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Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Proper and sufficient stimulation Likely to stay in the mind As Ts, what can you do to boost Ss’ learning retention?

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Fantastic FouRs R eceive R eflect R esolve R espond R eceive R eflect R esolve R espond Back Cortex Frontal Cortex

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Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills * The Clapping Game * Reverse Musical Chairs * Porcupine Balls

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Brain-Based Learning Activities

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills In a complete sentence, describe one similarity.

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills In a complete sentence, describe one difference.

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Give this photo a title.

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Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills “Prior exposure to content (the Priming effect) or even a simple presentation of questions leads to quicker responses. Learning and recall also increase when a pattern is provided prior to exposing learners to a lesson.” Eric Jenson, 2008

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills 3A3A 3A3A 2A2A 2A2A 1A1A 1A1A 3B3B 3B3B 2B2B 2B2B 1B1B 1B1B 4A4A 4A4A 4B4B 4B4B Receive, Reflect, Resolve, Respond 1.Demonstrate how this activity works – creative & analytical 2.View a photo that contains two images side by side within in it 3.In complete sentences, write down the similarities/differences of the 2 images (1 sentence for each category plus a title) 4.After 2 minutes, move to the next photo Pattern Sentences

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Similar – Laura and James both have/are/can. Different - Laura has/is/can,but James doesn’t have/isn’t/can’t. Receive, Reflect, Resolve, Respond

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Similarities Differences Receive, Reflect, Resolve, Respond

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Similarities Differences Repetition – the learning cycle Time management - manageable Receive, Reflect, Resolve, Respond

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Descriptive Writing Dear Teacher, I worked with a picture in class last week. It was a/an (adjectives) picture……. strange, exciting, funny, interesting, touching, etc. => Emotion Receive, Reflect, Resolve, Respond

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills 3A3A 3A3A 2A2A 2A2A 1A1A 1A1A 3B3B 3B3B 2B2B 2B2B 1B1B 1B1B 4A4A 4A4A 4B4B 4B4B Receive, Reflect, Resolve, Respond Receive and Reflect -- 1.Show a sample picture and demonstrate how this activity works 2.View a photo that contains two images side by side within it Resolve and Respond -- 3.In complete sentences, write down the similarities/differences of the 2 images (1 sentence for each category plus a title) 4.After 2 minutes, move to the next photo Receive, Reflect, Resolve & Respond 5.Ask the groups that have the same photos to compare & consolidate their answers onto one flipchart sheet with only 1 title. 6.Put consolidated flipchart sheets on the board (discussion & error correction) 7.Follow up

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Emotions give us a more activated and chemically stimulated brain. Eric Jenson (2008) The Role of Emotions in Learning Emotions are so important that they have their own memory pathways. Hence, it is common for Ss to remember most events like a field trip or a hands- on activity far longer than they would a mere lecture. Larry Squire (1987, 1992)

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Emotions

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills A person to whom you want to say, “Thank You!” 5 adjectives to describe that person Emotions

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills 1.The person is/was my………. 2.I’d like to thank him/her because……. 3.One thing I’d like to do for him/her is…….. Emotions

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills To increase learning retention, what could you do next? Have each student write a letter to tell that person how they feel

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Pictures, sound & instructions problem solving, decision making reflecting, making sense Speech Writing Receive, Reflect, Resolve, Respond

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Draw something and anything Mountains Trees House Train

Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills Mountains, House, Trees, River, Sun in front of, next to, behind, far from…………. there is / there are

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Home Objective Qualifications Education Employment Skills James Chang THANK YOU! Boosting Learning Retention With BBP