Social Studies Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites
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Social Studies Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites by Marcia L Tate
Best-selling author Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark dendrite-growing teaching strategies to this practitioner-friendly collection of brain-compatible methods for engaging K-12 students in social studies.
"This book highlights strategies teachers can use to promote deeper understanding of social studies contentWhen you teach for understanding, the end result will be improved test scores." -- Cathy Hix, K-12 Social Studies Specialist
“Social Studies Worksheets Don′t Grow Dendrites provides current best practices for using engaging activities and big-picture questions to hook kids on the study of history and the social sciences. I’d recommend it to all aspiring history teachers!” -- Kerry Dunne, K-12 Social Studies Director
“Social Studies Worksheets Don′t Grow Dendrites provides current best practices for using engaging activities and big-picture questions to hook kids on the study of history and the social sciences. I’d recommend it to all aspiring history teachers!” -- Kerry Dunne, K-12 Social Studies Director
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781412998758 |
| ISBN 10 | 1412998751 |
| Title | Social Studies Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites |
| Author | Marcia L Tate |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2012-01-19 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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