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Brain Rules Mind Map by Johan D’Haeseleer.
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Dan Meyer--Math Class Needs a Makeover
A Tale of Two Brains
School Hoping for Sweet Smell of Success
Belfast Telegraph--April 23, 2010
A primary school is hoping the whiff of peppermint and the sound of running water can help boost pupils' results.
All Saints Catholic Primary School in Liverpool is taking part in a four-week experiment designed to see if smells and sounds help youngsters' concentration skills and their ability to remember information. The smell of peppermint is being pumped into one classroom, while the other group of children will listen to sounds such as running water and rustling leaves.
The youngsters will take a daily five-minute computer test to see if the experiment is helping their learning.
A primary school is hoping the whiff of peppermint and the sound of running water can help boost pupils' results.
All Saints Catholic Primary School in Liverpool is taking part in a four-week experiment designed to see if smells and sounds help youngsters' concentration skills and their ability to remember information. The smell of peppermint is being pumped into one classroom, while the other group of children will listen to sounds such as running water and rustling leaves.
The youngsters will take a daily five-minute computer test to see if the experiment is helping their learning.
Stress
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Memory Games
Literary critics scan the brain to find out why we love to read
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Michael Merzenich On Re-wiring The Brain
Discussion Dates--all held in LMC from 3:10-4:10 PM
- Discussion # 1--February 18
- Discussion #2--March 4
- Discussion #3--March 25
- Discussion #4--April 8
- Discussion #5--April 15
- Discussion #6--April 22
- Discussion #7--April 29
- Discussion #8--May 6
- Discussion #9--May 13
- Discussion #10--May 20
- Discussion #11 and #12--May 27
President Kennedy Tried This Before Us...
Discussion Questions for Rule #2
1. Talk about evolution and its meaning. Our mind evolution has made us dominant in our known universe. Mirroring, autism, schizophrenia...how do our interacting minds affect classroom relationships?
2. It has been said that when a teacher "yells" at a student, it takes the whole class 20 minutes to recover from the stress. Any ideas about stress management for ourselves and our classrooms?
3. Speaking of stress, the article "Get Smarter" speaks of an era of rapid change that compares to the changing environment of the Ice Age. As we make the transition from the Holocene epoch into the Nőo epoch, what can we expect? What signs of the Nőo epoch do you already see?
2. It has been said that when a teacher "yells" at a student, it takes the whole class 20 minutes to recover from the stress. Any ideas about stress management for ourselves and our classrooms?
3. Speaking of stress, the article "Get Smarter" speaks of an era of rapid change that compares to the changing environment of the Ice Age. As we make the transition from the Holocene epoch into the Nőo epoch, what can we expect? What signs of the Nőo epoch do you already see?
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Brain Rules Mind Map by Johan D’Haeseleer.
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Stress is a definite factor in our health, our learning, and sense of harmony with life. The chapter did an excellent job of reviewing how stress affects our cardiovascular performance,our immune response, and our learning. Much of the success in learning depends on the lack of major stressors in the home environment that inevitably carry over to school. I also enjoyed the article on reducing stressors in academic courses. Some of the students have an incredibly busy academic load, and they try to do their best in all their courses. We need to be aware of some of these stress relievers.
ReplyDeleteWhen you realize the issues that some of our students are dealing with, it is amazing that they can deal with school at all. I think that we all are aware that the crisis in families has fundamentally changed school. I remember taking a graduate level math course while my daughter was in the hospital. I thought that I would have penty of time sitting in the hospital with her to study. After all I was away from home and iwthout all of the extra home duties. However, I found that absolutely nothing about that course "stuck". At the time I didn't recognize the effort of that stress on my learning. It was only in retrospect that I was aware of the problem.
ReplyDeleteThe home situation of too many students has impacted how we teach.
It is no surprise that stress has a negative impact on learning. So, is the answer to helping our students overcome their stress (which is often beyond our means of helping)in creating as pleasant an atmoshere as possible in our classroom? I think I will start with air fresheners and lighting to tap in to their sensory perceptions and see what happens.
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