Brain-Compatible Strategies [Paperback]

Eric Jensen (Author), Melissa Fraser (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0963783270 | ISBN-13: 978-0963783271

This exciting resource will get you excited about teaching all over again. Brain Compatible Strategies contains a gold-mine of creative, ready-to-use ideas to motivate and encourage your students of all ages. This is powerful information that will change the way you view education and the way you teach. You'll learn how to boost attention levels, instill key learning skills, improve motivation and build self-esteem.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book should be on every educator's desk. Both novice and veteran teachers will find it effective in increasing student achievement." (Wanda Lofton, School Coach ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Eric Jensen is an internationally known trainer and member of the Society for Neuroscience. A former teacher, Jensen is the author of fourteen books about brain-compatible teaching and learning including Super Teaching, Brain Compatible Learning and Brain Compatible Strategies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 103 pages
• Publisher: Turning Point Publishing (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963783270
• ISBN-13: 978-0963783271
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,860,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the things you've ever underlined, January 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Brain-Compatible Strategies (Paperback)

This book is a great way to "remember" all the teaching techniques you forget to use. It's like a compilation of all those ideas you've underlined over the years in all the different books and articles you've read. I agree with Minnesota above that there are probably books with more ideas, but the size and format of this book makes it practical: easy to take with you, easy to review,and easy to immediately implement. I especially like the format of the book...one page per topic (like "How to Engage the Spatial-Episodic Memory"), a brief one or two paragraph summary of the theory and then a bullet-list of ideas. I am glad to have this book and recommend it to busy teachers like myself who have to "read and run".

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is so useful!!, April 6, 2007

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S. Sterchi "avid reader" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brain-Compatible Strategies (Paperback)

Eric Jensen has done so much with brain research and this book is full of VERY USEFUL strategies! I have not only highlighted strategies I will use in my classroom, but I HAVE USED THEM!! He explains each strategy and gives examples of how one can use them in their classroom. Whether you teach preschool or high school, this is a very useful book. (Especially during this time of the importance of achievement tests!) It is a quick read, but all of it is useful!!

26 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Simplistic and ordinary, July 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Brain-Compatible Strategies (Paperback)

Mr. Jensen's "Brain-Compatible Strategies" was a disappointment. His ideas were commonplace and uninteresting as was his writing. A much better source for ideas is Mel Silberman's "Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject."