Enriching the Brain How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential

Name: Enriching the Brain How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential
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ISBN: 9780470223895

ISBN-10: 0470223898

ISBN-13: 9780470223895

Edition: 2006

Authors: Eric Jensen

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Eric Jensen-a leading expert in the translation of brain research into education, argues in Enriching the Brain that we greatly underestimate students' achievement capacity. Drawing from a wide range of neuroscience research as well as related studies, Jensen reveals that the human brain is far more dynamic and malleable than we earlier believed. He offers us a powerful new understanding of how the brain can be "enriched," across the board to maximize learning, memory, behavior and overall function. The bottom line is we have far more to do with how our children's brains turn out than we previously thought. Enriching the Brain shows that lasting brain enrichment doesn't occur randomly…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 346
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.80" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Figures and Exhibits


Preface



The Fixed-Brain Myth



Rethinking Intelligence



The science Behind Enrichment



The Malleable Brain



Brains at Risk



Exploring Exceptional Brains



Enrichment as Educational Policy



School and Classroom Solutions



Early Childhood Enrichment



Enriching the Future


Notes


The Author


Index