Brain based learning

1. Brain Based
Learning
Strategies

2. The strategy of
leveraging our current
understanding of
human cognitive
architecture to design
more successful
change paradigms

3. Brain Based Learning Theory
“The Art of Changing
the Brain.”
-James Zull

4. Effective Training (Kirkpatrick Ladder)
Emotions
K1-Reaction
WHY
Thoughts
K2-Learning
WHAT
Actions
K3-Behavior
HOW,IF
Impact/Results
K4-End Points
THEN…

5. EMOTIONS ARE MORE POWERFUL
THAN LOGIC
“Reason and Intellect only control individuals
after emotion and impulse have lost their
impetus…”
 Dis-engaged Engaged

6. 3 Critical Features Needed to Optimize Learning:
 Engaging Immersion
 Activate your Emotions Relaxed Alertness
 Enable Deliberate Mindfulness Active Processing

7. What is this?
When information is introduced to learners that is
interesting but unrelated to the learning objectives (John
Dewey,1913).
Why is this done?
A common way to try and increase your learner
engagement, by interweaving small/short pieces of
anectodal information to make the educational
material more interesting.

8. FEAR OF
MAKING
MISTAKES/
ERRORS

9. HUMAN COGNITIVE LIMITATION
The brain has limited resources and cognitive processing capacity
• Pay selective attention to Information
• Filters Information
• Prioritizes Information
Mechanisms it utilizes to do this are creating:
• Schemata: simplified mental structure of our knowledge of the world around us
• Automaticity: ability to do things without mindfulness
• Chunking: individual pieces of information are bound together into a meaningful

10. Change in an individual’s
thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or
behaviors that results from
interaction with another
individual or a group.
SOCIAL INFLUENCE
PRIMES US FOR ACTION

11. STUDY SKILLS
OVERVIEW

12. STUDY SKILLS OVERVIEW

13. COMMON MYTHS AND
MISCONCEPTIONS
Students still believe in luck when it comes
to grades.
They think kids get good grades because
teachers like them.
They believe that the “smart kids” will
get the good grades.
They believe that “only poor students have
to study and that working for something is
somehow a badge of dishonor.”

14. STUDY SKILLS Basics
*Pay Attention in Class
*Come to School and Be on Time
*Take Good Notes

15. *Keep an Organized Binder
*Use Your Chromebook/Google Calendar
*Ask Questions in Class and Participate in Group Discussions

16. MORE STUDY SKILLS BASICS
Plan a Definite Study Time Don’t Cram for Hours the
and Place for Each Day Night Before a Test

17. INDEPENDENT LEARNERS
The following are characteristics of a
successful student.
 Ask questions
 Discuss topics with your
peers
 If you don’t understand
something, speak up

18. STUDY TIMETABLE
Study sessions just don’t
happen when you feel like
doing them.
They need to be scheduled
on an organized timetable.
Your study timetable should
rule your life.

19. Don’t study after 11:00 pm
Divide time equally between subjects-
Hardest first
Revise your study timetable – things change
Stick to it !

20. STUDY SESSION POINTERS:
STUDY
Don’t make study sessions too long
Don’t make
Drink some water before you start
Drink
Break tasks down into smaller manageable ones
Break
Do daily summaries of work covered in class in your own words under Main Points
Do
Set a task to achieve for each session
Set

21. DEVELOP EFFECTIVE
METHODS
 Ask someone to quiz you
 Read; reread; and highlight your notes
 Summarize; read your notes; read your notes out loud
(this helps with memory)
 Outline or make a graphic version of written work (lists,
columns, Venn diagrams, etc.)
 Quiz yourself
 Practice with flashcards; free digital flashcard programs
like Quizlet and StudyStack are available to use with
your Chromebook
 Write memory work over and over until you feel
confident

22. Social Life:
 Put this on hold if necessary
 Give up parties, nights out etc.
 Plan your rewards you will give yourself
after the exams
Exercise:
 Do something active like walk or jog
daily to reduce the to relieve pressure
and stress
 It clears the mind and encourages
positive thoughts

23. COUNTDOWN TO THE EXAMS
In the run up to your exams, you must adopt a more
disciplined attitude. Use your planner to know when your
tests are. Study a little every day.
Your performance on the exam is vital to your success-
tests count the most towards your grade.
Look at tests positively and as an opportunity to
demonstrate your understanding.

25. Thank you very much