How Does Brain and Learning promote student achievement.

Amber TinsleyEducational Psychology November 10, 2016

Hypothesis

Brain Based Learning teaches methods, lessons designs, and school programs

that are based on the latest scientific research on how the brain learns, for

example cognitive development. Students learn differently because of age,

growth, and mature socially, emotionally, and cognitively. Teachers should

understand the relationship between neurological development and learning.

Brain development and learning.

Skills such as working memory, planning, organization and attention develop over time with brain maturation and with practice.

Working Memory is the ability to keep information in mind while solving a problem. Teachers need to give directions one at a time. For example, some school children need additional series of steps due to certain weakness in areas. By repeating the directions to make sure they can recall what was asked of them.

Executive functions are skills that allow a person to evaluate what has happened. Teachers can help with executive function development by including exercises that may ask “what do you think may happen next in the story.”

Planning and organization is the ability to plan and organize is a skill that develops along with the brain’s ability to consolidate information. For example, these skills may develop slowly with experience and development. Teachers can assist in development by asking the child to think about the steps needed for them to complete a task or project.

Teacher Strategies

“Students learn to do visualizations, deliberately by recalling in detail a place where their happy, calm, and safe. By practicing visualization in their claiming place, the stronger the neural network holding their memory becomes, then students can easily return to that memory when he/she feel stressed.”

“If students do relaxation breathing before beginning a test or challenging lesson they will feel calm, more alert, and more focused.”

Recommendations

Do’s

Be aware of developmental

differences among your students.

Understand that normal

development varies widely within the same age and the

same grade.

Be aware that children who are born prematurely may not be at the

same developmental level

as others of their chronological age.

Be aware that a healthy brain likes

to learn, and children learn best

when they are exposed to a variety

of ideas, experiences, skills

and materials.

Recommendations

Don’ts

Don't assume that delays a

child is showing today will get

better over time.

Don't place children in

groups based solely on age.

Don't judge ability based on

physical appearance.

Examination “ The brain shapes and is shaped by cognitive processing activities. Even at the neural level, new synapses are formed a few minutes after a child is unsuccessful at processing information.” (Woolfolk, 2016).

Examination After reading through all the materials, I gathered specific information pertaining to my topic. And I have came to the understanding that Brain and learning focuses on how the teacher give direction through learning by including exercises that asks questions, assist in development, and understanding that there are different learning styles.

Promoting Student Achievement

Provide Opportunities to Apply Learning.

Teachers should provide students with opportunities to apply to their

learning through meaningful activities, then assess and give

feedback.

Introduce Activities to Support Developing Executive Function

Create activities that will support executive function development by

comparing, giving examples of a concept and open-ended discussions.

Model Higher Thinking Skills

1. Judgment

2. Prioritizing

3. Setting Goals, Providing Self-feedback and Monitoring Progress.

4. Prior Knowledge Activation and Transfer Opportunities

5. Metacognition

Conclusion

Brain based learning is learning that can be accelerated and improved through

science of learning and not on past educational practices. Also, discoveries in

cognitive science demonstrated that the human brain physically changes when it

learns, and practicing certain skills it becomes easier to continue learning and

improving those skills.

Credible Sources

Willis, J. (2011) Three brain-based teaching strategies to build executive function in students. Available at: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/brain-based-teaching-strategies-judy-willis (Accessed: 11 November 2016).In-text citations: (Willis, 2011)

American Psychology Association http://www.apa.org/education/k12/brain-function.aspx (Accessed: 11 November 2016).

Making it stick: Memorable strategies to enhance learning (2008) Available at: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/making-it-stick-memorable-strategies-enhance-learning (Accessed: 11 November 2016).

References

Woolfolk, A. (2016) Educational psychology. 13th edn. Boston: Pearson. In-text citations: (Woolfolk, 2016

Willis, J. and More, R. (2015) The simple things I do to promote brain-based learning in my classroom. Available at: http://www.teachthought.com/learning/the-simple-things-i-do-to-promote-brain-based-learning-in-my-classroom/ (Accessed: 11 November 2016