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| Author: John Medina
Publisher: Pear Press
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 473
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 301
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0979777704
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.82
EAN: 9780979777707
ASIN: 0979777704
Publication Date: March 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very informative, entertaining, and easy reading... July 11, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great book and DVD combo especially for educators, parents, and students. The research is written in light layman's terms with a fun, light style. All of the information is useful and can be put into practice immediately to help the reader learn, teach, and possibly prevent depression, dementia and other brain disorders.
Brain Rules review July 10, 2008
This book has some excellent research and thought provoking information for anyone involved with learning. As a working professional in the field of Human Resource Development I will be incorporating some of Dr. Medina's research and vision into our corporate learning strategy.
An owner's manual for the brain July 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is partly an academic-style introduction to brain research and partly a jauntily written practical "how-to" about getting the most from your brain. John Medina has a warm, upbeat persona, and skillfully incorporates stories from his experiences to illustrate points he makes in the book. From time to time he forgets to connect the dots for readers who are new to the material, and so doesn't always articulate the full point or parallel he is making. However, he gives a broad overview of brain research and makes a conscious effort to practice the rules he preaches. He repeats information, as research says he should, and uses lively, varied examples to engage the reader. To reinforce the book's lessons with visual and aural sensory input, the publisher provides a supplemental DVD. Medina summarizes his key points, and touches briefly on the real-world implications and applications of the findings he covers. getAbstract recommends this book to parents, educators, human-resources professionals, executives and all those who want to help themselves, their children or their employees reach their full intellectual potential.
Amazing July 3, 2008
Read this book. Entertaining, clear and you will learn a lot about how we work.
Fascinating book June 30, 2008
I'm a teacher and have recently become interested in the brain. This book is GREAT for educators. It will make you rethink the way you teach. It made me realize how important some parts of the curriculum are (P.E.) which are often cut in order to make more room for review time. With all the non-sense high stakes tests of NCLB it's not surprising (I did it myself) but if you want to boost your test scores, DON'T CUT P.E. I love this book and would recommend it to anybody, but especially teachers.
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