Using Brain Science To Make Training Stick

I recommend this to all my colleagues. I love how the book practices what it preaches. I read it in the different format that it suggests.

The author has many years of experience to back up her claims and assertions, most of which go against traditional teaching and training "truths." With dozens of ways to apply these ideas and principles, you'll quickly see dramatic changes taking place in your trainees or students. As someone who's been studying the science of learning for more than a decade, I thought I had read it all. But then I found Sharon's books.If you apply her ideas in language classes, as I have, not only will your students stay awake and interested the entire class, they'll also remember far more of what they experienced in class, not simply lectures and explanations, but also dialogue activities, improv exercises, etc., for months and even years later.Also includes highly useful details on movement and learning, visual versus verbal processing, active versus passive learning, and so much more.Extremely recommended.The only suggestion I can make to the publisher is to offer all of Sharon's books on Kindle. As of the date of this review, just two of her other books are available on Kindle. For those of us living at a great distance, Kindle is highly preferable.

I own most of Sharon Bowman's books and I love them all! Sharon applies brain science and adult learning theory to her style of writing modeling the very principals she teaches in her books. The reader (learner) gets to choose how to read the book, jumping around to what interests them most, and completing activities along the way to reinforce the learning. My Sharon Bowman books are among my most used, underlined, highlighted, flagged and scribbled-up books I own! If you want to learn ways to make your training more learner-centric and thereby more effective, buy this book! I also highly recommend "Training From the Back of the Room" by Sharon Bowman. Happy learning!

This is one of the best books I've read in a while. Not only is it crammed with extremely helpful information, it's laid out in a way that lets you apply the information as you're learning it and also allows for self-directed learning. So not only are you reading about how to train in a way that helps your participants learn, you're actually practicing the skills as you go.I also love that it's written in a very easy-to-understand way. You don't have to be a neuroscientist to understand what she's saying! Can't recommend this enough!

EXCELLENT! I have been a trainer for over 20 years and wanted to make my programs more interesting and fun. This book gave me explainations fo the how and why plus excellent examples of how to do it. It was so good, I bought another of Sharon's book. I highly recommend this book to the novice and the seasned trainer. If you what to make you traning fun and exciting while ensuring the trainees learn the material, this book is for you.