Hello all,
This week I will be evaluating two resources found online that are important in describing the impact that the brain can have on the way that we learn as individuals. Feel free to check out these sources for more information.
How Understanding Your Brain Can Help You Learn
URL: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_understanding_your_brain_can_help_you_learn
I came across this article online and it explains how our brain is constantly changing and strengthening every time we learn something new. As a result, there is no limit as to what we can learn. This article states six points that will enable you to understand how our mind is responsible for helping us learn. Those six points briefly consist of:
1. Understanding why our brain is always changing.
2. Learning to embrace struggle and failure.
3. Change your beliefs about your mind and your brain will follow.
4. Trying multiple approaches to learning.
5. Aiming for flexible thinking rather than speed.
6. Trying collaboration.
The article also recommends a book 'Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers by Jo Boaler'. This book may help individuals to understand how their brains work and how to support their own learning to ensure success.
Learning Rewires the Brain
URL: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/learning-rewires-brain
If you're interested in learning the science behind how we learn, I would recommend checking this article out. The article goes into detail on how neurons become active so that new connections within our brain are formed. Something that stood out to me after reading this article was the importance that sleep has on the brain. A sufficient amount of sleep is needed in forming new memories to gain knowledge (Stevens, 2014).
Feel free to leave your thoughts on any of the above articles linked above.
-Aja.
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