Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain

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Marcia L. Tate

Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites

20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain

Marcia L. Tate

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Corwin Press Inc
01 December 2015

Educational psychology; Teaching skills & techniques

In this thoroughly updated third edition of Marcia Tate's bestseller, you'll learn about twenty definitive brain-compatible techniques to maximize retention and minimize forgetting in learners of all ages. Features include ways to incorporate music, humour, visuals, project-based learning, and much more into your lesson plans.

Edited by: Marcia L. Tate
Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 215mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 690g
ISBN: 9781506302737
ISBN 10: 1506302734
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 01 December 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork Strategy 3: Field Trips Strategy 4: Games Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs Strategy 6: Humor Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices Strategy 10: Movement Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Learning Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades Strategy 15: Storytelling Strategy 16: Technology Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery Strategy 18: Visuals Strategy 19: Work Study and Apprenticeships Strategy 20: Writing and Journals Resource A: Brain-Compatible Lesson Plan Resource B: Graphic Organizers Bibliography Index

Marcia L. Tate, EdD, is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System in Decatur, Georgia. During her thirty-year career with the district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director. Marcia is currently an educational consultant and has taught over 500,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world. She is the author of the eight books in the best-selling Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites series and four additional books: Formative Assessment in a Brain-Compatible Classroom: How Do We Really Know They're Learning?, 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning K-8, and 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning 9-12, and her latest book, Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms that is designed to address both the personal and professional lives of all educators. Participants in her workshops refer to them as some of the best ones they have ever experienced since Marcia uses the twenty strategies outlined in her books to actively engage her audiences. Marcia 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 in Ann Arbor, her specialist degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University, and her doctorate in educational leadership from Clark Atlanta University. Marcia is married to Tyrone Tate and is the proud mother of three children: Jennifer, Jessica, and Christopher, and nine grandchildren: Christian, Aidan, Maxwell, Aaron, Roman, Shiloh, Aya, Noah, and Alyssa. Marcia and her husband own the company Developing Minds, Inc. and can be contacted by calling the company at (770) 918-5039, emailing her at marciata@ bellsouth.net, or by visiting her website at www.developingmindsinc.com. You can also follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @DrMarciaTate.