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Tables of Contents for Introduction to Brain-Compatible Learning
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
iv
Trail Guide to Brain Compatible Awareness
viii
What Is Brain-Compatible Learning?
1
3
The Old and New of It
4
1
The Impact of Brain Research Applied
5
1
Change Can Be Easy
6
1
Where's the Proof?
7
2
Ten Reasons to Care About the Research?
9
1
The Evolution of Learning
10
1
Be a Brain-Smart Consumer: Recognizing Good Research
11
1
Action or Theory: Who Wants to Read All That Research?
12
2
Fun Factoids on the Brain
14
2
Brain Biology 101
16
1
Lobe Locations of the Human Brain
17
2
The Brain Divided: Right-Left Hemispheres
19
2
Brain Geography
21
1
Cerebellum: The Little Brain
22
3
Brain ``Cell'' ebration: Far-out Facts About Brain Cells
25
2
Learning Happens!
27
1
Are Today's Kids Different?
28
1
Boy's and Girl's Brains: Genetic Differences
29
3
Learning Disabilities: The Giant Soup Bowl
32
1
On the Fast Track to Understanding Neurotransmitters
33
1
When Our Brain Fails Us
34
2
Trail Guide to Applications
36
47
Recipe Not Required
37
1
Key Principles of Brain Compatible Learning
37
7
Uniqueness
41
1
Impact of Threat and High Stress
42
2
Check It Out
44
6
Developmental Stages of Readiness
45
3
The Nature of Enrichment
48
2
Smart Rats
50
1
Enriched Diets: Ingredients of a Brain Smart Classroom
51
1
Challenge and Feedback
52
2
Starvation Is Bad
54
4
Emotions Essential to Learning
56
2
Moods and Optimal States
58
3
Memory and Retrieval Pathways
60
1
Maximizing Multiple Memory Pathways
61
3
Mind-Body Learning
63
1
Chemistry of Behavior
64
1
Feeding the Brain
65
1
Cycles and Bio-rhythms
66
1
Attention and Learning
67
1
Optimal School Start Times
68
1
The Up Side of Down Time
69
9
Patterns for Understanding
71
2
The Brain's Drive for Meaning
73
1
Nonconscious Learning
74
1
The Social Brain
75
1
Complex and Adaptive System
76
2
Walk the Talk: Brain-Compatible Curriculum
78
2
40 Ways to Boost Motivation
80
1
Avoid Rewards
81
2
Trail Guide to Greater Transformation
83
10
Systemic Change: The Next Level
84
1
Big Picture Analysis: Transformation Happens
85
1
Action Research Makes a Difference
86
3
The Learning Community
89
2
What's Next?
91
2
Appendix
93
1
The Next Step: Brain-Smart Resources
94
3
Brain Glossary
97
5
Index
102
2
About the Author
104