Educators at an Indiana high school recently spent two days learning about the adolescent brain and how to apply this knowledge to their teaching practice. Mike Callahan, a county juvenile services coordinator, said teachers are better able to serve students when they understand why students act certain ways and use research-based methods to respond to student behavior.
Davis, B. (2017, October 21). Teachers strive to better understand the teen brain.
- Posted: November 15, 2017
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- Why Poverty Matters
- Poverty Data Sources
- Neuroscience & the Classroom
- Why Resources Matter
- 1 – Build Relationships
- 2 – Decrease Stress
- 3 – Increase Status
- 4 – Increase Hope
- 5 – Proactively Guide
- 6 – Use “Me” Strategies
- 7 – Understand Goals of Misbehavior
- 8 – Decrease Health Impacts
- 9 – Build Family/Community Partnerships
- 10 – Align Instruction & Assessment
- 11 – Motivate
- 12 – Grow Mindsets
- 13 – Build Background Knowledge
- 14 – Grow Executive Function
- 15 – Build Memory Trace
- 16 – Grow Emotional & Soft Skills
- 17 – Purposefully Teach
- 18 – Explicitly Teach
- 19 – Question Strategically
- 20 – Use Data
- 21 – Make Learning Fun
- 22 – Accommodate
- 23 – Infuse the Arts
- 24 – Maintain High Expectations
- 25 – Lead