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Author Smilkstein, Rita.

Title We're born to learn : using the brain's natural learning process to create today's curriculum / Rita Smilkstein.

Imprint Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2003.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  370.1523 Sm44w 2003    ---  Available
Description xvii, 251 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Pt. 1: Research in the classroom and in the brain lab. Learning and teaching. How people learn : the Natural Human Learning Process (NHLP). How the brain learns : the brain's natural learning process. Personal experience, individual differences, and learning. The student's experience : metacognition, motivation, self-evaluation, and achievement -- Pt. 2: Theory and application. Sequencing of the curriculum. The pedagogical model and guidelines -- Pt. 3: Using the brain's natural learning process to create curriculum. Brain-based, natural learning across the curriculum. Curriculum development for units, courses, and programs.
Subject Learning.
Curriculum planning.
Brain -- Research.
ISBN 076194642X (paper)
0761946411 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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