TY - BOOK AU - AU - Caine, Renate Nummela. ED - ED - ED - ED - TI - : developing executive functions of the human brain SN - 9781412961073 (paperback : acid-free paper) SN - 2 PY - 2009///];copyright 200946 CY - Thousand Oaks, CA PB - Corwin Press KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Physiological aspects KW - Learning, Psychology of.;Learning;Brain.;Teaching N1 - Rev. ed. of: 12 brain/mind learning principles in action, published in 2005; Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-280) and index; Getting started -- Why relaxed alertness provides the optimum emotional climate for learning -- Complex learning is enhanced by challenge and inhibited by threat, helplessness, and fatigue -- The brain/mind is social -- The search for meaning is innate -- Emotions are critical to patterning -- Creating the richest learning environments using immersion in complex experience -- The brain/mind processes parts and wholes simultaneously -- All learning engages the physiology -- The search for meaning occurs through patterning -- Learning is developmental -- Helping learners digest and consolidate learning -- There are at least two approaches to memory -- Learning engages both focused attention and peripheral perception -- Learning is both conscious and unconscious -- Each brain is uniquely organized; 5; Professional;Professional; Follett Library Resources N2 - Provides a framework for helping teachers and students reach higher performance levels, based on studies of how the brain learns, identifying three essential elements for learning, and including examples, anecdotes, and vocabulary guides ER -