Explores how to improve student achievement and create a more effective classroom by applying brain research to teaching. Includes insights on how students are wired for learning and how their learning behaviors change as they mature.

Available online at: http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&prodId=GVRL&eisbn=9781416602668&userGroupName=tdsb_ascd&version=1.0. Title from e-book home page (viewed March 29, 2011). Electronic reproduction: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2002.

Introduction -- Meet Your Amazing Brain -- Preparing the Brain for School -- Rules We Learn By -- Movement and Learning -- Emotional States -- Physical Environments for Learning -- Managing the Social Brain -- Motivation and Engagement -- Critical Thinking Skills -- Memory and Recall -- Brain-Based Teaching -- Schools with the Brain in Mind -- Glossary of Brain Terms -- References -- Follow-Up Resources -- Index. .