Engaging the Brain
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Create unforgettable learning experiences for your students
What can you do when students would rather socialize than pay attention to your lesson? When students appear to lack motivation, how do teachers ensure that learning sticks? How can you best respond to learning loss caused by the pandemic?
In this new edition of Marcia Tate’s wildly bestselling Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites, 20 field-tested, brain-compatible instructional strategies designed to maximize memory are supported by new classroom applications and research. In each chapter devoted to an individual strategy, you'll discover:
- The latest research on how the brain benefits when the strategy is used
- How the strategy engages all students and addresses common behavior problems
- Sample classroom activities for various grade levels that teachers can implement immediately
- Action plans for incorporating each strategy to accelerate learning
When students actively engage in learning, they stand a much better chance of retaining what we want them to know. As students face setbacks and learning gaps, it's imperative that we quickly bridge these divides by teaching them in the way their brains learn best.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
Introduction
Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 3: Field Trips
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 4: Games
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 6: Humor
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 10: Movement
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Learning
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 15: Storytelling
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 16: Technology
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 18: Visuals
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 19: Work Study and Apprenticeships
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 20: Writing and Journals
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Resource A: Brain-Compatible Lesson Plan
Resource A: Brain-Compatible Lesson Plan
Resource B: Graphic Organizers
Resource B: Graphic Organizers
Bibliography
Bibliography
Additional materials
Description
Create unforgettable learning experiences for your students
What can you do when students would rather socialize than pay attention to your lesson? When students appear to lack motivation, how do teachers ensure that learning sticks? How can you best respond to learning loss caused by the pandemic?
In this new edition of Marcia Tate’s wildly bestselling Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites, 20 field-tested, brain-compatible instructional strategies designed to maximize memory are supported by new classroom applications and research. In each chapter devoted to an individual strategy, you'll discover:
- The latest research on how the brain benefits when the strategy is used
- How the strategy engages all students and addresses common behavior problems
- Sample classroom activities for various grade levels that teachers can implement immediately
- Action plans for incorporating each strategy to accelerate learning
When students actively engage in learning, they stand a much better chance of retaining what we want them to know. As students face setbacks and learning gaps, it's imperative that we quickly bridge these divides by teaching them in the way their brains learn best.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
Introduction
Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 3: Field Trips
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 4: Games
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 6: Humor
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 10: Movement
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Learning
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 15: Storytelling
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 16: Technology
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 18: Visuals
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 19: Work Study and Apprenticeships
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Strategy 20: Writing and Journals
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
Resource A: Brain-Compatible Lesson Plan
Resource A: Brain-Compatible Lesson Plan
Resource B: Graphic Organizers
Resource B: Graphic Organizers
Bibliography
Bibliography
Additional materials
Engaging the Brain
20 Unforgettable Strategies for Growing Dendrites and Accelerating Learning
August 2024 | 272 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781071939789 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781071939802 | $35.00 |
Create unforgettable learning experiences for your students
What can you do when students would rather socialize than pay attention to your lesson? When students appear to lack motivation, how do teachers ensure that learning sticks? How can you best respond to learning loss caused by the pandemic?
In this new edition of Marcia Tate’s wildly bestselling Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites, 20 field-tested, brain-compatible instructional strategies designed to maximize memory are supported by new classroom applications and research. In each chapter devoted to an individual strategy, you'll discover:
- The latest research on how the brain benefits when the strategy is used
- How the strategy engages all students and addresses common behavior problems
- Sample classroom activities for various grade levels that teachers can implement immediately
- Action plans for incorporating each strategy to accelerate learning
When students actively engage in learning, they stand a much better chance of retaining what we want them to know. As students face setbacks and learning gaps, it's imperative that we quickly bridge these divides by teaching them in the way their brains learn best.
Table Of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 3: Field Trips
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 4: Games
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 6: Humor
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 10: Movement
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Learning
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 15: Storytelling
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 16: Technology
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 18: Visuals
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 19: Work Study and Apprenticeships
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Strategy 20: Writing and Journals
- What: Defining the Strategy
- Why: Theoretical Framework
- How: Instructional Activities
- Action Plan
- Resource A: Brain-Compatible Lesson Plan
- Resource B: Graphic Organizers
- Bibliography