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Brain-Compatible Classrooms

Third Edition
By: Robin J. Fogarty

Use the latest findings in brain research to build high-achievement classrooms!

This revised edition helps educators better understand and utilize brain research to improve instruction and learning for all students. Summarizing research from noted theorists such as Arthur L. Costa, Robert J. Marzano, and Daniel Goleman, this book covers:

An introduction to the brain and how it works, including gender differences and how they affect learning
Application of brain research to learning principles, with compelling classroom implications
A four-corner paradigm for quality teaching: setting the climate for learning, using brain-based teaching skills, putting it all into practice, and receiving student feedback

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Grade Level: K-12
ISBN: 9781412938877
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2009
Page Count: 248
Publication date: April 15, 2009

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"An excellent guide for new and veteran teachers who are looking to empower students through brain-compatible lessons."
—Heather Vaughn, Early Childhood Program Coordinator
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM

"A fine, useful update of Fogarty's long-time search for appropriate practical classroom applications of cognitive neuroscience research."
—Robert Sylwester, Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Oregon
Author, The Adolescent Brain

Use the latest findings in brain research to build high-achievement classrooms!

In recent years, much attention has been paid to the research findings on how the brain functions and how that understanding can be used to improve instruction and learning for all students. Robin Fogarty helps educators better understand and utilize the key discoveries in brain research and presents brain-friendly, practical strategies for differentiating learning.

Summarizing research from noted theorists such as Arthur L. Costa, Robert J. Marzano, and Daniel Goleman, this updated edition has been reorganized into three parts for a more comprehensive examination of the relationship between brain science and effective classroom practice. Chapters cover:

An introduction to the brain and how it works, including gender differences and how they affect learning
Application of brain research findings to learning principles, with compelling implications for the classroom
The brain-mind connection and how cognitive science and brain science complement each other
A four-corner paradigm for quality teaching: setting the climate for learning, using brain-based teaching skills, putting it all into practice, and receiving student feedback

Inspiring and insightful, the third edition of Brain-Compatible Classrooms offers a highly relevant, holistic model for applying brain research in the classroom.

Author(s)

Robin J. Fogarty

Robin Fogarty is President of RFA: A Robin Fogarty Company, a Chicago-based, minority-owned, educational publishing/consulting company. Robin received her doctorate in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University of Chicago. A leading proponent of the thoughtful classroom, Robin has trained educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction and assessment strategies.

She has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to college, served as an administrator, and consulted with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Robin has published articles in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, The Journal of Staff Development and The Middle School Lournal. She is the author of numerous publications, including Brain-Compatible Classrooms, Literacy Matters, Ten Things New Teachers Need, How to Integrate the Curricula, The Adult Learner, A Look at Transfer, Close the Achievement Gap, Twelve Brain Principles, Nine Best Practices, and From Staff Room to Classroom: Planning and Coaching Professional Learning, How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core: 7 Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards, Invite! Excite! Ignite! 13 Principles for Teaching, Learning and Leading K-12 classrooms

Robin received her Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education at SUNY, Potsdam, NY, and her Masters in Instructional Strategies from National Louis University in Evanston, IL. She is known as the teachers’ teacher and has mentored numerous colleagues in the art and science of working with the adult learner. She brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to all endeavors, has a wealth of knowledge in the field and conducts highly interactive PD sessions.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Part I. Physiology and Brain Science

1. Brain Science

The Brain Is the Universe Within

How to Be a Critical Consumer of Research on the Brain and Learning

Just the Facts! What Are the Facts About the Brain?

Macroview: A Look at the Exterior of the Human Brain

Geography of the Human Brain (Topography)

Three Views of the Brain

Top-to-Bottom View

Front-to-Back View

Left-to-Right View

How Has the Brain Evolved?

Microview: A Look at the Interior of the Human Brain

Brain Imaging: How We Know What We Know

How the Brain Works

Neurotransmitters

Differences Between Males and Females

Part II. Principles for Teaching and Learning

2. Principles of the Brain and Learning

The Bridge Between Brain Science and Cognitive Science

The Brain Principles and the Four-Corner Framework

Twelve Brain Principles of Caine and Caine

1. Learning Is Enhanced by Challenge and Inhibited by Threat

2. Emotions Are Critical to Patterning

3. Learning Involves Both Focused Attention and Peripheral Perception

4. The Brain Has a Spatial Memory System and a Set of Systems for Rote Learning

5. The Brain Processes Parts and Wholes Simultaneously

6. Learning Engages the Entire Physiology

7. The Brain Is a Parallel Processor

8. Learning Is Embedded in Natural and Social Settings

9. Each Brain Is Unique

10. The Search for Meaning Is Innate

11. The Search for Meaning Occurs Through Patterning

12. Learning Always Involves Conscious and Unconscious Processes

It's All About Learning

3. Cognitive Science: The Brain Is on My Mind

Brain Science and Cognitive Science

Nature Versus Nurture (Heredity Versus Environment)

