Teaching struggling readers : how to use brain-based research to maximize learning /

Lyons, Carol A,

Teaching struggling readers : how to use brain-based research to maximize learning / [print] Carol A. Lyons. - Portsmouth, New Hampshire : Heinemann, (c)2003. - xii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.



How the brain grows and functions -- Attention, movement, and learning -- Language and learning -- Emotion, memory, and learning -- Creating literate environments to help all students achieve their full potential -- Teaching reluctant, unmotivated students -- Teaching hard to teach students -- Teaching students classified as learning disabled and having attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder -- Understanding what makes teachers expert -- Characteristics of expert teachers -- Knowledge, thinking, reasoning, and practice of expert teachers -- Pulling it all together: perspectives on the brain, learning, and expert teaching.



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Educational psychology.
Teacher-student relationships.
Affective education.

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