Building Brain Literacy in Elementary Students | Edutopia
I found this to be a fun and interesting article about how to get students to start thinking of their brain as a muscle. It is hard to visualize your brain "growing" but it does help to make sense out of learning. You need your brain to make connections in order to form new knowledge and concepts and giving students a visual may make the learning process seem more meaningful. I am going to try it on my daughter as well since she seems to think that some learning is optional.
This was a great article, I like the suggestion from the article that says to explain to the students, what part of the brain they will be using. I think it is important that they see their brain as a muscle like their arm or leg muscles. If you work them out they will get stronger!!
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