Enriched Environments

Intelligence as a Function of Experience

Windows of Opportunity

Nutrition-Cognition Connection

Care and Feeding of the Brain

Abuses and Addictions

New Conclusions

Emotions and the Intellect

Safe Climate

Threat

Challenge

The Brain and the Mind

Brain Versus Mind

Theories of the Intellect

General Intelligence Theory: Spearman

Theory of Cognitive Modifiability: Feuerstein

Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Gardner

Successful Intelligence: Sternberg

Learnable Intelligence: Perkins

Intelligent Behaviors or Habits of Mind: Costa and Kallick

Emotional Intelligence: Goleman

Moral Intelligence: Coles

Memory, Learning, and the Human Brain

Memory Metaphor

It's on My Screen

It's on My Desktop

It's on My Menu

It's on My Hard Drive

Types of Memory Systems

Short-Term Memory

Long-Term Memory

Episodic, Procedural, Conditional, and Emotional Memory

Memory Lane: Semantic, Episodic, Emotional, Procedural, and Automatic

Declarative (Explicity) and Procedural (Implicit) Memory

Learning Through Patterns and Chunking

It's All About Teaching

Part III. Brain-Friendly Strategies

4. Strategies for Brain-Compatible Classrooms

The Four-Corner Framework

Brain-Compatible Classroom

Teaching FOR Thinking: Setting the Climate

Research Base - Physiology, Emotions, Environment

Principles of Brain-Compatible Learning

Implications for Learning

Implications for Teaching: Satisfactory

Teaching OF Thinking: Instructing Skills and Standards of Learning

Research Base - Brain, Mind, Intellect

Principles of Brain-Compatible Learning

Implications for Learning

Implications for Teaching: Good

Teaching WITH Thinking: Structuring Interactions

Research Base - Active Learning/Constructivist

Principles of Brain-Compatible Learning

Implications for Learning

Implications for Teaching: Excellent

Teaching ABOUT Thinking: Reflecting Metacognitively

Research Base - Deep Understanding/Transfer

Principles of Brain-Compatible Learning

Implications for Learning

Implications for Teaching: Superior

Definition and Description of Brain-Compatible Classrooms

Research on Teacher Quality

What Teachers Say

What Experts Say

What Kids Say

A Framework for Quality Revisited

5. Setting the Climate for Thinking

Brainwave #1: Emotions - Goleman/LeDeux/Coles

Braindrops: Strategies

Threat Alerts the Body

Challenge Engages the Intellect

Brainworks: Activities

People Search

Fat/Skinny Questions

The Human Graph

Brainwave #2: Enriched Environment - Diamond/Conyers and Wilson

Brainstorms: Application

Braindrops: Strategies

Organizational Enrichments

Sensory Enrichments

Brainworks: Activities

Four Corners

Brainstorms: Application

6. Teaching the Skills of Thinking

Brainwave #3: Microskills and Macroskills - Marzano/McTighe

Braindrops: Strategies

Microskills

Macroskills

Brainworks: Activities

Microskill Lesson - Analysis for Bias

Macroskill Lesson - Problem Solving

Brainstorms: Applications

Brainwave #4: Development of Skills and Concepts - Posner and Keele/Csikszentmihalyi

Braindrops: Strategies

Basic/Apprentice

Advanced/Master

Brainworks: Activities

Basic/Apprentice

Advanced/Master

Brainstorms: Applications

7. Structuring the Interaction With Thinking

Brainwave #5: Active Learning - Vygotsky/Ausbel

Braindrops: Strategies

Teacher Decisions for Cooperative Groups

BUILD Components/Cooperative Strategies

Graphic Organizers

Brainworks: Activities

Dealing With Paradox

Brainstorms: Application

Brainwave #6: Experiential Learning

Braindops: Strategies

Multiple Intelligences

Integrated Curriculum

Brainworks: Activities

Curriculum Corners

Brainstorms: Applications

8. Thinking About Thinking

Brainwave #7: Reflection

Braindrops: Strategies

Making Meaning

Transfer of Learning

Brainworks: Activities

Transfer Tales

Brainstorms: Applications

Brainwave #8: Assessment

Braindrops: Strategies

Traditional Assessments

Dynamic Assessments

Brainworks: Activities

Folk Portfolio

Brainstorms: Application

Appendix A: Suggested Videos to Illustrate the Four-Corner Framework

Appendix B: The Brain

Glossary

References and Suggested Readings

Index

Reviews

"A fine, useful update of Fogarty's long-time search for appropriate practical classroom applications of cognitive neuroscience research."

Robert Sylwester, Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Oregon
Author, The Adolescent Brain

"An excellent guide and tool for new and veteran teachers who are looking to empower students through brain-compatible lessons."

Heather Vaughn, Early Childhood Program Coordinator
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM

"Relevant and applicable for teachers."

Sue Teele, Associate Dean
University of California-Riverside Extension Program

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