{"product_id":"build-the-brain-the-common-core-way-9781483352961","title":"Build the Brain the Common Core Way","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrain-compatible learning techniques to help you motivate and challenge your students!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBoldly take hold of the new Common Core expectations with this fresh, innovative resource full of practical tips from international educational expert Pamela Nevills. Find out what's new, what's expected, and how understanding the connection between neuroscience and deep learning is the key to Common Core success. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNevills provides cutting-edge, easy to implement ideas that beg to be used immediately. Learn to:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e      \u003cli\u003eSkillfully integrate the standards with current educational practices\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003eUnderstand the science behind Common Core requirements\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003ePlan innovative and creative activities to help students learn about learning\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003eMaster teacher-lead, student-centered 21st Century Learning activities\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIncludes school vignettes, sample lessons, K12 links, and vivid brain imagery that diagram how deep le\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Here′s where teachers go to get the real information about how the common core will change the classroom.  Lesson plans, evaluations, classroom environment, and understanding how neuroscience all play a part in this revolutionary educational change.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e -- Amanda McKee, High School Mathematics Instructor\u003cbr\u003e\"Build the Brain – learning the common core way\u003cem\u003e is an outstanding resource for teachers who are implementing our new standards.  It provides practical examples of turning your classroom into a student-centered learning environment where high expectations abound, fostering higher levels of student achievement.\"\u003c\/em\u003e -- Melissa Miller, Science\/History Instructor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"There are not only examples of ways to integrate brain based pedagogy and the common core standards, but examples from across disciplines. The author doesn′t just focus on her area of expertise, but integrates core and elective curriculum into the fabric of each chapter.\"\u003c\/em\u003e -- Deanna Brunlinger, NBCT Science Teacher, Department Chair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface 1. Teaching Can Be Like This    Different Expectations    Real School Examples    School Organization and Student Learning    Another Strong Example    A Brilliant Time to be in Education 2. Teaching that Looks Different    Common Core - What is so New?    Prepare Teachers    How Teachers Learn to Do What They Do    Learning to Learn    School Revolution Supported by Brain Science    Premium School Practices    The Traditional Lesson Plan    A New Lesson Plan Design    A Different Teacher Evaluation    Trying Something Different    It Matters How Students Feel about School 3. The Common Core Explained in Common Terms    Neuroscience Provides Answers    Some Basic Information    Know the Players    Look at Assessments    Common Core Assessment Designers    Other Organizations Have Their Say    Deeper Learning Defined    Next-Generation Assessments and Bloom′s Taxonomy    The Common Core Standards in Common Language    Common Core for Literacy    Deeper Learning for ELA    What Literacy Standards do not Address    Common Core for Mathematics    Next Generation Science Standards    More Scientists, Engineers, and Mathematicians Needed    Questionable Reviews for NGSS    What is Still Needed? 4. How Learning Happens    Learning About Learning    Basic Brain Structures    The Site of Working Memory    The Sensory Input Systems    Filtering Systems    Neuroplasticity    Stimulating Classrooms    Memory Systems    Procedural Memory    Semantic Memory    Other Memory and Drill Practices    Deep Learning and Inner Connectivity 5. So Many Ways to Learn: What Teachers are Doing    A Bold Approach to Lesson Planning    Planning Questions 6. So Many Ways to Learn: What Students Do    Build in Brain Practices    Experience Concentrating    The Brain - A Pattern Seeking Organ    Rhyming, Rhythms, and Chants    Thinking Maps    Expanding Questions    Leading and Guiding Questions    Self Monitoring and Metacognition    A Study and Practice Episode    Thinking with the Brains CEO    Developing Critical Thinkers    Critical Thinking Skill Development through Metacognition    Use of Media Technology    One Last Useful Idea 7. Powerful Staff Development for Adult Learners    Staff Development, As Usual    Lost Impact from Training    Look to Teachers first    Research and Professional Development    Core Professional Development Practices    Staff Development, Responding to the Common Core    Teachers as Learners    Teachers as Leaders among their Peers    Teachers as Leaders for Student Learning    Close the Gap 8. Systems Change    Education Valued    Learning is Performance    Leadership and Student Learning    Soft, Definite Systems Change    What Districts are Doing    Focus on Student Learning    Include all Stakeholders    District Roadmap of Support    Social Relationships and Educational Change    Support Resources    Still to be Resolved    Problems and Answers 9. Explain the Learning Brain References\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359448990039,"sku":"9781483352961","price":21.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/build-the-brain-the-common-core-way-9781483352961","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}