How the brain learns. ([2012])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David A. Sousa.
• Other Names: Sousa, David A
• Contents: Introduction : Looking inside the brain ; Implications or teaching ; Why this book can help improve teaching and learning -- 1. Basic brain facts : Some exterior parts of the brain ; Some interior parts of the brain ; Neuron development in children ; The brain as a novelty seeker -- 2. How the brain processes information : The information processing model -- 3. Memory, retention, and learning : How memory forms ; Stages and types of memory ; Learning and retention ; Factors affecting retention of learning ; Learning motor skills ; Daily biological rhythms affect teaching and learning ; Intelligence and retrieval -- 4. The power of transfer : What is transfer? ; Teaching for transfer -- 5. Brain organization and learning : Brain lateralization ; Spoken language specialization ; Learning to read -- 6. The brain and the arts : The arts are basic to the human experience ; Why teach the arts? ; Impact of the arts on student learning and behavior ; Music ; The visual arts ; Movement -- 7. Thinking skills and learning : Characteristics of human thinking ; The dimensions of human thinking ; Revisiting Bloom's taxonomy of the cognitive domain -- 8. Putting it all together : Daily planning ; Unit planning ; Maintaining skills for the future.
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 370.15/23; Learning, Psychology of; Learning -- Physiological aspects; Brain; Brain; Learning -- Physiological aspects; Learning, Psychology of; Lernpsychologie; Neurowissenschaften; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452226392; 1452226393; 9781452277752; 1452277753
• Related ISBNs: 9781412997973; 1412997976
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.