part 2 brain

8/14/2019 Part 2 Brain

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Questions

How could we introduce movementinto our classes?

How do we get our students toengage in aerobic exercise?

How do we redesign learningenvironments to keep learnersactive and moving?


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The Brain is Social

2. Survival isaccomplished byworking with other

brains

Groups of brainsalmost always

outperform a singlebrain


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The Brain is Social

Group work hastremendouspotential to aid

understandingand learningifthe groupsunderstand their

roles and whatthey are trying toaccomplish


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Brains are Wired Differently

3. All brainsare wired

differently

Ourexperiencesmake us

different


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It is thesedifferences that

can makeworking togetherin teams andgroups such a

powerful learningexperience


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Lapses in StudentsAttention

One explanation forthe lapses instudents' attentionis that the"information

transfer" model ofthe traditionallecture does notmatch what currentcognitive science

research tells us ofhow humans learn.


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Research tells us thebrain handles

information byreducing it intomeaningful chunks thatwe call categories.

Learning consists offitting this reducedinformation intoalready existingcategories or,sometimes, of forming

new ones.


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Multitasking Slows Learning

It is notpossible to

multitaskwhen itcomes toactivities thatrequire thebrainsattention


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Multitasking

Studies withcollege studentsand adults show

if the challengedemands a lot ofattention, mentalperformance is

particularly poor. (David Walsh of the National Institute

on Media and the Family)


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Multi-tasking

Multi-tasking violates everything we know abouthow memory works

There is objective scientific evidence that multi-tasking impairs learning.

The imaging data indicated that the memorytask and the distraction stimuli engage

different parts of the brain and that theseregions probably compete with each other.

(Foerde, K., Knowlton, Barbara J., and Poldrack, Russell A. 2006. Modulation ofcompeting memory systems by distraction. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103: 11778-

11783.)


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Multitasking

Our brain works hardto fool us intothinking it can domore than one thingat a time. It cant.

When trying to do twothings at once, thebrain temporarilyshuts down one task

while trying to dothe other.


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Multitasking

It is highly likely,though not yetstudied, that the

delays andconfusionmagnify withincreases in the

number ofdifferent thingsone tries to dosimultaneously.


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Memory

5 +6. Memory

Repetitionandelaboration are

necessary formemoryformation and

recall


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Sleep and Memory

. "Periods of slow-wave sleep arevery long and produce a recalland probably amplification of

memory traces. Ensuingepisodes of REM sleep, whichare very short, trigger the

expression of genes to storewhat was processed duringslow-wave sleep."

Sidarta Ribeiro, Duke University, 2004


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Sleep and Memory

This means

Less sleep

Less time for memory formation

Bad for learning


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Questions

How could we introduce movementinto our classes?

How do we get our students toengage in aerobic exercise?

How do we redesign learningenvironments to keep learnersactive and moving?


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The Brain is Social

Group work hastremendouspotential to aid

understandingand learningifthe groupsunderstand their

roles and whatthey are trying toaccomplish


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3. All brainsare wireddifferently

Ourexperiencesmake us

different


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Attention and Learning

4. Thebrain can

only payattention toone thing at

a time


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One explanation forthe lapses instudents' attentionis that the"information

transfer" model ofthe traditionallecture does notmatch what currentcognitive scienceresearch tells us ofhow humans learn.


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Research tells us thebrain handles

information byreducing it intomeaningful chunks thatwe call categories.

Learning consists offitting this reducedinformation intoalready existingcategories or,sometimes, of forming

new ones.


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Multitasking Slows Learning

It is notpossible tomultitaskwhen itcomes toactivities thatrequire thebrainsattention


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Multitasking

Studies withcollege studentsand adults show

if the challengedemands a lot ofattention, mentalperformance is

particularly poor. (David Walsh of the National Instituteon Media and the Family)


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Multitasking

Our brain works hardto fool us intothinking it can domore than one thingat a time. It cant.

When trying to do twothings at once, thebrain temporarilyshuts down one task

while trying to dothe other.


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Multitasking

It is highly likely,though not yetstudied, that the

delays andconfusionmagnify withincreases in the

number ofdifferent thingsone tries to dosimultaneously.


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Memory

5 +6. Memory

Repetitionandelaboration are

necessary formemoryformation and

recall


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Sleep and Memory

. "Periods of slow-wave sleep arevery long and produce a recalland probably amplification of

memory traces. Ensuingepisodes of REM sleep, whichare very short, trigger the

expression of genes to storewhat was processed duringslow-wave sleep."

Sidarta Ribeiro, Duke University, 2004


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