Customer Review: This is a truly excellent book! We've had horrid teaching for way too long. I think this books makes a great case as to why horrid teaching needs to stop. We need education to be meaningful and worth it for kids!
Customer Review: I wanted some reading that would inspire me to go into the coming school year. This book is very usable and gives many ideas for using music effectively. It provides sources to make getting started easier. I plan to purchase other books by Eric Jensen hoping that they are as easy to implement as... more info
Customer Review: Jensen delivers an excellent case for increasing the arts offerings in our schools with compelling research and interesting neurological evidence. Not much is new here, if you read other books on the subject of the brain by Jensen.
Customer Review: Eric Jensen's SUPER TEACHING packs in over 1,000 strategies for teachers, considering how students learn and also how instruction changes a student's brain and thinking. From using assessment as part of instruction to handling special needs kids, SUPER TEACHING is packed with powerful opportunities.... more info
Customer Review: Eric Jensen's new book is a must read for anyone who works with or is raising children. I am an educator and have read many resources on brain research and this one is by far the most comprehensive and interesting. Jensen makes the info about the brain accessible to all readers and the book is... more info
Customer Review: "Brain Based Learning" suggests a new style of teaching that activates student brains and makes them an active participant in the learning process. Author Eric Jensen is absolutely brilliant with his delivery of this material. His writing style is engaging, profound and insightful. I'm so impressed... more info
Customer Review: Great work of new american plays - one of the best Humana Festivals I have read. The cast of actors, directors, designers, and fight choreographers are top notch and excellent resource of up and coming people to see on stage.
The performances of these plays only helped to illuminate the... more info
Customer Review: Eric Jenson's book outlines numerous practical techniques/activities that teacher's may use to produce deeper engagement into learning in the classroom. Based on working with student states, the book is segmented according to the different states a teacher would want to achieve/modify in the... more info
Customer Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. It was the assigned text for a graduate level class I took. There are great ideas for adding energizers and purposeful movement activities to your classroom day.