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August 1, 2006

Welcome to Learning, Memory and the Brain

Jensen (1997) says that, “While the old academic model addressed primarily the intellectual aspects of learning, the prevailing model suggests that we learn with our mind, heart and body. This more holistic view underscores the importance of considering all of the learner’s issues.”

This course examines how learning occurs and the implications for helping all students to be successful. Participants will look at the factors that identify being smart and the factors that label us as slow learners or overachievers. Participants will look at the factors that help students take in information at a more efficient rate and the factors that help students to retrieve information from long-term memory.

Information on the importance of activating prior knowledge and on providing opportunities for reflection will be discussed. Participants will learn tactics to help students learn and remember declarative knowledge and the importance of procedural tools. Participants will make connections between the information on how learning occurs to ways to prepare and teach effective lessons.