Green Light Classrooms: Teaching Techniques That Accelerate Learning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781412956109)

Brain-based strategies to give your students the green light for learning success!

How can teachers develop lessons that will ignite the desire to learn? This teacher-friendly guide is organized into nine proven strategies for creating new memory pathways, making content relevant for students, and increasing their learning. Teachers will learn techniques for tapping into students′ emotions and be able to increase participation in group discussions and activities. The book offers contributions from real classrooms and includes:

• Sample lesson plans for different grade levels in each chapter
• A variety of practical, brain-compatible teaching strategies
• Building blocks for effective instruction, illustrated through descriptions, analogies, and metaphors