Brain Mapping Your Students

Griffith University

Dr Jason Zagami

www.zagami.info

What is the brain?

Parts of the brain

1:22

Synaptic Connections

Brain Waves

Delta 1-4hz Theta 4-7hz

Alpha 7-13hz Beta 13-30hz

Memories - Mental Models

Brain Waves

Delta 1-4hz Theta 4-7hz

Alpha 7-13hz Beta 13-30hz

Switch in reality

Wake -> Sleep Theta 4-7hz

Alpha 7-13hz Sleep -> Wake

Synaptic Pruning

Types of memory

Memory Buffers

Brain Wave Cycles (7-9)

cognitive overload theory

Disfluency

Importance of mistakes

Unpredictability

Disadvantages of expertise

Sleep and dreams

Mirror Neurons

Convergent Thinking

Divergent Thinking

Constructivism

Instructivism

Ten Year Expertise Rule

10000 Hours

Theta

Alpha

www.emotiv.com

10:20

Lao Tzu - "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.

Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime"

Zagami - "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.

Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

Teach a man how to learn how to fish, and all things are possible."

Griffith University

Dr Jason Zagami

www.zagami.info