Books

	Brain Based Learning and Teaching By Eric Jensen The original brain-based learning resource Stay tuned-in to the cutting-edge research A key resource for educators committed to excellence In this best-selling book, Eric Jensen leads you through brain research findings about how the brain processes and accesses information. Then, he translates those findings into practical methods and theories that will infuse your teaching and training with energy and a renewed sense of purpose. Each fascinating topic features a “What This Means to You” section to ensure your understanding, as well as “Reflection Questions” to help make the information relevant to you. Complete with diagrams and charts, Brain-Based Learning is packed with solid information to give you a good foundation for mastering brain research-based teaching techniques that have been shown to dramatically improve student performance and success. ©2000 / 404 pages / Part Theory, Part Practical / All Grades "Brain-compatible teaching is a priority in my school and this book is the best resource in this category that I have seen to date." R. Fitzgerald, MA, Superintendent
	Trainer's Bonanza: Over 1000 Fabulous Tips and Tools Your Shortcut to Amazing Trainings by Eric Jensen Discover a thousand ideas and activities to make your training sessions sizzle! Never give a boring training session or presentation again with these fast, fun, and effective training tactic! Do you wish to get sparks flying at your training sessions and achieve dramatically better results? Here’s the book for you. Packed with more than 1,000 innovative and practical ideas, you’ll discover how to motivate your participants and ensure an unforgettable learning experience. Open the pages of this book of reader-friendly lists and discover the secrets to training success! You’ll learn how to: • Boost Participation • Create First-Class Openings and Closings • Incorporate Terrific Energizers • Build Teams that Work • Raise Intrinsic Motivation • Overcome Resistance • Engage Learners • Find the Best Training Resources • Make Better Handouts • Deal With Hecklers, and much more! This insightful book is easy to follow and written by a world-class presenter. 129 pages (All Practical Applications)
	Sizzle and Substance: Presenting with the Brain in Mind by Eric Jensen Boost results with this affordable blue-chip career investment Have you reached a training plateau? Are you looking for a resource that will take you and your participants to the next level? Sizzle and Substance is the most comprehensive publication on the market today that links brain research to adult learning and training. It remains one of our bestsellers because of its combination of theory and practical training techniques. Jensen leads you through the key theories about how the brain learns and then gives you hundreds of strategies for preparing your presentation, opening with pizzazz, engaging your participants, making use of transition times, handling hecklers, making abstract concepts real, and making content relevant to each participant. You’ll walk into your next training or presentation full of confidence and walk out full of praise. (Part Theory, Part Practical) 272 pages
	Teaching with the Brain in Mind by Eric Jensen Every year, millions of parents trust that the professionals who teach their children know something about the brain and processes of learning. But most schools of education offer psychology, not neurology, courses. At best, these psychology courses provide indirect information about the brain and how children actually learn. Teaching with the Brain in Mind fills this gap with the latest practical, easy-to-understand research on learning and the brain. 187 pages
	The Great Memory Book Boost Retention and Recall by Karen Markowitz, MS and Eric Jensen, MA Gain specific, simple techniques for recalling names, faces, facts, formulas, definitions, foreign language words, correct spelling, lists, and more. Share the lasting benefits of optimal memory with your students and colleagues today. Part Theory, Part Practical / All Ages/ 197 pages
	Music with the Brain in Mind Enhance Learning with Music by Eric Jensen Compelling evidence supports the value of the musical arts in school; now, you can bring this powerful tool into your classroom. Music with the Brain in Mind translates the latest brain and music research and provides practical strategies to help you integrate the musical arts at all grade levels. With sections that address both theory and classroom applications, you’ll find it easy to put the science into practice and demonstrate its benefits immediately. From a primer on how the body hears music to music’s impact on stress levels, perceptual-motor skills, memory, and emotional intelligence, you’ll find tips for choosing purposeful music and the various benefits of different genres. There is no other book on the market like this one. Part Theory, Part Practical / All Ages/ 132 pages
	Learning with the Body in Mind The Scientific Basis for Energizers, Movement, Play, Games, and Physical Education by Eric Jensen Capitalize on the high energy that is natural to young learners! Research suggests that movement activities are an integral part of the learning process. From role plays to relays, learning is better activated when the body gets involved. Whether you’re an elementary school teacher or a high school math instructor, you’ll discover how to use movement to increase intrinsic motivation, improve attitudes, strengthen memory, and boost achievement in your classroom. This highly readable book offers a valuable compendium of practical strategies backed by clinical and classroom research for engaging students at all levels.
