system. It is a good book to read if you want basic information about the brain from an education standpoint.
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