Supporting Brain Compatible Teaching

Brain-based learning acknowledges that successful learning is about strengthening and developing the brain. This not only improves learning for students with disabilities, but can also improve memory and language skills for all students regardless of their ability.

1. Plan activities that emotionally connect students to the content.2. Carefully and deliberately plan the physical learning environment.3. Create learning experiences that are compatible with the brain's natural learning systems.4. Engage students in activities that will allow for repeated rehearsals of content, skills, and concepts. 5. Use performance-based instructional activities including inductive thinking, deductive thinking, analysis, and problem-solving skills. 6. Evaluate learning at each stage so that teachers can provide students with relevant feedback in order to strengthen learning and memory patterns.

5 Concepts of Mind, Brain, & Education Research1. Human brains are unique as faces.2. All brains are not equal because context and ability influences learning. 3. The brain is changed by experience.4. The brain is highly plastic.5. The brain connects new information to old.

Strategies to optimize learning for all children:

What is brain-based learning?

Brain-based learning refers to teaching methods, lesson designs, and approaches to schooling that are based on research on the brain and human learning. This includes factors such as how students learn differently as they age, grow, and mature socially, emotionally, and cognitively. The human brain searches for meaning and seeks patterns and connections.

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2. Incorporate cooperative learning activities and peer teaching.

1. Provide children with a safe environment where all of their basic needs are met.

3. Use multiple senses to learn in a natural environment.

4. Differentiate instruction to address students' needs and plan learning experiences in a more personalized way.

5. Tap into prior knowledge, use graphic organizers, and provide hand-on experiences.

6. Make learning relevant by providing students with authentic learning situations.

The Brain Targeted Teaching Model6 Brain Targets for Teachers

Our students live in a world where digital technology is a part of their daily lives. Teachers can enhance student learning through multimedia instruction by taking advantage of technology-based tools. Multimedia learning technology can be an effective tool for increasing student engagement and learning. Effective multimedia presentations help increase the overall amount of information the brain can process because it takes advantage of both visual and auditory channels. Effective multimedia presentations help students organize information which in turn can increase the likelihood that information will be effectively integrated into long term memory.

How does brain researchrelate to technology integration?

Supporting Brain Compatible TeachingMary Kelly EDUC 639

What do teachers need to know about brain-based learning?