Brain Research and Cognitive Science in your classroom

1. Brain Research and Cognitive Science in your classroom Eugenia Etkina eugenia.etkina@gse.rutgers.edu Rutgers University, NJ, DeltaPI 2011 http://pum.rutgers.edu http://paer.rutgers.edu/pt3 http://paer.rutgers.edu/scientificabilities

2. What is Learning? Brain research

3. What is Learning? Brain research Learning is a physical process that happens through activation and extension of neural networks

4. Learning and brain J. Zull, The Art of Changing the Brain, 2002

5. What is Learning? Brain-body connection Embodied cognition

6. What are you thinking about when you see these images?

8. Learning and brain Image formation has to precede the words. J. Zull, From Brain to Mind, 2011

9. Learning and brain Language and mathematics occupy the same place in the brain - the separation in teaching is artificial

10. What is Learning? Cognitive research Brain research Learning is physical process

11. What is Learning? Cognitive research Learning is a social process that happens when learners working together activate and build on existing resources

12. How do we apply this? Cognitive research Brain research Learning is a social process that happens when learners working together activate and build on existing resources Learning is physical process of rewiring the brain Learning and teaching of physics

13. How do we apply this? • Set the learning goals of your class. 2. Make a list of things that you can observe, collect, etc. (data/evidence) that will show you that your students are achieving the goals. 3. Set a detailed plan of what THEY will do to be able to demonstrate 2. The plan should be based on the 12 slides above.

14. If you decide that you want to do PER – send me an e-mail asap • Eugenia.etkina@gse.rutgers.edu