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Big Thinkers: Judy Willis on the Science of Learning:
http://www.edutopia.org/big-thinkers-judy-willis-neuroscience-learning-video
Judy Willis, neurologist become teacher, talks about the neuroscience of learning. She presents a model for what is happening in the brain when students are bored in the classroom and why students act out. A bored brain = a stressed brain. A stressed brain = lower functioning brain.
I learned about two new neuro descriptors about engaging students. First, an engaged brain is curious and the next level is in a “prediction” state. That is the optimal goal for learning. I also learned why video games are a helpful model for learning. When a child plays a video game they are motivated to play, willing to take risks and attempt challenges in order to reach a higher level in the game. They are not motivated by extrinsic rewards… They are motivated by intrinsic reinforcement of ‘incremental challenge feedback’ at each level. They attempt each level, knowing that the challenges (work) will get harder and harder.
Our goal for optimal learning is to find that “achievable challenge level” and help students access activities that allows for intrinsic reinforcement, (passing a level, solving a challenge). It is the “intrinsic reinforcement” of passing an achievable challenge level that “lights up the brain”.
This information relates to how I observe students engaging in learning on the iPad. I see students taking on challenges on the iPad with great enthusiasm.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice as compiled by the National Association for Educations of Young Children:
When considering best practices for teaching young children, it is important to understand the research in the field of child development and learning. The National Association for the Education of Young Children provides an excellent research based guide to educational practices for children from birth through age 8. Children learn best through rich, creative, exploratory, hands-on discoveries and social experiences that happen through play. Play based learning guided by knowledgeable, well prepared teachers is the foundation for all future learning and therefore an essential foundation for the success of Common Core Standards.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (3rd ed.)
http://www.naeyc.org/DAP
http://www.edutopia.org/big-thinkers-judy-willis-neuroscience-learning-video
Judy Willis, neurologist become teacher, talks about the neuroscience of learning. She presents a model for what is happening in the brain when students are bored in the classroom and why students act out. A bored brain = a stressed brain. A stressed brain = lower functioning brain.
I learned about two new neuro descriptors about engaging students. First, an engaged brain is curious and the next level is in a “prediction” state. That is the optimal goal for learning. I also learned why video games are a helpful model for learning. When a child plays a video game they are motivated to play, willing to take risks and attempt challenges in order to reach a higher level in the game. They are not motivated by extrinsic rewards… They are motivated by intrinsic reinforcement of ‘incremental challenge feedback’ at each level. They attempt each level, knowing that the challenges (work) will get harder and harder.
Our goal for optimal learning is to find that “achievable challenge level” and help students access activities that allows for intrinsic reinforcement, (passing a level, solving a challenge). It is the “intrinsic reinforcement” of passing an achievable challenge level that “lights up the brain”.
This information relates to how I observe students engaging in learning on the iPad. I see students taking on challenges on the iPad with great enthusiasm.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice as compiled by the National Association for Educations of Young Children:
When considering best practices for teaching young children, it is important to understand the research in the field of child development and learning. The National Association for the Education of Young Children provides an excellent research based guide to educational practices for children from birth through age 8. Children learn best through rich, creative, exploratory, hands-on discoveries and social experiences that happen through play. Play based learning guided by knowledgeable, well prepared teachers is the foundation for all future learning and therefore an essential foundation for the success of Common Core Standards.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (3rd ed.)
http://www.naeyc.org/DAP