The Middle School Brain
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Transcript of The Middle School Brain
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Learning Styles, Brain Growth, and the Developing Adolescent
Education 603
Dr. Edward Williamson
Nichole Phillips
Summer 2011
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What we will learn
How to use learning styles to formulate curriculum and the classroom environment
How to use information on brain development to better understand your students
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Topics of Discussion
How to evaluate students learning styles and apply information to your teaching
Learn what is normal development in your students and use this information to mold your classroom environment
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Learning styles: How your students learn best
Know how you learn to help your students know how they learn
The importance of left brain and right brain tendencies
Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners
What type of fruit are you? Knowing your style
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Grapes, Oranges,Bananas,and Melons, Oh My!
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How to use quiz results for: Activity grouping, assigning class jobs, developing curriculum, build up strengths and weaknesses in students, and better understand how your students work in the classroom environment
(Northey, 2005)
Implications for the classroom
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Brain development and how it affects the students sitting in your class Pre and early adolescence: The
middle school years, fears, and everything in between
Facets of physical, social emotional, language, and cognitive development and how they all fit together
How to use cognitive development to form curriculum
(Wood, 2007)
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How to combine learning styles and brain development data in your curriculum
Scaffolding activities: KWL, concept mapping, graphic organizers, and printable tools for your class
How to differentiate for different learning styles
What is reasonable expectations for your students cognitively
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Life in the classroom
Use of thematic units, resources beyond the textbook, and create engaging lesson plans
How rubrics can guide students to success
Gauge how your curriculum measures up
(Northey, 2005)
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Pathways to success
The importance of understanding how your students learn, and how to use personal styles to increase academic success, is pivotal
Understanding cognitive abilities makes expectations reasonable, interactions more enjoyable, and the classroom experience an overall success
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Tools for your toolbox
Look to the experts: Using Internet websites famous to your field facilitates learning
Bring business-oriented activities into the classroom like brainstorming, workshops, and the concept of FLOW
Never be too old to learn new tricks: search for new ways to do your lessons
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References
Northey, SS. (2005). Handbook on differentiated instruction for middle and high schools. Larchmont, NY: Eye in Education, Inc.
Wood, C. (2007). Yardstick:children in the classroom ages 4-14. Turners Falls, MA: Northeast Foundation for
Children, Inc.