title: Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom
author:  David A. Sousa 
description: Differentiation and the Brain combines the perspectives of differentiation and neuroscience to build a convincing, well described, clearly understood application of differentiation strategies. The book presents the brain research to support the recommendations without overstepping claims of proven by brain research. Sousa and Tomlinson offer an important perspective to new and experienced classroom teachers, curriculum advisors, and administrators. --Judy Willis, MD, MEd<br /><br />Differentiation and the Brain is more than another new book to stack on our desks; it is an education event. Expert and engaging with clear, vivid descriptions of the principles used in real classrooms, the book makes the fields of neuroscience and differentiation accessible without oversimplifying. It provides great next steps for seasoned veterans as well as practical tips for new teachers. This will be one of those books we reread over the years to spark creativity and restoke pedagogical fires. It is a welcome contribution from two of the most amazing thinkers of our time. --Rick Wormeli, author and consultant<br /><br />Tomlinson and Sousa emphasize that differentiation is a shared responsibility between teacher and student. They provide a solid rationale for differentiation in educational neuroscience and then offer practical strategies for embedding differentiation into our classroom practices. This will be a go-to resource for teachers! --Diane Heacox, EdD, author of Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom and Making Differentiation a Habit<br /><br />Differentiation and the Brain is more than another new book to stack on our desks; it is an education event. Expert and engaging with clear, vivid descriptions of the principles used in real classrooms, the book makes the fields of neuroscience and differentiation accessible without oversimplifying. It provides great next steps for seasoned veterans as well as practical tips for new teachers. This will be one of those books we reread over the years to spark creativity and restoke pedagogical fires. It is a welcome contribution from two of the most amazing thinkers of our time. --Rick Wormeli, author and consultant<br /><br />Tomlinson and Sousa emphasize that differentiation is a shared responsibility between teacher and student. They provide a solid rationale for differentiation in educational neuroscience and then offer practical strategies for embedding differentiation into our classroom practices. This will be a go-to resource for teachers! --Diane Heacox, EdD, author of Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom and Making Differentiation a Habit
zlib_text: The Student’s Guide to  
  Cognitive Neuroscience
  Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this 
  thoroughly updated fourth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a 
  comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Jamie 
  Ward provides an easy-to-follow introduction to neural structure and function, 
  as well as all the key methods and procedures of cognitive neuroscience, with 
  a view to helping students understand how they can be used to shed light on 
  the neural basis of cognition.
  The book presents a comprehensive overview of the latest theories and 
  findings in all the key topics in cognitive neuroscience, including vision, 
  hearing, attention, memory, speech and language, numeracy, executive 
  function, social and emotional behavior and developmental neuroscience. 
  Throughout, case studies, newspaper reports, everyday examples and student-
  friendly pedagogy are used to help students understand the more challenging 
  ideas that 