Memory expert Marilee Sprenger uses the latest research on learning, memory, and the brain to weave a storyteller's spell for us with two parallel parables: one a tale of adult educators in a Memory 101 workshop, and the other a story for children with magical talking elephants, lions, and jungle creatures.
Along the way, we acquire tips, strategies,mnemonics, graphic organizers, and checklists that help us to strengthen our memories train our brains, and help us help our students to do the same. Relax and enjoy this book: the experience will be memorable!
"Practitioners can use the information easily and effectively. My goal as a teacher is to simplify learning. This book does that very well."
"Provides excellent examples of remembering a list, mind maps, webs, and other graphic organizers."
"Fresh and inventive.... the author's use of story provides a strong background for understanding important memory issues and strategies, and it also provides a rich context for further growth."
"A `popular' book that will be helpful to educational practitioners as well as to other adults... Readable, academically accurate, and creative."
