Brain-Based Learning:
While checking out the site for the ASTD (American Society for Training & Development. http://www.astd.org/astd), I found to blogs with content relevant to homework and the Thinkerer.
One is the T+D (Training and Development) blog at
http://tdblog.typepad.com/
The other is the Learning Circuits blog at
http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/
I’ll follow these, but for now, I want to go on to something the T+D blog pointed to:
Brain-Based Learning:
Possible Implications for Online Instruction
Stephanie A. Clemons
http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Sep_05/article03.htm
Naturally, I was interested in brain-based learning. I would be much more interested in learning that is not brain based. But I don’t think I will find anything on that. As I skimmed through the above article, I quickly found the following list.
Following are some of the findings from brain research (Stevens and Goldberg, 2001)
§ Brains are specialized and are not equally good at everything.
§ Brains are designed for fluctuations rather than constant attention
§ Emotions are critical to successful learning.
§ Brains are poorly designed for rote learning.
§ Multi-sensory input is desired by our brains.
§ Learning involves the whole body.
§ Each brain is unique.
§ Threat, high anxiety, and a sense of helplessness impairs learning.
§ Brains process both parts and wholes simultaneously
§ Brains are considered “plastic” and continue to develop throughout our lives.
So I said to myself: Here is an example of what the Thinkerer calls badlands (http://www.thinkerer.org/Tools/ToolsExploreChapterClipit.htm).
It is a collection of highly abstract statements, possibly section headings in a chapter. Just the kind of thing a person might run into while studying.
Suppose I play the role of a person who is studying this material and meets this list at the beginning of a chapter. How would I deal with it and how would my responses compare with the suggestions in the Thinkerer?
The suggestions are in http://www.thinkerer.org/Studying/StudySkillsRatem.htm.
Of course, I won’t do any of this today. I believe in quest questions and the Zeigarnik effect. Besides, I haven’t figured out what to say. But I suspect that I will need a separate page to react to each item. And perhaps I will find some ways to improve the above Ratem page.
One is the T+D (Training and Development) blog at
http://tdblog.typepad.com/
The other is the Learning Circuits blog at
http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/
I’ll follow these, but for now, I want to go on to something the T+D blog pointed to:
Brain-Based Learning:
Possible Implications for Online Instruction
Stephanie A. Clemons
http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Sep_05/article03.htm
Naturally, I was interested in brain-based learning. I would be much more interested in learning that is not brain based. But I don’t think I will find anything on that. As I skimmed through the above article, I quickly found the following list.
Following are some of the findings from brain research (Stevens and Goldberg, 2001)
§ Brains are specialized and are not equally good at everything.
§ Brains are designed for fluctuations rather than constant attention
§ Emotions are critical to successful learning.
§ Brains are poorly designed for rote learning.
§ Multi-sensory input is desired by our brains.
§ Learning involves the whole body.
§ Each brain is unique.
§ Threat, high anxiety, and a sense of helplessness impairs learning.
§ Brains process both parts and wholes simultaneously
§ Brains are considered “plastic” and continue to develop throughout our lives.
So I said to myself: Here is an example of what the Thinkerer calls badlands (http://www.thinkerer.org/Tools/ToolsExploreChapterClipit.htm).
It is a collection of highly abstract statements, possibly section headings in a chapter. Just the kind of thing a person might run into while studying.
Suppose I play the role of a person who is studying this material and meets this list at the beginning of a chapter. How would I deal with it and how would my responses compare with the suggestions in the Thinkerer?
The suggestions are in http://www.thinkerer.org/Studying/StudySkillsRatem.htm.
Of course, I won’t do any of this today. I believe in quest questions and the Zeigarnik effect. Besides, I haven’t figured out what to say. But I suspect that I will need a separate page to react to each item. And perhaps I will find some ways to improve the above Ratem page.
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