Brain-Friendly Strategies for Developing Student Writing Skills [Paperback]

Aligned with core principles of effective instruction, this resource provides brain-compatible strategies, reflection questions, and cross-curricular writing activities to boost students' writing and achievement.Aligned with core principles of effective instruction, this resource provides brain-compatible strategies, reflection questions, and cross-curricular writing activities to boost students' writing and achievement. The major strengths of this book are the implications of current brain research and how to maximize student learning and enjoyment in the learning process. Its all about the learning in the classroom, which is where the focus must be. Provides teachers with applicable research on brain-compatible learning and provides students with tools for developing their talent as writers. Explains brain research in easy-to-understand language and includes real classroom stories from diverse grade levels and student populations, as well as cross-curricular writing activities that foster high literacy and performance on high-stakes tests. Any teacher who wants reliable research to support effective, brain-friendly instruction should read this book and share it with colleagues and administrators. Allows teachers to see the inside of a successful system for teaching students to write with confidence and proficiency. Hanson?offers experience and personal learning?on how the brain works and thinks about communication through writing. Recognizes the importance of preparing teachers to act as involved researchers in their own classrooms.?The book?encourages teachers to develop practices that will help their students become lifelong learners, not just competent test takers. Instructional leaders are constantly looking for ways to help teachers work smarter, not harder, in the quest to maximize student achievement.?Hanson provides?a brain-compatible frl“