CCSS Math Cognitive Science STEM/ STREAM CCSS E/LA Kenneth
Wesson Educational Consultant: Neuroscience San Jose, CA
[email protected] Brain-STEM: Applications for the Classroom
Slide 2
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?
Slide 3
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?
Slide 4
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?
Slide 5
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?
Slide 6
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.
Slide 7
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
Slide 8
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
Slide 9
In 60 seconds, draw a quick sketch of the person sitting next
to you.
Slide 10
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).
Slide 11
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.
Slide 12
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