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

by Marcia L. Tate (editor)

Tactile learners, spatial thinkers, and logical minds alike will become eager students as the strategies in this handbook are implemented.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Professional Development

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 2003

Reviews

[Lizzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great idea to pull away from worksheets, but it definitely has an early 2000s feel to it.

[Marcy Wells · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've had this book sitting on my shelf for about 5 years after attending a workshop with Marcia Tate. I dug the book out this summer as I was working on re-doing some of my lesson plans to be more common-core appropriate. At this point, I found it to be very basic and not have a lot of practical stuff I could really apply. I guess if you've never really heard that you should do more than just lecture, this book is a great introduction. However, now that we've all heard that for so long, this book seemed basic.

[Casandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good selection of strategies to engage learners in the classroom. All of them won't work for every situation, obviously, but you can probably find some way to use most of them some of the time. I have 3 or 4 that are my sort of go-to ideas, but it's good to have some change-up every once in a while. I especially like the ones that are no-prep strategies so you can just use them in the classroom whenever.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had the fortune to participate in a Marcia Tate workshop this week, and read the book as prep for the workshop. It's very user friendly and engaging, and has some great strategies that I can't wait to use in my classroom!

[Sha_von · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was introduced to this book during the time Marcia Tate came to my job to do a presentation on how to teach kids from different angles. This book is also great for encouraging teachers as well.

[Bug]

Highly recommended to me by very experienced teachers--So I feel confident recommending it without reading. Have not yet had time to read.

[Chelsey Juenemann · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the pleasure of seeing Marcia Tate last year and I have used many of her strategies in my reading classroom! This book is FULL of great strategies to help engage students in learning.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great resource

[Sheila Hill]

Fun activities and strategies that teachers can use to make engage students and make learning fun.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good information--would have liked a few more scenarios, but other than that, top notch!