1. Catch the Brain Waves to Success
Fiona Brantley

2. Students 14,682 enrolled
66% male / 34% female
Entering SAT Composite 1449

3. Using Brain Based Learning Strategies
Teach students how the brain learns
and that they can change their brains.

4. Resilient The Brain Amazing Disturbing Mysterious Essential
Fascinating
Resilient
Amazing Disturbing
Mysterious
Incredible
Underutilized

5. Just sayin’ . . .
Activity:
I’m not ______________. You’re not ____________either.

6. Teach students Mindset Matters

11. Teach students how the brain learns and that they can change their brains.

12. Stress and the brain Moderate Stress is beneficial for learning.
Mild and extreme stress are detrimental for learning.
MODERATE STRESS Unfamiliar music before class
Changing format
Required participation or movement
Cortisol production in response to a situation varies i.e. cold calling on someone during a lecture.

14. Lessons should begin with an intention
I’m going to study. vs. I’m going to study tomorrow in the library at 3:00 p.m. Research shows: Write down where and when you’re going to do an assignment and you’re more likely to do it.

15. Schema The single most important factor in learning is prior knowledge.

17. Clydesdale -a horse of a heavy, powerful breed, used for pulling heavy loads.

20. The brain making connections

21. Neural Network
Create pathways. Make connections. Time & Frequency – Reflection. Wire it to fire it

22. Repeat to remember. Remember to repeat.

23. The brain has two auditory pathways – Expressive and receptive
The brain has two auditory pathways – Expressive and receptive. Speaking is important. We must do something with what we learn to move it to long-term memory – Active Learning.
Active Learning takes advantage of processes that stimulate multiple neural connections and promotes memory.
More complex thought processes are more beneficial for learning because they involve a greater number of neural connections and more neurological cross talk.

24. Worst Study Strategies

25. BEST Guard against the illusion of knowing

28. Name the colors of the following words. Do NOT read the words
Name the colors of the following words. Do NOT read the words...rather, say the color of the words – i.e.
Brown
Cognitive Overload What does this say about multi-tasking?

29. Chunking
Chunking in psychology is a process by which individual pieces of information are bound together into a meaningful whole (Neath & Surprenant, 2003).
Mnemonics
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
I before E except after C, Or when sounded as A as in neighbor and weigh.
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Practice – Challenge yourself to remember lists, dates, formulas
Look for Connections & Associations

30. The Brain
Attempts to make sense
Sees what it’s expecting

32. Fact or Fiction

33. Does the amount of water you drink affect your brain?

34. Plasticity: Change in response to stimuli)
Neurogenesis: Allows Adult Brains to Change According to the Environment
Plasticity: Change in response to stimuli)

35. Exercise matters Keeps cortisol & dopamine at appropriate levels Stress & happiness hormones
Promotes neuroplasticity (change in response to stimuli) &
Neurogenesis (able to produce new neurons).

36. Sleep The brain needs rest. Lack of sleep . . . Like intoxication
Keeps cortisol & dopamine at appropriate levels Stress & happiness hormones
Sleep
Promotes neuroplasticity &
neurogenesis
The brain needs rest.
Lack of sleep Like intoxication

38. Just sayin’ . . .
Activity:
I’m not ______________. You’re not ____________either.

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