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Multiple Pathways to the Student Brain

Energizing and Enhancing Instruction

By: Janet Zadina

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Multiple Pathways to the Student Brain

Energizing and Enhancing Instruction

By: Janet Zadina

From an award-winning neuroscience researcher with twenty years of teaching experience, Multiple Pathways to the Student Brain uses educator-friendly language to explain how the brain learns. Steering clear of “neuro-myths,” Dr. Janet Zadina discusses multiple brain pathways for learning and provides practical advice for creating a brain-compatible classroom. While there are an abundance of books and workshops that aim to integrate education and brain science, educators are seldom given concrete, actionable advice that makes a difference in the classroom. Multiple Pathways to the Student Brain bridges that divide by providing examples of strategies for day-to-day instruction aligned with the latest brain science . The book explains not only the sensory/motor pathways that are familiar to most educators (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic), it also explores the lesser known pathways--reward/survival, language, social, emotional, frontal lobe, and memory/attention--and how they can be tapped to energize and enhance instruction. Educators are forever searching for new and improved ways to convey information and inspire curiosity, and research suggests that exploiting different pathways may have a major effect on learning. Multiple Pathways to the Student Brain allows readers to see brain science through the eyes of a teacher—and teaching through the eyes of a brain scientist.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118584880

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Writing Now

By: Janet Nay Zadina,Susan Halter

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Writing Now

By: Janet Nay Zadina,Susan Halter

This innovative paragraph-to-essay level rhetoric teaches the writing process and technology-related skills that students need to be competent, successful participants in both college and the professional community. To highlight the recursive nature of writing, the authors continually refer students back to earlier sections of the text--reinforcing the complete writing process with each new topic. To encourage computer competency, students learn about word processing, email, Internet sites, chat rooms, MOOs, web page development, and specialized software.Divided into 14 paired chapters, Writing.com covers topics such as how to generate and organize ideas, limit the main topic, consider point of view, avoid sexist language, and identify rhetorical patterns. Each chapter features one theme of relevance to students' lives including We Are All Writers, He Said/She Said, I Know This About Computers, and Music: The Universal Language. Computer and writing activities appear throughout and are based on the latest neuroscientific research on learning. In addition, these activities are both varied and flexible--allowing instructors to customize the course according to campus resources, as well as their students' personal computers and technical skills.The accompanying textbook web site provides students with additional guidance, activities, reading selections, and links to other web resources.A vast range of optional computer activities may be assigned to students based on available resources. These activities include creating clusters using Microsoft Word, accessing Dolphinville.com (a free, web-based program for developmental writers) to complete writing exercises, visiting chatrooms, and creating a personal web page for potential employers.Go To sections provide URLs for numerous web sites that offer writing guidance, plus research and writing opportunities.Help Screen features throughout offer guidance on topics such as searching on the Internet, revising on a word processor, and using email.Marginal annotations help instructors plan classes and homework assignments.

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

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061805099X

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9780618050994

Writing Now

By: Janet Nay Zadina,Susan Halter

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By: Janet Nay Zadina,Susan Halter

Writing Now, a paragraph-to-essay-level rhetoric, focuses on basic writing skills. Lively exercises motivate students and appeal to a variety of learning styles. In addition, Writing Now integrates writing with key computer literacy skills so that students can become active, competent participants in class and at work. A flexible organization allows instructors to use this text in a wide range of settings, from traditional lecture halls to state-of-the-art labs.

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0618337148

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