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Smilkstein, Rita – Corwin, 2011
This updated edition of the bestselling book on the brain's natural learning process brings new research results and applications in a power-packed teacher tool kit. Rita Smilkstein shows teachers how to create and deliver curricula that help students become the motivated, successful, and natural learners they were born to be. Updated features…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Curriculum Development, Brain, Creative Thinking
Leichliter, Marie E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As the landscape of education and the demographics of the postsecondary classroom continue to evolve, so too must the teaching practices at our nation's institutions of higher education. This study follows an instructor who has evolved to incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) techniques into her classroom, even though prior to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Theories
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Wang, Chin-Chiang; Ku, Heng-Yu – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
The purpose of this study was to identify the components of a framework for affective education implementation based on a positive psychology approach. A fifth grade class of 31 students in a public rural elementary school in Taiwan participated in a 13-week long affective education course that consisted of six units: Self-discovery, Love and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Humanistic Education
Costa, Arthur L.; Kallick, Bena – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008
Bringing together all four books in the AS CD ground-breaking Habits of Mind series, this volume presents a compelling case for why it's more relevant than ever to align the missions of schools and classrooms to teaching students how to think and behave intelligently when they encounter problems and challenges in learning and in life. Drawing on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Lifelong Learning, School Culture, Thinking Skills