Research on the brain has shown that emotion plays a key role in learning, but how can educators apply that research in their day-to-day interactions with students? What are some teaching strategies that take advantage of what we know about the brain?
Engage the Brain answers these questions with easy-to-understand explanations of the brain's emotion networks and how they affect learning, paired with specific suggestions for classroom strategies that can make a real difference in how and what students learn. Readers will discover how to design an environment for learning that
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<li>Makes material relevant, relatable, and engaging.</li>
<li>Accommodates tremendous variability in students' brains by giving them multiple options for how to approach their learning.</li>
<li>Incorporates Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and guidelines.</li>
<li>Uses process-oriented feedback and other techniques to spark students' intrinsic motivation.</li>
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Author Allison Posey explains how schools can use the same "emotional brain" concepts to create work environments that reduce professional stress and the all-too-common condition of teacher burnout.
Real-world classroom examples, along with reflection and discussion questions, add to the usefulness of Engage the Brain as a practical, informative guide for understanding how to capture the brain's incredible power and achieve better results at all grade levels, in all content areas.

Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning That Taps into the Power of Emotion

Science & Math

Posey, Allison

Behavioral Sciences

ASCD

In this quick reference guide Allison Posey, author of Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning That Taps into the Power of Emotion, relates what we currently know about the brain to our pedagogy. She explores - 3 overarching facts about the brain that can influence instruction design. - 3 important brain functions for learning: perception and attention, emotion, and memory. - 4 common misconceptions about the brain. - 8 tips for classroom practice. 
This guide's practical tips and ideas will help teachers get started right away in designing different learning pathways for their students. 
8.5" x 11" 3-panel foldout guide (6 pages), laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage.

The Brain and Learning (Quick Reference Guide)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

In this quick reference guide Allison Posey, author of Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning That Taps into the Power of Emotion, relates what we currently know about the brain to our pedagogy. She explores - 3 overarching facts about the brain that can influence instruction design. - 3 important brain functions for learning: perception and attention, emotion, and memory. - 4 common misconceptions about the brain. - 8 tips for classroom practice. This guide's practical tips and ideas will help teachers get started right away in designing different learning pathways for their students. 
25-pack of 8.5" x 11" 3-panel foldout guide (6 pages), laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage.

The Brain and Learning (Quick Reference Guide 25-Pack)

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) suggests exciting ways to design and deliver engaging, rigorous learning experiences--as a growing international movement of UDL practitioners can attest. However, implementing UDL also requires us to unlearn many beliefs, assumptions, and teaching practices that no longer work. In this lively and fun book, UDL experts Allison Posey and Katie Novak identify elements of what they call "The Unlearning Cycle" and challenge educators to think again about what, how, and why they teach. The authors share hard-won lessons in a caring, collegial way. Unlearning is a refreshing tonic for anyone looking to rejuvenate their teaching practice and make room for growth.

Unlearning: Changing Your Beliefs and Your Classroom with UDL

Novak, Katie

CAST, Inc.

Why are assessments important? What's the difference between formative and summative assessments? How are assessments designed? What are their fundamental components? How can we know if they are working? How can we improve our assessments? In The Assessment Playbook: A UDL Approach, a companion to the popular Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Assessment Video Series available on CAST's YouTube channel, CAST's professional learning and research experts answer these and other questions. They share tips and strategies as well as more than 100 resources to help you better understand what K-12 learners know and can do-and how to improve your instruction accordingly.

The Assessment Playbook: A UDL Approach

BASTONI, AMANDA