WGU LEARNING AS A SCIENCE - D186
Brain-Based Learning
an approach to teaching that is grounded in the latest
research on how the brain learns best. Strategies that align
with the natural learning processes of the brain, making
education more effective and engaging. Factors like emotion,
environment, repetition, and individual neurological
differences significantly impact how well students learn.
Multisensory Instruction
Brain retains information better when multiple senses are
engaged.
Brain Breaks
The brain needs time to process and consolidate information.
Implementing short breaks during lessons can improve focus
and retention.
This is also tied to ideas of "cognitive load," the theory that
the brain has limited processing capacity at any given time,
and too much sensory or informational input can overwhelm
learners.
4 Exemplary Areas for Learning as a Science
1) Modeling learning progressions and adapting learning
experiences, resources, and feedback to support learners'
progress.
2) Collaborative learning and scaffolding, scripting, and
orchestrating social interaction.
3) Simulations, visualization, modeling, and representation.
,4) Opportunities to engage in hands-on constructive
activities.
10 Key Learning as a Science Principles
1) Environment
2) Student's physical well-being
3) Learning is a process that involves effort, mistakes,
reflection, and refinement.
4) Motivated to learn through autonomy, interests, and
understanding the purpose.
5) Think deeply about the "to-be-learned" material to pay
attention, build memories, and make meaning.
6) Retrieval practice.
7) Spacing out learning and interweaving different content.
8) Communicating high expectations.
9) Students feel safe in their learning.
10) Collaboration and social interaction.
Retrieval Practice
A learning strategy where you actively recall information from
memory, rather than passively reviewing it.
Strengthens memory; helps students flexibly apply what they
learn, which strengthens the neural pathways associated with
that information.
Collaboration and social interaction
Encourages deeper processing
Deliberately creating learning spaces, including desk
placement, lighting, etc.
, Increases learning
Strategies to elaborate on learning:
1) Summarizing
2) Drawing
Summarizing
to create a verbal description that distills the most important
information from a set of materials
Drawings
they use graphic strategies to portray important concepts and
relationships
Representational Drawing
A simple diagram or depiction of a theory helps students
recall factual information, but falls short when it comes to
deeper comprehension.
Organizational Drawings
Concept maps, anchor charts, and sketch notes - students can
tease out relationships between concepts and see the big
picture more clearly.
Summarizing Strategy - Clarify What's Important
a summarizing strategy should help students discern the
inherent structures in a text
Summarizing Strategy - Familiarize students with multiple text
structures
Brain-Based Learning
an approach to teaching that is grounded in the latest
research on how the brain learns best. Strategies that align
with the natural learning processes of the brain, making
education more effective and engaging. Factors like emotion,
environment, repetition, and individual neurological
differences significantly impact how well students learn.
Multisensory Instruction
Brain retains information better when multiple senses are
engaged.
Brain Breaks
The brain needs time to process and consolidate information.
Implementing short breaks during lessons can improve focus
and retention.
This is also tied to ideas of "cognitive load," the theory that
the brain has limited processing capacity at any given time,
and too much sensory or informational input can overwhelm
learners.
4 Exemplary Areas for Learning as a Science
1) Modeling learning progressions and adapting learning
experiences, resources, and feedback to support learners'
progress.
2) Collaborative learning and scaffolding, scripting, and
orchestrating social interaction.
3) Simulations, visualization, modeling, and representation.
,4) Opportunities to engage in hands-on constructive
activities.
10 Key Learning as a Science Principles
1) Environment
2) Student's physical well-being
3) Learning is a process that involves effort, mistakes,
reflection, and refinement.
4) Motivated to learn through autonomy, interests, and
understanding the purpose.
5) Think deeply about the "to-be-learned" material to pay
attention, build memories, and make meaning.
6) Retrieval practice.
7) Spacing out learning and interweaving different content.
8) Communicating high expectations.
9) Students feel safe in their learning.
10) Collaboration and social interaction.
Retrieval Practice
A learning strategy where you actively recall information from
memory, rather than passively reviewing it.
Strengthens memory; helps students flexibly apply what they
learn, which strengthens the neural pathways associated with
that information.
Collaboration and social interaction
Encourages deeper processing
Deliberately creating learning spaces, including desk
placement, lighting, etc.
, Increases learning
Strategies to elaborate on learning:
1) Summarizing
2) Drawing
Summarizing
to create a verbal description that distills the most important
information from a set of materials
Drawings
they use graphic strategies to portray important concepts and
relationships
Representational Drawing
A simple diagram or depiction of a theory helps students
recall factual information, but falls short when it comes to
deeper comprehension.
Organizational Drawings
Concept maps, anchor charts, and sketch notes - students can
tease out relationships between concepts and see the big
picture more clearly.
Summarizing Strategy - Clarify What's Important
a summarizing strategy should help students discern the
inherent structures in a text
Summarizing Strategy - Familiarize students with multiple text
structures
