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BrainSMART™ Strategies for Boosting Test Scores
A Top 10 Best Seller at the NAESP Conference 2001
Marcus Conyers and Donna Wilson, Ph.D.
This book is for busy teachers who want to increase test scores and reduce stress while building a love of learning. We integrate 50 years of cognitive and student achievement research, breakthroughs in neuroscience, and our work with 30,000 educators and 5,000 students. This book has been used as a part of an initiative sponsored by the Annenberg Foundation, as well as with many other groups and in school districts throughout the U.S.
- 5 M.A.S.T.E.R. keys to boosting test scores
- 5 parts of the BrainSMART™ learning model
- 10 key facts about the brain and what to do with the information
- A system of 60 classroom tested strategies that are quick to learn and easy to apply
- Strategies your students will love.
Thinking for Results – Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement by As Much As 30 Percent.
Part of Texas BrainSMART Statewide Trainer-of-Trainers Initiative
Donna Wilson, Ph.D. and Marcus Conyers
The question is no longer “How smart am I?” It is now “How smart can I become?” Thinking for Results is a research-based approach to equipping students with the higher order thinking assets they need to achieve maximum academic achievement and lifelong success. This great resource is a part of BrainSMART’s statewide training-of-trainers initiative with Texas’ Safe and Drug Free Schools initiative.
- Discover how IQ explains only 4% - 10% of the variation in lifelong success
- Learn how learning can change the physical structure of the brain
- Equip your students with the cognitive assets they need for school and life success
- Use the three phases of genius approach to understanding student needs
- Help your students to learn the self-management tools they need
- Cultivate the cognitive assets that raise student achievement and prevent violence
Courageous Learners: Unleashing the Brain Power of Students At-Risk
Ideal Resource for Title 1 Schools
Donna Wilson, Ph.D. and Marcus Conyers
Today up to 40% to 80% of students are put at risk of academic failure because they are not taught the thinking and learning tools they need to survive and succeed in school and in life. Experience the joy of learning a system for unleashing the brain power of high need students and for translating pessimism into practical optimism and higher test scores. This book has been used as part of a 3 year statewide Dropout Prevention Initiative at the Florida Department of Education as well as in Title 1 sponsored workshops and projects across the U.S.
- Learn the research that matters to make a difference with Courageous Learners
- Discover the 4-Forces of Learning Model
- Explore the Barcode of the Brain as a way to understand learner differences
- Learn how to teach students to improve impulse control
- Apply knowledge to help students understand time and space concepts necessary for school success
- Model the True North principles for doing the right thing for our Courageous Learners At-Risk
BrainSMART In the House
Ideal Resource for Parent Education and School/Parent Partnerships
Donna Wilson, Ph.D. and Marcus Conyers
BrainSMART In the House is designed with your children’s health, happiness, and school success in mind. Learn how you can help your child T.hink, L.earn, and C.ommunicate so they have the new TLCs for the 21st Century. This book is ideal for the parent education component of Title 1 and for parent organizations such as PTAs.
- Discover what you have been doing right to help your children succeed
- Learn ideas to help your children learn more in less time
- Equip your children with practical thinking tools
- Help your children communicate and improve your own communication
- Learn to read the barcodes of your family members’ brains
- Boost your family’s memory power
Thinking for Reading
Primary Grades (PreK - 3rd)
Dr. Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers
The goal of this Read Aloud curriculum is to help students wire their brains so they can become effective thinkers, readers, and independent learners. The set includes a Teacher Guidebook, CD, and Reproducibles for one classroom.
Drive Your Brain: The Road to Reading Success (Grades 4-7)
Metacognition and Input, Processing, and Output
Dr. Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers
This curriculum is designed to help your students cultivate the cognitive assets they need to drive their brains for success. We use student reproducibles to teach the three phases of genius and important cognitive assets needed for literacy development, higher student achievement, study skills, and life skills.
The set includes a Teacher Guidebook, CD, and Reproducibles for one classroom.
5 Unit Poster Set BrainSMART Strategies - Set of 5
Building Great States, Making Meaning, Laser Sharp Attention, Tools for Transfer, I Feel Good Yes, The Eagle, 10 Pegs, H.E.A.R., and Deal - Delete - The Next Time
7 Unit Poster Set BrainSMART Thinking for Results - Set of 7
Metacognition: Driving My Brain, Making the Most of Time, Understanding Space, Self Regulation, Systematic Search, Planning, and Effective Expression
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