The Brain and Learning
This year we will be spending the first few weeks of school exploring how the brain learns. We will read, write, think, view, collaborate, and express--and through all that work, we will pre-assess so that we can begin to differentiate starting with our first content unit.
Knowing how the brain works improves learning, and we look forward to the benefits of this understanding on the rest of our year!
Some of the resources, educators, and researchers that will be central to this pre-assessment unit:
Knowing how the brain works improves learning, and we look forward to the benefits of this understanding on the rest of our year!
Some of the resources, educators, and researchers that will be central to this pre-assessment unit:
- Carol Dweck: the importance of Mindset
- James Zull: the Art of Changing the Brain
- Daniel Pink: Drive: what motivates us?
- The Heath Brothers: Made to Stick
Links:
- Quarter Rolling: tutorial to show learning
- Logo video: advertising activity about failing and learning
- Brain Overview Video: brief video giving overview of the brain and learning
- Epiphany clips
Memory, Learning, and the Brain:
talkingtalk.co.za
medicaldaily.com
neurosciencenews.com
http://velvetchainsaw.com/2012/01/31/10-brainbased-learning-laws-that-trump-traditional-education/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUoJc0NPajQ
pbs.org
m.jpost.com
http://www.brainbasedteaching.com/7-discoveries-from-brain-research-that-impact-education/
http://elearninginfographics.com/memory-retention-and-the-forgetting-curve-infographic/