Willis Parent Powerpoint
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PREFRONTAL
CORTEX
Getting to the Prefrontal Cortex
Reactive Unconscious Responses
Reflective Conscious
Control
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Stress State Lower reactive brain in control
Fight Flight
Freeze
Fight: Disruptive Flight: Withdrawal Freeze: Zone out
Stress State Behavior Outputs
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• Unprepared for class • Peer relationships
• Lack of long-term goals or material doesn’t seem relevant to student’s goals • Frustration due to previous failure to understand or do well in the topic • Test-taking anxiety and oral presentations
Causes of Stress in School
Survival in animals Reduced effort in students !!
Repeated Failure Fixed Mindset
Follow the Computer
Game Model
For Amygdala Positive Attitude & Growth Mindset
The PULL of Video Games
He’s so close to Level 10 he doesn’t even want to go out for pizza
u 80% of the time failure
u buy-in to goal
u persevere with challenge u use immediate feedback to improve
Characteristics Video Gamers
The Pull? 1. Goal buy-in
2. Achievable Challenge 3. Incremental Progress Awareness (intrinsic satisfaction)
The PULL Is powered by Dopamine
A Mood Booster & Motivator
Pleasure & Decreased Stress Curiosity Attention Motivation Persistence and perseverance Memory
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Moving Being read to Interacting well with peers Experiencing humor Choice Optimism
BOOSTERS
Is your brain motivated the potential of intrinsic satisfaction from knowing if a prediction it makes is correct?
Prediction for Intrinsic Satisfaction
Why Did You Need to Know?
u wants to predict for intrinsic satisfaction
u needs to know if predictions are correct
u learns from feedback
Accurate predictions activate dopamine release (pleasure) so the brain:
Children need to see frequent connections between their work and their progress (to build on the intrinsic satisfaction). Effort=Progress to Goal
Incremental Progress
Incremental Progress Effort to goal progress graph
TOTAL TIME PRACTICED
Number of successful attempts
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Using the game model of achievable challenge and incremental goal progress feedback, children are motivated to persevere through challenges
So children want to learn what they need to learn
GOAL
By seeing products or possibilities…
Promote curiosity and prediction about school topics Connect with your child’s interests Family history, photos Friends who use information in interesting jobs
Prime the Brain “Buy-in” for Learning
How their brains turn data into knowledge
Acting out/zoning out is brain’s adaptive stress response Neuroplasticity=Potential Genius is more than genes Past performance does not limit future success
Important BOM Messages from Neuroscience for Parents & Children
You can change your brain’s social, emotional, and cognitive intelligence
When children understand the neuroplasticity they know the “why” for: • doing assignments • participation • understanding concepts • making mistakes!
Knowing Why
Strengthening, revising, and extending of neuronal networks in response activation
Neuroplasticity
More synapses
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Prefrontal cortex
Synapse Neuron
Axon with myelin
Dendrite
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More dendrites
More myelin
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It is by neurons making connections with one another that learning can occur
Each time you use brain networks they get stronger and more permanent
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A congested highway is like the flow of brain traffic when there are few connections available to get to the same place.
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Neuroplasticity: More connections move traffic more quickly
Neuroplasticity
PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT
Executive Functions: The Skill Sets for the
21st Century
• To evaluate new information and modify understanding as information increases and “facts” change
• Use new technology as it becomes available
To find solutions for problems we have yet to recognize
Wes Frye (Cisco Systems)
Prefrontal Cortex
The PFC holds an executive function system that, when exercised and developed, can become our brain’s successful CEO.
Prefrontal Cortex
Pruning and myelination from age 5-25
Prefrontal Cortex
Prefrontal Cortex Prefrontal
Cortex
Pruning and myelination from age 5-20
Prefrontal Cortex
Prefrontal Cortex
Most active maturation: 5-20
Can be developed to:
• evaluate new information
• modify understanding as information increases and “facts” change
• use new technology as it becomes available
Neural Networks of Executive Function
A trillion connections are made as the baby experiences life. Experience sculpts the brain.
The Executive Functions
Let’s have the cat and dog show us what some are
Analyze Prioritize Plan goals Assess risk Adapt Organize Comprehend communication nuances Considered decision making Delay immediate gratification Judgment Tolerance Empathy
Executive Functions are the Skill sets for 21st Century Success
REMEMBER The Dog
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Those participants with high levels of self-control activated the “executive function” PFC Those less able to delay gratification activated the more emotional lower brain regions
Marshmallow Test
More strongly associated with school readiness & success than IQ or entry-level reading or math skills • inhibitory control (resisting habits,
temptations, or distractions) • working memory (patterning experiences)
• cognitive flexibility (adjusting to change)
Executive Functions in Young Children
Blair C, and Razza RP. (2007)
Can be developed to:
• evaluate new information
• modify understanding as information increases and “facts” change
• use new technology as it becomes available
Neural Networks of Executive Function
• Opportunities to practice accurate and logical interpretation of new information • Develop habits of mind (critical analysis, creative problem solving)
PFC Proper Care and Feeding
Opportunities for making and evaluating decisions (Trips and Purchases) Shared internet explorations Ask questions and actively listen (no interrupting, correcting , multitasking, or personal anecdotes)
Information Analysis & Communication
• Recognize the difference between fact and opinion (TV commercials, internet sites, best restaurant)
• Ask for their opinions and reasons
• Defend personal opinions with facts
• Predict arguments against theirs and prepare responses
Summary
• PFC is last part of brain to mature
• Use of executive functions promotes their greater development
• Along the way use the dopamine boosters
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