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Learning Begins: The Science of Working Memory and Attention for the Classroom Teacher
Learning Begins, written by a teacher for teachers, translates current brain research into practical classroom strategies. Because students learn with their brains, it simply makes sense for teachers to explore educational psychology and neuroscience. And yet, information in these fields can be daunting and contradictory. Worse still, few researchers can clearly explain the specific classroom uses of their remarkable discoveries.
Learning Begins both explains this research and makes it useful for teachers and administrators.
Part I investigates the science of working a cognitive capacity essential to all school work. When teachers recognize the many classroom perils that can overwhelm working memory, they can use research-aligned strategies to protect it, and thereby promote student learning.
Part II reveals the complexities of student attention. By understanding the three neural sub-processes that create attention, teachers can structure their classrooms and their lessons to help students focus on and understand new material.
Written in a lively and approachable voice, based on years of classroom experience and a decade of scientific study, Learning Begins makes educational psychology and neuroscience clear and useful in schools and classrooms.--Peter Gunn, History, Government and Economics Teacher, The Williston Northampton School (Easthampton, MA); and Lecturer in History and Education, Smith College
Learning Begins both explains this research and makes it useful for teachers and administrators.
Part I investigates the science of working a cognitive capacity essential to all school work. When teachers recognize the many classroom perils that can overwhelm working memory, they can use research-aligned strategies to protect it, and thereby promote student learning.
Part II reveals the complexities of student attention. By understanding the three neural sub-processes that create attention, teachers can structure their classrooms and their lessons to help students focus on and understand new material.
Written in a lively and approachable voice, based on years of classroom experience and a decade of scientific study, Learning Begins makes educational psychology and neuroscience clear and useful in schools and classrooms.--Peter Gunn, History, Government and Economics Teacher, The Williston Northampton School (Easthampton, MA); and Lecturer in History and Education, Smith College
172 pages, ebook
Published March 8, 2017
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January 30, 2019
If you're a teacher, you should read this book. It will either confirm your good practices or offer you suggestions to improve. And if you have a chance to hear Andrew live, don't waste it.
November 10, 2019
Best book on both working memory and attention I have read. Most of the work of Bjork can be hard to access. Watson wrote a book I had been wishing had been written. A how to on memory and attention for a teacher. The WM idea of how to simply lessons without losing rigor is something I will and all teachers should attempt.
December 11, 2021
If you want to understand how a student's brain deals with new information and processes, this is the book for you. In addition to being a super nice guy, Andrew Watson does a great job of breaking down how the brain works in learning and how teachers can help students navigate the challenge.
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