Burlington Public Library MA

Whole brain teaching for challenging kids (and the rest of your class, too!), Chris Biffle

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 280)

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Whole brain teaching for challenging kids (and the rest of your class, too!)

bibliography

852536560

Chris Biffle

Join the teaching revolution that's sweeping the U.S. ... and the world! 80,000 registered members worldwide, 3,000,000 YouTube views, 10,000,000 pages of free ebooks downloaded from WholeBrainTeaching.com, one of the world's largest, free, education websites! If your rambunctious kids are driving you batty, read this book. Guffaw with delight as your class, guided by the Guff Counter, halts back talking students in their tracks! Weep with joy at the power of the Independents that turns rebel cliques against each other. Gasp in awe as you discover Mirror, the simple technique that makes every lesson magnetically engaging. Chortle with merriment as the magical Scoreboard transforms classroom management into a living video game. Whole Brain Teaching, a grass roots, education reform movement, begun in 1999 by three Southern California teachers, has attracted an astonishing following among educators across the U.S. and in 30 foreign countries. Based on cutting edge scientific research, Whole Brain Teaching recognizes that students learn the most when they are engaged in lessons that involve seeing, hearing, doing, speaking and feeling. Join the revolution! Transform your students from passive receivers of information to dynamic creators of high energy lessons. "In my 38 years in education, I have never seen a more successful classroom management system than Whole Brain Teaching. It's simple, effective and powerful. Chris Biffle and his colleagues have developed a strategy that works for all students." Dominic F. Mucci, Superintendent of Schools, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Introduction -- The origin of whole brain teaching -- Seven common teaching mistakes -- Charting progress -- The brain on whole brain teaching -- Class-yes -- Five, powerful classroom rules -- Teach-okay -- Teach-okay (part 2) -- Teach-okay (part 3) -- The scoreboard -- Mirror, hands and eyes -- Daily classroom procedures -- Scoreboard levels -- The super improvers team -- Improving state test scores with the super improvers team -- Practice cards -- More ways to use practice cards -- The guff counter -- The independents -- The bull's eye game -- The agreement bridge -- Whole brain and critical thinking -- More critical thinking : the illustrious brain toys -- Smart cards -- Leadership training and the self managing class -- Whole brain teaching and learning research -- Additional research -- Bonus chapter : designing your WBT model classroom -- Bonus chapter : the five step WBT lesson template -- Bonus chapter : 11 day writing plan