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ASCD 08 Session Handouts

Eight Great Strategies - Power Point

See Martha in action! VIDEO CLIP

The Physical Environment, by Martha Kaufeldt

Video Clip - Cycle of Re-teaching

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ASCD 08 Session Handouts
Martha's ASCD session: "Let's Go Over It One More Time!" was a huge success. With standing room only, participants got lots of practical ideas for how to help students actively process new learning without just repeating examples and presenting information one way. Click below to get a copy of the handout packet. Part 2 (last page) is a separate link.
Go Over It HANDOUTS PT 1 (.pdf 2.5M)

ASCD 08 Session Handouts Part 2
The last page of the handout packet "Let's Go Over It One More Time!" is available below.
Go Over It HANDOUTS PT 2 (.pdf 584k)

Eight Great Strategies - Power Point
View Martha's Power Point presentation "Eight Great Strategies to Hook Every Learner! At the recent Write To Learn conference in Missouri, Martha presented this popular pre-conference. Download the presentation. Large file. Copyrighted materials.
Eight Great Strategies (.ppt 3.6 MB)

See Martha in action! VIDEO CLIP
Managing the Differentiated Classroom -Enjoy a few minutes of a presentation Martha did at a Brain Expo last year. "Teachers, Change Your Bait! Brain Compatible Differentiated Instruction" is one of her most requested topics. In this short video clip you can see Martha demonstrate how orchestrating Differentiated Instruction in classrooms can be like running a three ring circus! Good management systems are the key to success. Click on the link to view the video
http://beginwiththebrain.com/video_class_management.php

The Physical Environment, by Martha Kaufeldt
This chapter by Martha Kaufeldt is an excerpt from a book titled, "Learning and the Brain: An Encyclopedia." Edited by Sheryl Feinstein, published by Greenwood Publishing Group, Winter 2006.
http://beginwiththebrain.com/physical_environment.php

Video Clip - Cycle of Re-teaching
A short video clip featuring popular presenter, Martha Kaufeldt, as she describes the "cycle of re-teaching" that seems to be a constant problem for teachers in North America. With so much curriculum to "cover," teachers often move on to the next concepts and skills without giving students opportunities to "actively process" new learning.
Click on the link to view video:
http://beginwiththebrain.com/video_re_teaching_cycle.php