Brain-Based Learning with Gifted Students (Grades 3-6): Lessons from Neuroscience on Cultivating Curiosity, Metacognition, Empathy, and Brain Plastici, Fishman-Weaver Kathryn

Brain-Based Learning With Gifted Students combines relevant research in neuroscience with engaging activities for gifted elementary students in grades 3-6. This book:

• Teaches how development and learning processes happen in the brain.
• Helps students and teachers explore specific brain-based concepts together.
• Includes a concise research overview on why each concept works and matters.
• Offers extension ideas to deepen the activities and strategies for applying each concept to other content areas.
• Aligns to gifted programming standards.

Through the lessons in this book, students will learn how to cultivate curiosity, neuroplasticity, metacognition, empathy, and well-being. Grounded in research on the latest findings in neuroscience, this book empowers gifted education teachers with relevant information on brain-based learning.