Science worksheets don't grow dendrites : 20 instructional strategies that engage the brain
Title:
Science worksheets don't grow dendrites : 20 instructional strategies that engage the brain
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
"Includes 20 proven brain-compatible strategies and 250 activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to integrate national science content standards into their curriculum with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile experiences that maximize retention ... Covers a full range of K-12 science subjects, including physical, life, earth and space science, and provides brain-compatible sample lesson plans."--Cover p. [4].
Other Title:
Twenty instructional strategies that engage the brain
Science worksheets do not grow dendrites
Year Published:
2011
Physical Description:
x, 181 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Contents:
Brainstorming and discussion -- Drawing and artwork -- Field trips -- Games -- Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs -- Humor -- Manipulatives, experiments, labs, and models -- Metaphors, analogies, and similes -- Mnemonic devices -- Movement -- Music, rhythm, rhyme, and rap -- Project-based and problem-based instruction -- Reciprocal teaching and cooperative learning -- Role plays, drama, pantomimes, and charades -- Storytelling -- Technology -- Visualization and guided imagery -- Visuals -- Work study and apprenticeships -- Writing and journals.
Grade Interest level:
Professional
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781412978477
Publisher:
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin, c2011.
