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Brain Theory
Brain Connection
Take the challenge and play games that train the brain
How Your Brain Listens to Music
An article that looks at whether listening to music can influence your intelligence
The Secret Life of the Brain
Find out how the brain works at this site
Sheep Brain Dissection
Interact with this site to learn about how the brian works
Brain of Brian
An interesting look at the different parts of the brain
 

Multiple Intelligences
Multiple Intelligences
An overivew, ideas for using in teaching, activities, assessment, and links to more sites.
Learn about Multiple Intelligences
Identifies and expands 8 intelligences. Relates to adult learning.
Walter McKenzie's Multiple Intelligences page
Basically a site seeking your enrolment in a course, but has some good information.
Multiple Inteligences and Learning Styles
Learn about the different learning styles and how to use and develop them
Multiple Intelligences Chart
A chart showing activities that will appeal to each learning style
Activity Chart for Multiple Intelligences
Has suggested activities for each intelligence. On the Left hand side menu you can link to more information about each intelligence.
Quality Thinking the Kurwongbah Way
From Kurwongbah Primary, this site has excellent resources for thinking skills
   

De Bono
Six Hats at Cook Primary
Share the PD session from Cook Primary (Canberra) and explore the six hats.
Six Hats Summary
A summary of the six thinking hats from Cook Pri,ary
Six Thinking Hats
Handouts for parents, templates for hats, posters, units of work using the hats

Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
A planning framework, posters, a powerpoint presentation, and a number of pre-planned topics across the curriculum
   
Applying Bloom's
Gives an overview, sample jey words and suggested tasks for each level
Bloom's - An overview
Gives an overview and links to other sites on the internet
Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
Uses Bloom's taxonomy and provides sample questions for each level.
Critical and Creative Thinking
Looks at how the taxonomy can be useful and provides an extensive list of key words for each level.
Bloom's and Reading
Applies Bloom's taxonomy to a reading task
Bloom's Taxonomy
An overview of the taxonomy
Teaching Using Bloom's
Includes a teachers and a students section
Bloom's Taxonomy Sample Questions
An explanation of the taxonomy, sample questions and web links
Using Bloom's Taxonomy
Provides some key words to use with each level
Quia
Test your knowledge of Bloom's whilst you play these games
Aim High
Provides a table with each level defined, along with key words and tasks
Applying Blooms Taxonomy
Useful verbs, sample questions and activities based on Blooms Taxonomy
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General Sites about the Theory of Teaching and Learning
Learning Styles2Go
Learning to learn, multiple intelligences, Blooms, Six Hats and more
   

Learning Styles
Find out about Constructivism, Blooms, Multiple Intellingences, Good Lesson Plan Design, making Web Quests and much more.

 

Concept to Classroom
From Thirteen.org, this site provides a number of modules looking at topics such as "Tapping in to Multiple Intelligences", "Constructivisim", Using the Internet, Collaborative Teaching, Assessment, Web Quests, and more
Creativity in Education
Understanding and nurturing creativity in students.

Indicators of Engaged learning Environments
Identifies 7 variables which contribute to engaged learning

 

Classrooms of the 21st Century
Classroom teachers share their strategies for working with biology and science
Productive Pedagogies
The Queensland site which looks at the new basics.

Reception Scaffolds
Not Reception as a Yr level, but scaffolding ideas to help all learners achieve success

How People Learn
:brain, mind, experience and school.Looks at teaching, learning and future directions for schools
RU MAD?
Are You Making a Difference project
Thinking
A website about Thinking. Includes Habits of Mind, Socratic Questions, Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles
Habits of Mind
Art de Costas page about effective habits of learning
Getting from Ordinary to Extraordinary
Change the way you think

Quality in Schools
From the Business Excellence Australia website

 

Unit Overview
Planning a unit of work using Thinking Skills. Involves a template which links to various sites on the Internet.
Quality Learning Photo Gallery
Information and links to thinking about learning. Includes a collection of photos illustrating good practice
Nine Quick Learning Strategies for Success
Learn how to learn and study better with hi strategies from this site
Brain Gym Exercises
Everyone has a unique PACE and these activities will help both teacher and student become positive, active, clear and energetic for learning.
Gifted Students, Thinking skills and ICT
An amazing range of thinking skills- explanations, contracts for students, posters, units of work, web links and more
Activities
Try this range of activites to utilise Blooms, Six Hats, Mind Maps, etc
Tony Ryan Thinkers Keys
Download them free from this site
Quality Thinking the Kurwongbah Way
From Kurwongbah Primary, this site has excellent resources for thinking skills

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