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CCSS Math Cognitive Science STEM/ STREAM CCSS E/LA Kenneth Wesson Educational Consultant: Neuroscience San Jose, CA kenawesson@aol.com Brain-STEM: Applications for the Classroom

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Lecturing, the 2 nd oldest form of teaching, comes from the Latin lecture, meaning "to read aloud. Books - the earliest form of ed-tech (few and $$) combined with the lecture (Audi torium not a Think-a-torium) Teaching Thinking vs. Lecturing Who is more inclined to say the others talk too much! Teachers or students?

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World War II: British Royal Air Force wanted to give their planes increased protection from German fighters and land-based anti-aircraft guns. However, the heavy protective metal plates were entirely too heavy to cover the entire plane they collected data on the location of bullet holes and shrapnel holes on returning planes that had been shot to determine where the planes had been hit = where best to apply the protective plates. Argument and evidence: Which Areas of the Plane Need More protection?

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Argument and Evidence: Which Areas of the Plane Need More protection? Given the picture below, where would you advise them to add the protective plating for 1 area? 2 areas? 3 areas? 4 areas? 5 areas?

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Returning planes were more likely to have holes in the areas that did the least amount of damage. Instead of adding protective plating to the areas with the most holes, they should reinforce the locations with no holes, because aircraft shot in those particular areas did not return. Argument and Evidence: Which Areas of the Plane Need More protection?

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Brain-considerate Learning: PERC 3 S There are five BC elements that the human brain seeks while processing incoming stimuli for personal meaning, which makes the information memorable and worth remembering. (1) Patterns (2) Emotions (3) Relevance (4) Context, Content, and Cognitively-appropriate (5) Sense-making Patterns, emotions, relevance, context, content and sense-making are critical factors in driving (1) attention, (2) motivation, (3) learning, (4) memory formation, and (5) recall. Collectively, these 5 factors are the primary criteria for transfer into long-term memory storage.

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1. Students find that what they care about becomes the easiest to learn; they remember best what they understand. Emotions and Learning 2. Students dont care what you know, until they know that you care. (You can pay people to teach, but you cant pay them to care.) 3. Students learn as much for a teacher as they do from a teacher. Linda Darling-Hammond Stanford University

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Afraid to fail Failure is not an Option Failure is nearly always a prerequisite for future learning and success in science. Most initial learning occurs via trial-and-error. Emotions Can Become a Catalyst or an Obstacle to Learning

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In 60 seconds, draw a quick sketch of the person sitting next to you.

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Im sorry. Would a child ever say that? Find the picture that looks like you (or the artist can pass it to you, if you dont recognize yourself in portrait).

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Who Owns The Learning? We should allow students to experiment, to take learning risks, and to test/play with their ideas. When we do, we are giving them permission to trust themselves and their own intuition and inclinations, and permission to think (often for the first time), to learn and to grow.

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We tried all the systems that had been tried before. Then we tried our own systems, and then, we tried some combinations that no one had ever thought of. And then, we flew. -- Orville Wright

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