’Chapter one piqued my curiosity and hooked me into the book. This is an easy, friendly read with great strategies, lots of examples, and important information for educators.’
—Marilee Sprenger, Educational Consultant
Author, Memory 101 for Educators
’An innovative, comprehensive, teacher-friendly book. Kudos to the authors for giving teachers a treasure trove of novel, concrete, and fun-filled strategies that will reach, rally, and rouse all learners.’
—Patricia De Lessio, Professor of English and Reading
Dutchess Community College
Integrate study skills with brain-friendly strategies and watch students succeed!
Increasingly, educators are recognizing the potential of brain-based instruction to powerfully impact student learning. This unique resource illustrates how physical and emotional stimuli influence the brain′s capacity to learn new information and presents ready-to-use, research-based study strategies covering all content areas and tailored to elementary and middle school students.
With a focus on students′ individual strengths and learning styles, Amy Schwed and Janice Melichar-Utter offer guidelines for using fun and imaginative study experiences to help teachers:
- Capture students′ attention, engage their minds, and increase the potential to produce learning
- Support all learners, including those in special education classes
- Creatively use auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning modalities to benefit all learning styles
Let Brain-Friendly Study Strategies, Grades 2–8 show you how to leverage the power of brain-compatible instructional methods to help all students develop solid study habits and achieve success throughout their educational journey.
Innehållsförteckning
A Guide to Study Strategy Activities in the Chapters, With Corresponding Grade Levels
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
1. Introducing the Brain: Hooking Into Your Memory
2. Learning What Works for You: Modalities and Styles Awareness
3. Rethinking How We Learn: Each Brain is Unique
4. This Way to a Healthy Brain: The All-Important “TIONS”
5. Be-Boppin′ the Brain: Musical Rhythmic Studying
6. Talking Tightens Memory: Walking Down Verbal/Linguistic Lane
7. Pumping up Memory With Muscles: Running on the Bodily/Kinesthetic Track
8. Seeing Your Thoughts: Sightseeing on the Visual/Spatial Route
9. Organizing to Know: Marching Down Trails of Logic
10. Learning Together: It’s More Than Just Me
11. Timing Is Everything: Planning the Journey
Thinking About How We Study: Understanding the Path to Classroom Success
Appendix
References
Index
Om författaren
Janice Melichar-Utter has worked with students at all levels from preschool to college during her thirty-four years in education. She was an adjunct professor at Mount Saint Mary College teaching Foundations of Literacy. Presently, Jan tutors women recovering from substance abuse. Working as a reading specialist for eighteen years, primarily at the middle school level, Jan learned to adapt strategies to meet the challenges of learning disabled and gifted readers. In the Social Studies classroom, she was passionate about developing brain friendly study strategies and memory techniques to bring success to all students. Guiding students to understand how they learned became paramount to covering curriculum. Jan presents teacher workshops on a variety of topics throughout the Hudson Valley, including the New York State Reaching Association Conferences, Mid-Hudson Reading Council Fall Conferences, the IRA Convention in Toronto, and was a guest lecturer at Vassar College for over 20 years. As readability editor and consultant for Scholastic-Grolier, she involved her middle school students in focus groups to evaluate books. She is a member of professional organization such as ASCD, MHRC, Delta Kappa Gamma, and APCE.Currently Jan is using her educational background for work in Christian ministry. She and her husband Jim, an ecology professor, live in the Hudson Valley of New York and share five children and four grandchildren in their combined family. You can reach her at 7 William Way, Stormville, NY, 12582. E-mail: [email protected]
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