A short overview of brain-based learning strategies.

1. TRAINING BRAINS
the neuroscience of learning
made by John Shelton

2. When it comes
to learning,
people tend to have
one of two mindsets.

3. FIXED MINDSET
success comes from
being gifted at something

4. GROWTH MINDSET
success comes from effort

5. “You either
have a high
IQ or you
don’t.”
FIXED MINDSET

6. FIXED MINDSET “I’m not good
at numbers.
I’m good with
words.”

7. “I wish I had
people skills
like her.”
FIXED MINDSET

8. “I can get
better.”
GROWTH MINDSET

9. “I can learn.”
GROWTH MINDSET

10. “I can improve.”
GROWTH MINDSET

11. The brain is malleable.

12. Like a muscle, it gets stronger with exercise.

13. With a growth mindset,
the magic word is

14. I’m not good enough

15. I can’t do it

16. I don’t know how to

17. The hippocampus is where new information enters your brain.
It decides what to save and what to throw away.

18. So how do you tell your
hippocampus that something is
important?
How do you hit
the record button?

19. focus

20. You have to pay attention. No multitasking.

21. When you focus your undivided
attention, your hippocampus hits
record.

22. Just like a hard drive,
the hippocampus has
a maximum capacity.

23. Most people can only
focus intensely for about
20 minutes.

24. You have to take breaks.
You have to mix things up.
You have to learn in chunks.

25. It’s not.

26. It’s more like a
spider web.

27. Some are logical.

28. Some aren’t.

29. We remember new information better
when we connect it with the information
we already have in our brains.

30. When we remember things, we follow the path
our brain built when it saved that memory.

31. Every time we follow that path,
we make it a little bit stronger.

32. When you learn
something new,
use your
brain.