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Tip of the Iceberg. Pour & Store. How the Brain Works. I taught Fluff how to count to three. I don ’ t hear him counting. Just because I taught it, doesn ’ t mean he caught it!. The Human Graph. Human Graph. The Three Musketeers. The Three Musketeers.
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Tip of the Iceberg
Pour & Store
How the Brain Works
I taught Fluff how to count to three. I don’t hear him counting. Just because I taught it, doesn’t mean he caught it!
Principle 1 Learning is enhanced by challenge; inhibited by threat.
Principle 2 Emotions and cognition are linked.
#2 Emotion and cognition are linked “What we need is a kick in the seat of the pants.”
Principle 3 Learning involves both focused and peripheral perception.
#3 Learning involves both focused and peripheral perception I don’t know, the idea just came to me . . .
Principle 4 The brain processes parts and whole simultaneously.
4. The brain processes parts and whole simultaneously. “The parts are fragile. Watch what you do just before the test.”
Principle 5 The brain has rote and spatial memory systems.
5. The brain has rote and spatial memory systems. “I can still see that chart. It is right here in my mind’s eye”.
Principle 6 The brain is a parallel processor.
6. The brain is a parallel processor. “Uh, oh, my left brain is texting me.”
Principle 7 Learning involves the entire physiology.
7. Learning involves the entire physiology. “I wish they gave a grade in backpacking.”
Principle 8 Each brain is unique.
8. Each brain is unique. “Calculus? I thought that was something the dentist took off your teeth.”
Principle 9 Learning is embedded in experience.
9. Learning is embedded in experience. “Hey, it looks even bigger, brighter and better on my ipad!”
Principle 10 The search for meaning is innate.
10. The search for meaning is innate. “Square Root. What is this math or biology?”
Principle 11 The search for meaning occurs through patterning.
11. The search for meaning occurs through patterning. “Today we learned to conjugate verbs: bring, brang, brought! Or is it bring, bringed, brang?”
Principle 12 Learning always involves unconscious and conscious processes.
#12 Learning involves both unconscious and conscious processing “Sleep on it! It’s my favorite strategy.”
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