| Description |
1 online resource (335 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; 1. A Brief Look at Experiential Learners; The Active Brain: Male or Female; Structural Differences; Sensory Differences; Cognitive Differences; Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Study Strategies; 2. Math; General Math; Lesson 1. 12-Sided or 20-Sided Die Toss (active review); Lesson 2. Fraction Bars (multimodal activity with fractions, decimals, and percents); Lesson 3. Casting Out Nines (method to check for arithmetic errors) |
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Lesson 4. I'm Not Irrational! (activity to become familiar with math terms, two levels)Lesson 5. PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction; activity to develop facility with order of operations); Lesson 6. School Statistics (activity for younger students to become familiar with spread sheets and basic statistics); Lesson 7. Stock Market Game (use of matrices to display information and calculate changes); Lesson 8. Whether Weather (use of spread sheet to gather and assimilate data, two levels); Algebra |
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Lesson 9. Four-Square Strategy (technique to acquire and review information)Lesson 10. Box the Operator (active method to solve word problems); Lesson 11. Just a Fib (use of the Fibonacci sequence to write poems); Lesson 12. Peanut Statistics (collecting and analyzing information in two levels); Lesson 13. Problem Solving With Holmes (technique to solve problems; can be used with all classes, not just math); Lesson 14. Rainbow Parabola (using graphing functions of TI-84 calculator); Lesson 15. The Throw Down (problem solving and review technique); Geometry |
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Lesson 16. Blackbeard's Challenge (review of history and geometry)Lesson 17. Heavens to Betsy: Design Your Own Flag Project (review of history and geometry); Lesson 18. Parallel Play: Equal or Supplementary (experiential activity for geometry); Lesson 19. Scale Models (practice with models and ratio and proportion); Lesson 20. The Cover-Up: A Paint Dilemma (practical application of scale models); Lesson 21a. Making Rocket Candy (practical application of scale models for beginning-level students) |
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Lesson 21b. Making Rocket Candy (practical application of scale models for proficient to advanced students)3. Language Arts; Reading; Lesson 22. Anticipation Slideshow (activity to engage students in literature); Lesson 23. Bookmarks (technique to encourage students to read for specific information); Lesson 24. Bring-Me Game (physical activity linked with review); Lesson 25. Building the Setting (dioramas of scenes from stories to promote iconic memory); Lesson 26. Drama Dialogues (kinesthetic review of literature) |
| Summary |
Learn what to do when your students' feet just can't keep still. If you have had enough of repeating yourself to students who aren't listening, try a little less talk and a lot more action. The authors of Active Lessons for Active Brains have assembled an indispensable, ready-to-use collection of mathematics, language arts, science, and classroom management strategies to focus a classroom full of energetic minds. Designed for active, hands-on learners?whether male or female?the text provides more than 70 specific lesson plans for addressing students' common challenges |
| Notes |
Lesson 27. Independent Reading Race (competition to encourage students to read) |
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Print version record |
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Experiential learning.
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Active learning.
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Learning, Psychology of.
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Boys -- Education
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Sex differences in education.
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EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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Active learning
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Boys -- Education
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Experiential learning
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Learning, Psychology of
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Sex differences in education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Allison, Sandra Boyd
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McKenzie, Caitlin Zimmerman
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| ISBN |
9781629140278 |
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1629140279 |
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