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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Learning From Childhood to Adulthood | |
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| Are Mind and Brain the Same? | |
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| Serious Brain Matters-Learning Attributes of Students' Brains | |
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| Learning at Any Age | |
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| Brain Structures Accessed for Reading | |
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| Overall Appearance of the Human Brain | |
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| Hemispheres and Structures | |
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| What We Know About the Learning Brain and Readiness to Read | |
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| Learning and Neuron Activity | |
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| Serious Brain Matters-Neurons and Neuroplasticity | |
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| Teaching to Increase Learning Potential | |
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| Memory Systems and Learning | |
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| What Is Known About the Brain and Memory | |
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| Serious Brain Matters-Memory Is More Than Neurons | |
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| How Teachers Engage Students With Exceptional Learning-Being Neurosmart | |
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| Reading With Comprehension, Automaticity, and Fluency | |
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| Learning and Good Readers | |
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| Comprehensible Reading | |
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| Serious Brain Matters-More about the Brain's Filtering Systems | |
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| Motivation and Ability to Learn Through the Grades: How Different is an Adolescent's Brain? | |
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| How Adults Learn | |
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| Serious Brain Matters-Particular Changes During Adolescence | |
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| Student Concern for Learning | |
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| Neurology and Technology for All Aspects of the Curriculum | |
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| Neurosmart Teaching | |
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| The Basics-Capture Attention to Create Learning | |
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| The Basics-Infuse Technology Into the School Setting | |
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| Serious Brain Matters-Students Remember Many Assignments but Attend to One | |
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| Technology Assignments | |
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| Older Students Who Struggle With Reading to Learn | |
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| Adolescent Literacy Today | |
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| Serious Brain Matters-Differences in the Brain's White Microstructures | |
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| The Complex Nature of Reading Comprehension | |
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| Neurology for All Content Areas | |
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| Neurology Influences All Subject Areas | |
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| Foreign Language | |
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| Visual and Performing Arts | |
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| Social Studies and History | |
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| Mathematics | |
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| Science | |
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| Health | |
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| Physical Education | |
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| Neuroeducation, a New Adventure | |
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| Resources, Connections, and Future Classrooms | |
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| Students' Attitudes Influence All Subject Matter Classes | |
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| Infuse Technology Into Classrooms | |
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| Infusing Neuroscience Into Classroom Practice | |
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| Focus Interview Questions | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Index | |