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BRAIN BASED LEARNING

BRAIN BASED LEARNING. Best Practices. What should students be able to do when they graduate?. Communicate well in a variety of ways Understand themselves Understand another point of view Solve problems Think of new ways to do things they haven’t done before. Be technologically literate.

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BRAIN BASED LEARNING

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  1. BRAIN BASED LEARNING Best Practices

  2. What should students be able to do when they graduate? • Communicate well in a variety of ways • Understand themselves • Understand another point of view • Solve problems • Think of new ways to do things they haven’t done before. • Be technologically literate

  3. Our world has changed! • We must be able to communicate via technology • We can now access “everything” • We are no longer isolated • We must understand globalization

  4. What will they have to learn to do this? • Multiple languages • Writing skills • How to work with others • How to think “outside of the box.” • How to research and solve a problem • Technology skills • Portable skills • How to sort through all of the information

  5. How will we teach this to them? • We have to find the most effective strategies to help them become self sufficient learners. • We have to provide opportunities for them to learn in a way that engages their interests. • We have to find strategies that are engaging, which ultimately will be more efficient and effective. • Students are now being “wired” differently because of their early exposure to technology, including multimedia.

  6. The brain has it’s own hierarchy of how it takes in new information • Information for survival • Emotional information • Information for factual retention and understanding

  7. Neurons

  8. Dendrites and Axons • Dendrites for survival are present at birth. • Dendrites change daily as a result of experiences. • Dendrites can shrink. • Dendrites have levels of branching. • The higher the level of education, the greater the levels of branching and growth. • Each neuron has an axon that reaches out to connect to dendrites. • Axons vary in length and can transverse your entire body. • The connection between the axon and the dendrite is called the synapse.

  9. Researchers agree that “What teachers do in their interaction with students is what matters most in influencing student learning.” Charlotte Danielson, 2007

  10. The New 3 R’s • Rigor~ the ability to apply knowledge and solve problems in the real world in both predictable and unpredictable circumstances • Relevance ~ real world strategies • Relationships ~ the ability to work with and deal with all types of people

  11. Best Practices • Some strategies work better than others because they are “brain compatible.” • Brain compatible strategies are more effective for making memories, which is what we want for long term retention of information

  12. Marzano, Pickering and Pollack • Identifying similarities and differences • Summarizing and note taking • Reinforcing effort and providing feedback • Homework and Practice • Non-linguistic representations

  13. Marzano, Pickering and Pollack • Cooperative learning • Setting objectives and providing feedback • Generating and testing hypothesis • Cues, questions and advanced organizers

  14. Zemelman, Daniels and Hyde • Student centered • Experiential • Holistic • Authentic • Expressive • Reflective

  15. Zemelman, Daniels and Hyde • Social • Collaborative • Democratic • Cognitive • Developmental • Constructivist • Challenging

  16. How do we accomplish this is the classroom? • We differentiate! • We use their strengths to start them off and we teach them compensatory skills. • Emotions drive attention and attention drives learning! • We use strategies that keep them engaged. • We keep them in a state of “relaxed alertness.”

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