Learning Begins: The Science of Working Memory and Attention for the Classroom Teacher

ISBN-13: 9781475833379 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Publication date: 03/08/2017 Series: A Teacher's Guide to the Learning Brain Pages: 172 Sales rank: 1,085,883 Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d) Learning Begins, written by a teacher for teachers, translates current brain research into practical classroom strategies. Because students learn with their brains, it simply makes sense for teachers to explore educational psychology and neuroscience. And yet, information in these fields can be daunting and contradictory. Worse still, few researchers can clearly explain the specific classroom uses of their remarkable discoveries. Learning Begins both explains this research and makes it useful for teachers and administrators. Part I investigates the science of working memory: a cognitive capacity essential to all school work. When teachers recognize the many classroom perils that can overwhelm working memory, they can use research-aligned strategies to pro