12 brain/mind learning principles in action : developing executive functions of the human brain / Renate Nummela Caine [and others] ; foreword by Arthur L. Costa.

Other author Caine, Renate Nummela.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects
Learning, Psychology of.
Learning--Physiological aspects.
Brain.
Teaching.

Variant title Twelve brain/mind learning principles in action
Contents Getting started -- Why relaxed alertness provides the optimum emotional climate for learning -- Complex learning is enhanced by challenge and inhibited by threat, helplessness, and fatigue -- The brain/mind is social -- The search for meaning is innate -- Emotions are critical to patterning -- Creating the richest learning environments using immersion in complex experience -- The brain/mind processes parts and wholes simultaneously -- All learning engages the physiology -- The search for meaning occurs through patterning -- Learning is developmental -- Helping learners digest and consolidate learning -- There are at least two approaches to memory -- Learning engages both focused attention and peripheral perception -- Learning is both conscious and unconscious -- Each brain is uniquely organized -- Resources.
General noteRev. ed. of: 12 brain/mind learning principles in action, published in 2005.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 272-280) and index.
LCCN 2008008416
ISBN9781412961066 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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ISBN9781412961073 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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