Different Brains, Different Learners : How to Reach the Hard to Reach

by Eric Jensen

• ISBN13: 9781412965026
• ISBN10: 1412965020
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-16
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

Updated throughout and packed with powerful strategies, this second edition demonstrates how students with learning difficulties can improve brain function and raise achievement scores.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. viii
About the Author	p. ix
Introduction	p. x
Pretest	p. xii
Understanding Different Brains	p. 1
The Brain's Key Operating Systems	p. 8
The Argumentative Learner: Oppositional Defiant Disorder	p. 17
The Resigned Learner: Learned Helplessness	p. 30
The Out-of-Control Learner: Conduct Disorder	p. 43
The Demotivated Learner: Stress Disorders	p. 55
The Troubled Learner: Depression	p. 71
The Isolated Learner: Pervasive Developmental Disorders	p. 83
The Challenged Learner: Learning Delayed	p. 100
The Confused Learner: Dyscalculia	p. 115
The Unsound Learner: Central Auditory Processing Disorder	p. 125
The Impulsive Learner: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	p. 135
The Frustrated Learner: Dyslexia	p. 152
Posttest	p. 170
References	p. 176
Index	p. 181
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