Böcker av Hector Ruiz Martin

Go beyond personal experience and discover scientific principles that will elevate your teaching The international bestseller How Do We Learn? decodes years of cognitive science research into actionable strategies for K-12 teachers, curricula designers, and administrators. You'll discover how classic and emerging findings can transform pedagogy by pointing at practices that take advantage of the innate structures of the human brain. Written in an easy-to-understand style, this book delves into the cognitive mechanisms that govern learning and memory. You'll also discover the socioemotional factors that influence students' motivation and performance. Researchers have investigated key teaching methods such as feedback and evaluation to identify how school environments influence self-motivation to learn. In this book, Héctor Ruiz Martín unites scientific principles with personal engagement, helping teachers ensure that students can thrive in the classroom and beyond. Learn how students learn so you can help them achieve academic success Get practical tips and strategies for aligning your teaching with scientific evidence Gain fascinating insights into the human mind and discover how to promote student achievement through socioemotional engagement Help students feel motivated and achieve at their best How Do We Learn? offers rigorous scientific insights--explained in accessible terms and translated into actionable steps that K-12 teachers in all disciplines can put into practice right away.

Did you know that science has revealed what actions and circumstances make your brain learn more effectively?In this book, a scientist explains in a simple and very entertaining way how your brain learns and what you can do to take advantage of its full potential.Among other things, you will find out that:- Both people who are good at learning and those who are not can improve their performance if they use the right learning strategies: those that align with the way the brain learns best!- Most students do not know these strategies and those who spontaneously develop them gain a huge advantage without even realizing it.- Your brain is much more powerful than you realize in terms of its ability to learn. Every time you learn something, your brain changes its structure!When you learn about how the brain learns, you learn to learn!