Neuroscience of Learning

Question 1

Name and identify the functions of number 1

Answer 1

Hippocampus: Part of the limbic system involved in memory, learning, and emotion.

Question 2

What is “distributed practice”?

Answer 2

Spreading learning out in over smaller bouts of time rather than condensed longer sessions.

Question 3

Neurodiversity

Answer 3

Recognizes and celebrates diversity in neural functioning and and cognitive styles.

Question 4

Neuroplasticity

Answer 4

The brain‘s ability to recognize and adapt in response to experiences.

Question 5

Cognitive Style

Answer 5

An individual’s typical or individual way of problem-solving, thinking, perceiving, and remembering.

Question 6

Cognitive rigidity

Answer 6

Cognitive abilities, become rigid and fixed as people age. 

Question 7

Tabula Rasa

Answer 7

The human mind is essentially empty at birth. 

Question 8

The 3 strategies for meeting the needs of all learners.

Answer 8

1. Differentiated instruction
2. Multisensory learning
3. Social and emotional learning

Question 9

Information processing theory 

Answer 9

The concepts for understanding, brain function, such as sensory input, working memory, and long-term memory

Question 10

Embodied mind perspective

Answer 10

The connection between the body, mind, and environment, and how it relates to a student’s ability to develop intellectually, emotionally, and socially. 

Question 11

Humanism

Answer 11

Nurturing students, overall, well-being, self-esteem, and sense of belonging.