Teaching Struggling Readers : How to Use Brain-Based Research to Maximize Learning

List of Figures vii Foreword ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(6) Section One: Understanding the Developing Mind 7(68) How the Brain Develops and Functions 8(18) Attention, Movement and Learning 26(17) Language and Learning 43(15) Emotion, Memory, and Learning 58(17) Section Two: Creating Literacy Environments to Help all Students Achieve Their Full Potential 75(58) Teaching Reluctant, Unmotivated Students 77(16) Teaching Hard-to-Teach Students 93(16) Teaching LD and AD(H)D Students 109(24) Section Three: Understanding What Makes Teachers Expert 133(58) Characteristics of Expert Teachers 135(17) Knowledge, Thinking, Reasoning, and Practice of Expert Teachers 152(18) Putting It All Together: Perspectives on the Brain, Learning, and Teaching 170(21) Index of Illustrative Examples 191(2) References 193(4) Index 197