Differentiation Through Learning Styles and Memory - Softcover

Sprenger, Marilee B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761939423 ISBN 13: 9780761939429

Publisher: Corwin, 2003

Synopsis

This comprehensive resource provides educators with practical strategies for guiding students to access what they have learned, utilizing their own personal learning styles and strengths.

About this title

About the Author

Marilee Sprenger is an adjunct professor at Aurora University, where she teaches graduate courses on brain-based teaching, learning and memory, and differentiation. A creative and compassionate educator, she began her career teaching prekindergarten and kindergarten. She has also taught at the elementary, middle, and high school level. As an independent consultant, her passion is brain-based teaching and best practices using brain research and differentiation. She also consults in the areas of learning styles, using music in the classroom, teaming, multiple intelligences, emotional intelligence, and memory. As an educational consultant with Two Rivers Professional Development Center, she worked for the Illinois Regional Offices of Education in the area of staff development associated with learning standards and testing. She speaks internationally, and her interactive and engaging style allows participants to make connections with their classrooms and their students. She is affiliated with the American Academy of Neurology and is constantly updated on current research. Sprenger is the author of several books, including Memory 101 for Educators and Becoming a Wiz at Brain-Based Teaching, Second Edition, published by Corwin Press. She has contributed to textbooks, and her articles have appeared in publications such as Educational Leadership and the ASCD Brain-based Education/Learning Styles Networker. Her dedication to education has won her many awards, but she cherishes most the wonderful students and teachers whose lives have touched hers.

Review

"The stories and classroom situations throughout the book really helped me visualize how all of this can be put to use. The author definitely practices what she preaches, whether she is teaching in a classroom or teaching through the written word." -- Kathy Tritz-Rhodes, Principal

"This is the kind of book that needs to be read and re-read. There s so much usable information in it. A great resource for all teachers."--William Fitzhugh, Fifth-Grade Teacher

"Provides many useful and helpful techniques that can immediately be implemented to improve learning in any classroom setting."--Michelle Barnea, Early Childhood Consultant (10/23/2007)

"This isthe kind of book that needs to be read and re-read. There s so much usable information in it.A great resource for all teachers."--William Fitzhugh, Fifth-Grade Teacher (10/23/2007)"

The stories and classroom situations throughout the book really helped me visualize how all of this can be put to use. The author definitely practices what she preaches, whether she is teaching in a classroom or teaching through the written word. --Kathy Tritz-Rhodes, Principal (10/23/2007)"

"This isthe kind of book that needs to be read and re-read. There s so much usable information in it.A great resource for all teachers."--William Fitzhugh, Fifth-Grade Teacher (10/23/2007)"

"Provides many useful and helpful techniques that can immediately be implemented to improve learning in any classroom setting."--Michelle Barnea, Early Childhood Consultant (10/23/2007)

The stories and classroom situations throughout the book really helped me visualize how all of this can be put to use. The author definitely practices what she preaches, whether she is teaching in a classroom or teaching through the written word. --Kathy Tritz-Rhodes, Principal (10/23/2007)"

"This is the kind of book that needs to be read and re-read. There's so much usable information in it. A great resource for all teachers."--William Fitzhugh, Fifth-Grade Teacher (10/23/2007)

"The stories and classroom situations throughout the book really helped me visualize how all of this can be put to use. The author definitely practices what she preaches, whether she is teaching in a classroom or teaching through the written word."--Kathy Tritz-Rhodes, Principal (10/23/2007)

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0761939423
• ISBN 13: 9780761939429
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176