Week 6: The Brain Flashcards
Why is the brain in teaching and learning?
Engagement of learners as fully and quickly as possible
take complex information and make it meaningful and accessible
want learners to gain and retain the information we are providing
What is Kolb’s Learning Cycle?
- concrete experience - do it yourself
- reflective observation - take a step back and reflect after doing
- abstract conceptualization - here you fit what you have learned into everything you already know
- active experimentation - happens when you consider how you will put what you have learned into action
What is neuroplasticity?
The ability of the brain to adapt and reorganize synaptic connections
What is metacognition?
The process of thinking about thinking
Declarative or explicit memory -
allows us to consciously recollect events and facts. recall and recognizing events or facts.
Nondeclarative or implicit memory -
accessed without consciousness or implicitly through performance rather than recollection
an example of your 2015 halloween costume =
episodic memory
the first president of the united state is an example of:
semantic memory
riding a bike is an example of:
procedural memory
smelling a cinnamon candle that reminds you of your grandmother’s house is an example of:
emotional memory
How do we enhance memory formation regarding rehearsing and elaboration?
repetitions mnemonics creating stories discussions debriefing reciprocal teaching
how do we enhance memory formation regarding how we recruit from multiple memory pathways?
visual
auditory
kinesthetic
What is the learning climate
where we learn
does stress effect your ability to learn?
yes
what 3 things effect your ability to learn?
learning climate
stress
safe classroom
