The holistic guide to understanding how the brain acquires, processes, and interprets information. This concise look at how the brain learns, remembers, and creates meaning will allow every teacher to prepare more effective lesson plans and to create reflective learning opportunities for students. Topics include: The cognitive system: mind, heart, and body How visual learners, auditory learners, and kinesthetic learners acquire and process information Working memory and short-term memory Long-term memory pathways for semantic, episodic, and procedural memory Teaching for declarative and procedural knowledge Constructing meaning Constructing mental modes Automaticity Building a model to facilitate learning Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary Bibliography and Index