	Different Brains, Different Learners How to Reach the Hard to Reach by Eric Jensen This full-color book is packed with powerful tools, techniques, and strategies that can actually help students improve brain function. Jensen presents a concise outline for identifying the symptoms and causes of prevalent impairments, such as oppositional disorder, attention deficit, dyslexia, hyperactivity, depression, auditory processing deficits, and more. Turn a borderline student into a confident achiever. Part Theory, Part Practical / All Ages/ 173 pages
	Learning Smarter-The New Science of Teaching Easy-to-Use Research-Based techniques by Eric Jensen with Michael Dabney Looking for a handy reference with a good balance of theory and practice? This fully cited resource translates the latest research into easy-to-implement action steps that will increase your effectiveness. Each of the brief articles summarizes exciting discoveries about the brain and learning while translating them into practical classroom applications. Learning Smarter covers a variety of material in small, digestible chuncks. Included within each chapter are specific tips for boosting cognition, improving test scores, and encouraging student achievement. Each of the nearly one hundred reader-friendly briefs ends with a complete list of references for additional fact finding. Applies to All Levels. 248 pages ©2001 (Part Theory, Part Practical)
	Arts with the Brain in Mind by Eric Jensen How do the arts stack up as a major discipline? What is their effect on the brain, learning, and human development? How might schools best implement and assess an arts program?" Eric Jensen answers these questions--and more--in this book. To push for higher standards of learning, many policymakers are eliminating arts programs. To Jensen, that's a mistake. This book presents the definitive case, based on what we know about the brain and learning, for making arts a core part of the basic curriculum and thoughtfully integrating them into every subject.
	A New View of AD/HD: Success Strategies for Teaching the Impulsive Learner by Eric Jensen Turn your AD/HD challenged learners into high achievers. Learn what age is most appropriate for diagnosis, what other conditions mimic the symptoms of AD/HD, and how you can structure your lesson planning and delivery to support these students. Discover how to establish routines that provide just the right amount of structure, why more movement is beneficial, and how to manage information flow to keep learners from feeling overwhelmed. Part Theory, Part Practical / All Ages/ 80 pages
	Environments for Learning Does Your Classroom Support Student Success? by Eric Jensen There are many things you can change in your learning environment to boost student success, from lighting and color choices to noise level, seating, and classroom organization! Packed full of easy-to-use strategies and cutting-edge research, this book walks you through the classroom the way your students experience it—through the senses. Learn how safety, ergonomics, and temperature affect learning; lighting, color, and peripheral stimuli improve performance; noise inhibits or encourages learning; toxic pollutants hinder cognition; and why you should include plants in your learning environment. Read about the “total learning environment” and research on the startling relationship between school facilities and student test scores. There is no such thing as a neutral environment: Optimize your learning environment to optimize student performance! (Part Theory, Part Practical) All Ages/ 61 pages
	The Top Tunes for Teaching 977 Song Titles and Practical Tools for Choosing the Right Music Every Time by Eric Jensen Music is a powerful classroom tool that enhances cognition, improves memory, energizes sluggish learners, and makes lessons fun for students of all ages. Inside these pages are practical tips and suggestions, scientific research that supports music’s beneficial effects, and lists of songs—all personally tested by Eric Jensen during his own trainings and guaranteed to be a success. Choose the right music every time! 80 pages © 2005 (All Practical Applications) All Ages
	You Can Succeed The Ultimate Study Guide for Students by Eric Jensen If you want to improve your grades... If you want to gain self-confidence... If you want to take charge of your life... READ THIS BOOK!
