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"Linking the Brain"
  • Linking the Brain, Mind, Teaching, and Learning
  • David Grammerstorf
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Objectives and Outcomes
  • Identify and classify…
    • Polygons
    • Parallelograms
    • Quadrilaterals
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Audience and Environment
  • 20 fourth grade students
  • Inclusion classroom
  • Frequent movement
  • Culture of respect and responsibility
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Technology
  • Promethean board
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Primetime 1: MiniLesson
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"Mystery shapes described"
  • Mystery shapes described
  • Identify, draw corresponding shapes
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"Review work"
  • Review work
  • What did we learn?
  • Model example for homework
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"Informal observation"
  • Informal observation
  • homework
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Multiple Intelligences
  • Minilesson:
    • Bodily/kinesthetic
    • Visual/spatial
    • Logical/mathematical
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Learning Styles
  • Concrete sequential
  • Identifying properties
  • Clear expectations
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The Brain
  • Amy’s implications
  • Let the blood flow
  • Get the whole brain involved
  • Rehearsal
  • Meaning and sense
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References
  • Sousa, D. (2006). How The Brain Learns. 3rd Edition. California, Corwin Press, Inc.
  • Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books.
  • Gregorc, A. (1979). Learning/Teaching Styles: Their Nature and Effects. Student Learning Styles. National Association of Secondary School Principals.
  • Dr. Angela Cristini, Lectures, Spring 2008.
  • Dr. Nick Bernice, Lectures, Spring 2008.