Getting to Got It!: Helping Struggling Students Learn How to Learn

by Betty K. Garner

Book Overview

It's one of the great mysteries of teaching: Why do some students get it and some students don't?

In this book, Betty K. Garner focuses on why students struggle and what teachers can do to help them become self-directed learners. Difficulty reading, remembering, paying attention, or following directions are not the reasons students fail but symptoms of the true problem: underdeveloped cognitive structures--the mental processes necessary to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416606084
• ISBN13: 9781416606086
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Unlocks the Mystery of Learning

Betty Garner has done a wonderful job of giving teachers the practical information they need to identify areas where students lack strong cognitive structures. Not only does she do this, but she gives easy to follow suggestions for helping students build those structures so they can be successful. A must read for all teachers Pre-K to adult learners.

Must read for teachers interested in developing their students' ability to think creatively and crit

For teachers interested in developing their student's ability to make meaning of data, this book is a must read. Getting to Got It provides practical activities teachers and parents can use to help their charges recognize, memorize, and classify sensory data. In addition, Dr. Garner offers learning activities to teach students to develop spatial and temporal orientation and metaphorical thinking.

Revolutionary!

Getting to Got It! Helping Struggling Students Learn How to Learn This book will change your life. It offers practical help for students, teachers, and parents. IT WORKS! I tutored this summer using strategies and activities from Garner's book; one student told her parents, "I think differently now." This is the best tool I've put in my teaching tool belt. I'm grateful to Betty Garner for her research!

Good for a Non-Educator

I got this because I was intrigued by a friend's comments. I'm not an educator, and found it fairly accessible. Biggest strength -- chapter on spirituality. It's very broad in how "spirit" is defined, yet speaks to one of the most important aspects related to learning, which is a person's sense of safety and connectness in the world, which creates an initial openness to being taught and learning.