Learning to be a better student Flashcards
Can be defined as the relatively permanent change in behaviour brought about as a result of experience or practice
Learning
the direct result of how students interpret and respond to their experiences.
Learning
Learning changes the physical structure of the ?
Brain
True or false
Learning organizes and reorganizes the brain
True
Parts of the Brain that is Responsible for Learning
Cerebrum, Cerebral Cortex, Amygdala
this is where the higher-ordered functions like memory and reasoning occur
Cerebrum
it controls reading, thinking, learning, speech, emotions and planned muscle movements like walking
Cerebral Cortex
helps to store memories of events and emotions
Amygdala
Factors that Affect the Learning Process
Motivation
Intellectual Ability
Attention Spans
Prior Knowledge
Four Stages of Learning
Unconscious incompetence
Conscious incompetence
Conscious competence
Unconscious incompetence
the key for Self-Directed Learning
Metacognition
the ability to examine how you process thoughts and feelings. It was introduced as a concept in by John Flavell (1979).
Metacognition
True or False. Metacognition is also the ability encourages students to understand how they learn best.
True
Ways to be a Better Student
Love what you are doing
Be positive
Have self-esteem
Pick good friends in school
Do advance reading
Be punctual and always show up
Visit a library and read
Make a to-do-list
Have self-discipline
Take good care of your health
Never procrastinate
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never
cease to grow”
Anthony J.I. D’Angelo
is the ability of the
brain to adapt to changes in an individual’s environment by forming new neural
connections over time.
Neuroplasticity or brain plasticity
Aspects of our brains are ________
meaning they are adaptive and can be
altered in response to environmental and/or
structural changes.
“plastic,”
Changes associated with
learning occur mostly at the level of
connections between ______
neurons
Is the young people have more plasticity than old people?
Yes
kilo of brain
3.25
most highly developed
part of the human brain and is responsible
for thinking, perceiving, producing, and
understanding language
Cerebrum
color of brain
whitish gray in nature
processes everything
brain
condition where a baby’s head is much smaller than expected.
microcephalic
