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Brain Biology and Layered Curriculum® Articles by Dr. Kathie F. Nunley

Community Strategies for Reducing violence
Brain Biology: it's basic gardening
Stress and Memory
The Caffeine Craze of Youth
Layered Curriculum
Working with learning styles
Holding Students Accountable
Your brain on Drugs
How the adolescent brain challenges the adult brain
Rubrics - Be clear on expectations
You're Feeling Very Sleepy
Take the Test - Are You A Layered Curriculum Teacher?
The Research on Reading
Drug Effects on the Brain
Money as a Reward
Accountability Begins at the Beginning - Connecting class/homework to learning
Why Punishment - Based Systems Don't Work
Commercial Influence In Schools - How some districts deal with commercial interests trying to influence a very impressionable age group.

How To Build Student Centered Classrooms

Kathie Nunley's LAYERED CURRICULUM®: Five easy steps to an effective layered curriculum in the heterogeneous classroom.
What is a student-centered classroom and how it will make your instruction more effective.
Advantages to a layered curriculum and a differentiated classroom.
Simple, proven ways to differentiate your classroom.
How to grade student-centered assignments while maintaining high standards.

Applying Psychology Research to the Classroom

Why hands-on learning is good.
Gaining control of your classroom.
The benefits of interdisciplinary instruction
Adolescent depression and self-esteem.
Keeping Pace with Today's Quick Brains
Irlen Syndrome - Special Guest author, Rebecca Madl.

Articles by Dr. Nunley previously published in print

Active Research Leads to Active Classrooms. NASSP's Principal Leadership.

In Defense of the Oral Defense - Featured in ASCD's Classroom Leadership

Parenting Articles can be found at Help4Teacher's Parent's Corner