Learning Concept Map

Enhances learning.

Brain Research

Movement is very important to the very existence of a brain.

Higher brain functions have evolved from movement and still depend on it.

Is crucial to every brain function including planning and executing plans, memory, emotion, language, and learning.

Rate of learning is directly correlated with levels of brain derived neurotropic factor. Levels rise as the amount of exercise increases.

The more complex the movements, the more complex the synaptic connections.

Vastly improves mental health.

Has a positive influence on memory, attention, concentration and classroom behavior.

"Gatekeeper to learning and performance."

Are processed throughout the entire brain and its structure

Years of research: Learning from fear

Filters incoming sensory input, modulating what the cerebral cortex attends to, processes, and attends to.

Emotions in the classroom

Drives attention.

Which in turns drives learning, memory, problem-solving, and everything else.

Positive and negative emotions are processed differently in males and females.

Stress improves learning in males but impairs learning in females.

Moderate stress improves boys performance on tests. The same stress levels in girls degrades their test performance.

Intelligence as a function of experience

Inseparable bodybrain partnership

Multiple Intelligences

Learning as a two-step process