Cassia Catterall
Educational Psychology
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In order to                                                    I will go over new
remember                                                       material learned
things as                                                      at different
vividly as         Brain Rules by John Medina                intervals. I will
possible,                                                      have students
Reexpose                                                      discuss it and add
yourself to                                                    to each others
the                                                            memory as well. I
information                                                    think that would
more                                                           be particularly
elaborately                                                    helpful because
and in fixed,                                                  different people
spaced                                                         will remember
intervals.                                                     different
                                                               specifics.
                                                               I will not start out
                                                               with the nitty
In order for                                                   gritty details at
people to pay      Brain Rules by John Medina                the beginning of
attention,                                                     class. If I can
Dont start                                                   introduce the big
with details.                                                  picture students
Start with key                                                 will most likely
ideas.                                                        remember it.
                                                               Then, I will give
                                                               time to go into
                                                               some more
                                                               details later with
                                                               an activity so
                                                               hopefully it will
                                                               make it more
                                                               memorable.
                                                             I will make sure
                                                             and incorporate
                                                             different teaching
                                                             methods that
There is a         How the Brain Learns 4th ed. By David   cater to each
difference         Sousa                                     gender. For
between the                                                  females, I will use
male and                                                     more language
female brain.                                                based learning
                                                             because they use
                                                             more of the left
                                                             side of the brain.
                                                             For males, I will
                                                             incorporate more
                                                             hands-on
                                                             activities because
                                                             they exclusively
                                                             use the right
                                                             hemisphere.
                                                             I need to make
                                                             sure the
The brain                                                    information I give
may                How the Brain learns 4th ed. By David   is precise and
fabricate the     Sousa                                     exact. I should
missing or                                                   not use excess
incomplete                                                   words because
information                                                 this may make
found in long-                                               the retrieval
term memory                                                  process more
in order to fill                                             difficult later. I
in the holes.                                                also need to
                                                             make sure the
                                                             info I give is
                                                             understood in the
                                                             right way and not
                                                             stored with a
                                                             different
                                                             meaning.
                                                             I will try and
                                                             make good
                                                             relationships with
Connecting        Yardsticks 3rd ed. By Chip Wood         my students
with parents                                                 parents. I will let
is key.                                                   parents know
                                                           about different
                                                           events our class
                                                           is having. I would
                                                           also want to talk
                                                           to them about
                                                           what they expect
                                                           out of my class
                                                           so we are on the
                                                           same page.
                                                           I will allow
                                                           students the
                                                           chance to get up
Our brains     https://www.edutopia.org/blog/brain-       and move
are wired for   breaks-focused-attention-practices-lori-   around. I will
novelty.       desautels                                  incorporate small
Therefore,                                                 activities
this source                                                between different
talked about                                               segments in
using brain                                                order to keep the
breaks to                                                  brain active. The
retain                                                     activities would
attention.                                                 need to be
                                                           unique and
                                                           different so the
                                                           brain latches on
                                                           to them.
                                                           If I see a student
                                                           that is falling
                                                           asleep in class I
Without                                                   will ask them if
adequate                                                   they are doing
                www.healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/health
sleep and                                                  alright. If they
                y/
rest, over-     matters/benefits-of-sleep/learning-        say that they
worked          memory#top                                 simply werent
neurons can                                                able to get
no longer                                                  enough sleep the
function to                                                previous night, I
coordinate                                                 will encourage
information                                                them to sleep
properly, and                                              more the next
we lose our                                                day. If it is a
ability to                                                 recurring problem
access                                                           I would tell them
previously                                                       the importance of
learned                                                          sleep and then
information.                                                    recommend that
This means                                                       they try and
that the                                                         reschedule their
retrieval                                                        day so they can
process could                                                    sleep more.
be very tricky.
Nutrition is      http://articles.extension.org/pages/6877       As a teacher,
extremely         4/3-ways-nutrition-influences-student-         realizing that
important in      learning-potential-and-school-                 nutrition is so
education.        performance                                    important, I will
This source                                                      allow students
says that,        3 Ways Nutrition Influences Student           snacks in the
improvemen       Learning Potential and School                  classroom. I will
ts in nutrient    Performance by David Just                     also allow them
intake can                                                       to go fill water
influence the                                                    bottles. Finally, I
cognitive                                                        think I will bring
ability and                                                      some healthy
intelligence                                                     snacks in case
levels of                                                        students forget
school-aged                                                      and are hungry.
children.
It is important   Educational Psychology: Emotion in            As a teacher, I
for teachers to   Education by Gary Phye    Ebrary              dont want to
know that, the                                                  approach the
classroom can     http:/site.ebrary.com/lib/Sheridan/reader.ac   classroom
be an intense     tion?                                          unprepared. I want
environment       docID=10371733                                 to approach it with
where                                                            as calm of an
emotions vary                                                    attitude as I can
from the                                                         maintain. Although
extreme joy of                                                   it may be hard, I
an exciting                                                      want to make
lesson to the                                                    connections with
heart-                                                           students so they
wrenching                                                        know they can
sorrow of                                                        approach me with
knowing a                                                        anything.
student is
being abused
or bullied by
his or her
classmates.
This source                                          I need to make
talks about a   Merging left with right brain for   sure that I use
man who         discretion by Gary Smith            the left and right
started as a                                         hemispheres in
failure in the  http://go.galegroup.com              tasks. Together,
trading                                              your brain is
business                                             much more
because he                                           powerful. I will
simply used                                          use hands-on
his left brain.                                      activities for the
He discovered                                        right side and
that,                                                skits/writing
Successful                                          incorporation for
trading                                              the left side.
requires a
whole-brain
approach.