Judy Willis Knihy

Focusing on the intersection of neuroscience and education, this guide offers practical strategies for transforming students' attitudes toward math. Dr. Judy Willis, a math teacher and neurologist, emphasizes reducing negativity and fostering motivation through achievable challenges and personalized learning. Techniques like errorless math and goal-setting help alleviate anxiety and encourage growth. With accessible insights into brain function, the book empowers educators to inspire students to embrace math and develop a positive mindset about their abilities.

The book explores the complexities of reading, highlighting how it engages multiple areas of the brain through a network of neurons. It addresses the challenges faced by students who struggle with reading, emphasizing the intricate processes involved in mastering this essential skill. By examining the neurological aspects of reading, it aims to provide insights into the difficulties some learners encounter and the various factors that contribute to their experiences.

Drawing on her neurology expertise and classroom experience, author Judy Willis examined decades of learning-centered brain research to determine what information was most valid and relevant for educators. The result is a comprehensive and accessible guide for improving student learning based on the best the research world has to offer. Willis takes a reader-friendly approach to neuroscience, describing how the brain processes, stores, and retrieves material and which instructional strategies help students learn most effectively and joyfully. You will discover how to captivate and hold the attention of your students and how to enhance their memory and test-taking success. You will learn how to know when students are ready for learning and when their brains need a rest. You will also learn how stress and emotion affect learning and how to improve student engagement. And you will find innovative techniques for designing assessments and adjusting teaching practices to ensure that all students reach their potential. No matter what grade or subject you teach, Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning will enrich your repertoire of teaching strategies so you can help students reach their full academic potential.

Brain-Based Strategies You Can Use Today to Enhance Your Child's Love of Learning How Your Child Learns Best is a groundbreaking guide for parents that combines the latest brain research with the best classroom practices to reveal scientifically savvy ways to improve your child's success in school. Written by Judy Willis, MD, MEd, a board-certified neurologist who is also a full-time classroom teacher, How Your Child Learns Best shows you not only how to help your child learn schoolwork, but also how to capitalize on the way your child's brain learns best in order to enrich education wherever you are, from the grocery store to the car - a necessity in today's "teach to the test" world. By using everyday household items and enjoyable activities, parents of children ages three to twelve can apply targeted strategies (based on age and learning strength) in key academic areas, Discover how to help your child increase academic focus and success, lower test stress while increasing test scores, increase class participation, foster creativity, and improve attention span, memory, and higher-level thinking. How Your Child Learns Best shows how to maximize your child's brain potential and offers something for every parent who wants the best for his or her child. "At last we parents now have a reference that will help guide us in assisting our children's growth and flowering. This book is what parents have been searching for and need now more than ever." - from the foreword by Goldie Hawn

Through the activities and keys in this book, teens will strengthen their brain networks to take command of their focus, organization, sustained effort, thoughtful decision making, and durable memory construction.