Brain-based Learning

1. Neurons

1.1. 85 million of them

1.2. How the brain works

2. Parts of the brain

2.1. Temporal Lobe - Memory

2.2. Frontal Lobe - Movement

2.3. Parietal Lobe - Attention

3. Connections and Automation

3.1. Appealing to student interest

3.2. Repetition

3.2.1. Recall Ability

3.2.2. Building on prior information

3.3. Higher level thinking

4. Processing Information

5. Memory

5.1. Short-term

5.2. Long-term

6. Learning Styles

6.1. Activate prior knowledge

6.2. Hands-on

6.3. Visual

6.4. Audio

7. Five Senses

7.1. Touch

7.2. Taste

7.3. See

7.4. Hear

7.5. Smell

8. Strategies

8.1. Engaging

8.2. Chunking

8.3. Patterns

9. The Brain

10. Positive Relationships

10.1. Getting to know the whole person

10.2. Understanding

10.3. Emotional state