Brain-Based Learning With Gifted Students: Lessons From Neuroscience on Cultivating Curiosity, Metacognition, Empathy, and Brain Plasticity: Grades 3-6

Kathryn Fishman-Weaver

ISBN 10: 1646320433 / ISBN 13: 9781646320431

Published by Prufrock Press, 2020

About this Item

2020. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9781646320431

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brain-Based Learning With Gifted Students: Lessons From Neuroscience on Cultivating Curiosity, Metacognition, Empathy, and Brain Plasticity: Grades 3-6
• Publisher: Prufrock Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646320433
• ISBN 13: 9781646320431
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Brain-Based Learning With Gifted Students combines relevant research in neuroscience with engaging activities for gifted elementary students in grades 3-6. This book:

• Teaches how development and learning processes happen in the brain.
• Helps students and teachers explore specific brain-based concepts together.
• Includes a concise research overview on why each concept works and matters.
• Offers extension ideas to deepen the activities and strategies for applying each concept to other content areas.
• Aligns to gifted programming standards.

Through the lessons in this book, students will learn how to cultivate curiosity, neuroplasticity, metacognition, empathy, and well-being. Grounded in research on the latest findings in neuroscience, this book empowers gifted education teachers with relevant information on brain-based learning.

Grades 3-6

About the Author

Kathryn Fishman-Weaver, Ph.D., serves as the Director of Academic Affairs for Mizzou K-12. As the principal of the global middle and high school programs, she works with students and teachers around the world. Prior to the principalship, Dr. Fishman-Weaver taught in public schools in Oakland, CA, and Columbia, MO. She has taught special education, gifted education, English language arts, and teacher preparation. Dr. Fishman-Weaver writes and presents frequently on student support, teacher leadership, and gender and education. She loves the written word, a good nap, and impromptu family dance parties in her kitchen. You can follow her work on educational leadership at http://wholeheartedschoolleadership.com.