4 Neurosystems Of Learning
It is suggested that the brain does not have one learning system but four–each with its own unique memory pattern and accompaniments.
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How The Brain Works–And How Students Can Respond
3 major brain elements help control what information your brain takes in: the reticular activating system, limbic system, and dopamine.
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Examples Of Brain-Based Assessment
Ideally, assessments correspond to teaching that promotes creativity, analysis, judgment, expert thinking, and complex communication.
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8 Ways To Create A Brain-Friendly Classroom
How can you create a brain-friendly classroom? By reducing stress, creating positive associations, and promoting feedback loops.
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13 Study Strategies To Help Students Retain New Learning
Studying is often viewed as a means to an end. We hope these study strategies help learners realize that it is a powerful & empowering tool.
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What Are The Primary Human Drives?
In outlining this theory, Rifkin provides four fundamental human needs culminating in a ‘first drive’: the drive to belong.
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6 Simple Ways To Reduce Student Stress In The Classroom
The research is clear that reducing student stress can have a profound effect on learning. A big part of this? Clear and specific feedback.
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How The Memory Works In Learning
How does the memory work in learning? The more times an action is repeated, the more dendrites grow and interconnect.
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Learning Theories: Adaptive Control Of Thought
ACT-R is a way of specifying how the brain itself is organized in a way that enables individual processing modules to produce cognition.
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Is Cognitive Load Theory The Most Important Thing A Teacher Should Know?
If you ask a student to apply problem-solving skills when they are learning new and critical information, you’re asking the brain to do two things at once. This limits both processes. The task is ‘complex’ but not in a way that benefits the student.
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What Is The Cognitive Load Theory? A Definition For Teachers
The Cognitive Load Theory is built on the premise that the brain can only do so many things at once and need to plan lessons accordingly.
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No, Your Brain Isn’t Divided By Creativity And Logic
Your Brain Isn’t Divided By Creativity And Logic by TeachThought Staff How the human brain works is a topic of considerable chatter, but not much in-depth discussion outside of neuroscience and psychology. There is indeed an undercurrent of learning (that should perhaps be an over-current) regarding brain-based learning and research, but very little understanding of…
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Why Brain-Based Learning Means Always Connecting Old Knowledge With New
Connecting old knowledge helps students extend their established, stored memory patterns and categories to incorporate the new insights.
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Why Teacher Education Should Include Neuroscience
The neuroscience of how the brain learns and what influences the application of learning should be included in all teacher education programs.