	Bs and As in 30 Days by Eric Jensen Thirty short, entertaining, instructive chapters-one for each day of the program-advise students on how to set goals they can reach, study more efficiently in less time, take better classroom notes, develop speed-reading techniques, improve their memory, and tackle tough subjects with confidence. Amusing cartoon illustrations keep the mood appropriately light.
	Introduction to Brain-Compatible Learning A Quick, Easy Introduction to Brain-Compatible Teaching by Eric Jensen This teacher-friendly resource will introduce you to the key principles of brain-compatible teaching and learning. In an easy-to-read format, you will discover just how simple it is to improve student motivation and performance by learning how the brain works. Applies to All ages. 104 pages (Part Theory, Part Practical)
	Brain Compatible Strategies 300 + Brain-Based Learning Activities by Eric Jensen 2nd Edition of the Bestseller! 300+ easy-to-use, great-for-the-brain learning activities Want to add some spice to your lesson plans? This revised edition of Brain-Compatible Strategies is full of creative, ready-to-use ideas to motivate, inspire, and encourage your students. If you are a novice just getting started with brain-compatible teaching, or a practiced veteran looking for ready-to-implement ideas, this book is for you. It's 90% action steps and 10% background and theory. With its plain-language instructions and easy-to-implement activities, this resource will be one of your most thumbed-through references. Applies to All ages (All Practical Applications) 2004, 95 pages
	Super Teaching Your Essential Resource for Effective Teaching Strategies by Eric Jensen This bestseller explores the foundations of brain-compatible learning and then offers specific and practical ways you can make brain research-based methods a part of your teaching and training repertoire. You’ll take a careful look at why accommodating different learning styles can make an immediate and dramatic impact on your learners’ achievement; explore the options for working with and assessing students with diverse levels of ability; learn how your “mental modes” impact the academic success of your students; and implement some of the hundreds of simple-to-do strategies to transform your classroom into a place of inquiry, discovery, and accomplishment. This practical, strategy-packed book is an international bestseller for one reason—it really works. Part Theory, Part Practical / All Grades
	Student Success Secrets by Eric Jensen Updated so that it speaks to today’s students, this long-time Barron’s bestseller presents strategies to improve test scores, a plan to help students develop regular and effective study habits, tips on retaining information from their reading, and methods for taking useful classroom notes. They will also find advice on getting the most out of library and computer research facilities. Here is a book that will help students foster the habit of success in all academic subjects.
	The Little Book of Big Motivation by Eric Jensen Procrastinate no more! Open your eyes, your heart, and your mind to a positive new way of thinking, and discover the life-affirming power of self-motivation. In THE LITTLE BOOK OF BIG MOTIVATION, master motivator Eric Jensen gives you 180 strategies and encouragements to achieve your goals, follow your dreams, seize opportunity, and never settle for less than the best life has to offer. Now is the time to harness the passion within you that makes life a joy forever. Don't let your life be a series of disappointing regrets; make it a masterpiece of personal triumph. With this little book, you're guaranteed the motivation to make your dreams a reality, one thought at a time!
	Enriching the Brain by Eric Jensen Drawing from a wide range of neuroscience research as well as related studies, Jensen reveals that the human brain is far more dynamic and malleable than we earlier believed. He offers us a powerful new understanding of how the brain can be “enriched,” across the board to maximize learning, memory, behavior and overall function. The bottom line is we have far more to do with how our children’s brains turn out than we previously thought.
	Tools for Engagement Managing Emotional States for Learner Success by Eric Jensen Learn the specifics about different emotional states and how to adapt the learning process to work effectively with those states. Within this book’s color-coded chapters, you’ll discover more than 150 practical activities that will arouse curiosity, promote accountability, ease transitions, boost confidence, and enhance understanding and retention. Your confidence as an instructor will soar with these powerful, state-changing tools.