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Brain literacy for educators and psychologists / Virginia W. Berninger and Todd L. Richards.

Title
Brain literacy for educators and psychologists / Virginia W. Berninger and Todd L. Richards.
Author
Berninger, Virginia Wise.
Publication
Amsterdan ; Boston : Academic Press, c2002.

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Richards, Todd L.
Description
xxii, 373 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
A textbook for a pre-service or in-service course teaching basic neuroscience and brain imaging to teachers and other professionals who asses children with school learning problems. It is also suitable as a supplementary text in courses on literacy or numeracy. The purpose is to provide general principles rather than a plethora of facts.
Series Statement
Practical resources for the mental health professional
Uniform Title
Practical resources for the mental health professional
Subject
  • Brain > physiology
  • Brain
  • Developmental Disabilities > diagnosis
  • Developmental neurobiology
  • Diagnostic Imaging > Child
  • Learning Disabilities > diagnosis
  • Learning
  • Neurophysiology
  • Teaching > methods
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
pt. 1. What educators need to know about the brain -- 1. Introduction and conceptual foundations -- 2. General principles of microstructure and microfunction -- 3. General principles of macrostructure and macrofunction -- 4. General principles of brain development -- pt. 2. Linking brain research to literacy research -- 5. Building a reading brain neurologically -- 6. Building a writing brain neurologically -- 7. Building a computing brain neurologically -- pt. 3. Linking literacy research to brain research -- 8. Building a reading brain pedagogically -- 9. Building a writing brain pedagogically -- 10. Building a computing brain pedagogically -- pt. 4. Educational applications of brain-literacy links -- 11. Implications for educational policy -- 12. Implications for classroom practice.
ISBN
012092871X (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001098829
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library