Worksheets Don′t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain - Softcover

Marcia L. Tate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412978505 ISBN 13: 9781412978507

Publisher: Corwin, 2010

Synopsis

Make learning an unforgettable experience for you and your students with brain-compatible strategies!

The second edition of the bestseller offers 20 field-tested, brain-compatible instructional strategies that maximize memory, engagement, and learning for every student. The book is revised throughout with a new lesson plan format, plus updated research, new strategies, and stories. Each strategy includes an overview of brain research and learning style theory, sample classroom activities, and space to brainstorm ideas for classroom application. Teachers will learn about:

• Using graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs
• Engaging students through music, rhythm, rhyme, and rap
• Reciprocal teaching and cooperative learning
• Implementing project-based and problem-based instruction
• Leading students through visualization and guided imagery exercises

About this title

About the Author

Marcia L. Tate is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System, Decatur, Georgia. During her 30-year career with the district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director. She received the Distinguished Staff Development Award for the State of Georgia, and her department was chosen to receive the Exemplary Program Award for the state.

Tate is currently an educational consultant and has taught more than 350,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world, including Australia, Egypt, Hungary, Singapore, Thailand, and New Zealand. She is the author of the following five bestsellers: Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain; “Sit & Get” Won’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Professional Learning Strategies That Engage the Adult Brain; Reading and Language Arts Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Literacy Strategies that Engage the Brain; Shouting Won’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Techniques for Managing a Brain-compatible Classroom; and Mathematics Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Numeracy Strategies that Engage the Brain, co-written with Warren Phillips, one of the best science teachers in the country. Participants in her workshops refer to them as "some of the best ones they have ever experienced" since Tate uses the 20 strategies outlined in her books to actively engage her audiences.

Tate received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and elementary education from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her master’s degree in remedial reading from the University of Michigan, her specialist degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University, and her doctorate in educational leadership from Clark Atlanta University. Spelman College awarded her the Apple Award for excellence in the field of education.

Now, Tate is offering an online course, "Growing Dendrites: 20 Strategies That Engage the Brain".

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412978505
• ISBN 13: 9781412978507
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 158