1. If your son seems diagonally parked in a parallel universe . . .
If he gets lost in thought and it is clearly unfamiliar territory . . .
then this presentation is for you!

2. A brain of two halves
In the 1960s, Dr. Roger Sperry identified the two hemispheres of the brain - left and right.

3. Each one teach one . . . We learn: 10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we both see and hear
70% of what is discussed with others
80% of what we experience personally
90% of what we teach to someone else

4. Making links
If the two halves of the brain are used together, brain power is increased.
There are many activities that can connect the two, such as writing a list in different colours, turning text into a diagram (and vice versa), learning a list of items to a beat, constructing Mind Maps…

6. Ways to make things stick
When learning figures and other information, use chunking e.g becomes 365 and 1066
Use rhythm, rhyme or mnemonics e.g. My dear Aunt Sally (multiply and divide before you add or subtract)
Display information above eye level
Make context notes
Use a study buddy
Get to know your preferred learning style…

7. VAK strategies
Visual learners: diagrams, charts, film, collages, visualisation, colour-highlighting, post-its…
Auditory learners: reciting, pair work, discussion, word association, study buddies, music (chants, rhymes, raps etc.)….
Kinaesthetic learners: associating ideas with movement, card-sorting, making models, doing rather than sitting (interrupting learning with activity), study buddies….

8. Revisiting learning
Something new starts fading after a few hours, but . .
Revise it again in the next 4 hours and it will take 24 hours to fade
Revise it within the 24 hours and it won’t fade for 4 days
Revise it within the 4 days and it will ‘last’ 1½ weeks
Revise it within the 1½ weeks and it will stick for a month get the idea?

9. Each one teach one We learn: 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we both see and hear
70% of what is discussed with others
80% of what we experience personally
90% of what we teach to someone else

10. ‘i am learning’
school i/d - FORG41; user name - johnsmith; password
Over a year, improvement in results using ‘i am learning’ for one hour per week, were 13.5%