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Meeting the Needs of the Individual Learner:
Brain-Based Learning (Day 3)
2014 - 2015
Archdiocese of Dubuque Educators
To do for Session 3: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Temporal Lobe
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With your partner… review, clarify, check your understanding.
How do we know what we know?
What do you recall about each brain
area?
What questions come to mind?
The Brain in the
News
A test of your memory:
What do you remember…?
Why did you remember…?
The Structure of Knowledge
Generalizations Generalizations
Survival
Key information
Brain Structures &
Functions
Information Processing in the brain
Elements of Human
Motivation
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Instructional Practices
Learning Teaching for Understanding
Behavior
Four Basic Psychological Needs…
Love
Power
Freedom
Fun
Our Basic Survival Needs +4 Basic Psych. Needs +
The brain’s built-in mechanism for reward
Survival
The Human Brain
The Reptilian Brain
The Mammalian Brain
The Thinking Brain
The Triune Brain
How the Brain Works
Tan’s Brain
How do we know what we know?
f.M.R.I.Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
http://www.twistedphysics.typepad.comhttp://www.singularityhub.com
The Brain Stem
Controls unconscious functions of the body;Heartbeat, Respiration
The Amygdala
The brain’s “emotional sentry”: Scans all incoming stimuli for emotional significance
Incoming SignalAmygdalaAmygdala
Thalamus Thalamus
Neocortex
The Hippocampus
Aids in the formation of new memories - Transfers information from working memory to long-term memory
H.M.
The Thalamus
The brain’s “relay station”: Scans incoming stimuli & sends it on to the appropriate lobe for processing
The Hypothalamus
The brain’s “thermostat”: Regulates hunger, thirst, blood pressure, body temperature & sex drive
The Corpus Callosum
A massive band of nerve fibers, (200+ million) that connects the two hemispheres, relaying
information between them
The Neocortex
The outer ¼” of the brain’s surface; the “gray matter”; has 6 layers- is compact, yet has much surface area;
it is the “thinking” part of the brain
Brainstem
The basic functional unit of the nervous system;We are born with, and retain throughout our lives,
approximately 100 billion neurons; 30,000 fit on the head of a pin
The Neuron
Every thought that you think…Every action that you take…
Is the result of neurons communicating with each other!
Google Image Source: www.physics.lsa.umich.edu
Has a nucleus which contains DNA, chromosomes, and other genetic material
The Cell Body
The fiber extension from the cell body thatcarries an electrical impulse (action potential);
Most are very short (less than one mm); Others can be up to one meter in length
The Axon
Also called axon “bulbs”; located at ends ofaxon branches; Hold “pockets” that contain
neurotransmitters for dispersal upon stimulation
The Axon Terminals
The fatty, waxy coating that forms around each axon; made of glial cells; protects and insulates the axon; speeds the electrical impulse; Myelination follows a preset developmental pattern- from birth to about age 25 or 30
The Myelin Sheath
Strand-like fibers that extend from the cell body;They contain receptor sites for receiving
neurotransmitters from other neurons; Dendrites grow and branch throughout our lives, depending
upon experience and environment
The Dendrites
Experience changes
the physiology
of the brain!
Learning is the act of making… and
strengthening… connections
between neurons!
It’s time for a quiz!
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Class ScoreSampling…
34
43
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24
Between now and March 3, 2015
See: Session 3 (Nov. 19) for assignments
http://13-14archbbl.wikispaces.com/
See you on March 3 (2015)