Value of Medical Information for Educators
Neuroscience and the Study of the Brain
Recent Brain Research
The Tough Kid
The Tough Kid
100
Learning occurs in the brain.
What is one of the reasons that it is important to know medical information in education?
100
the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere
What is the description of the 2 halves of the brain?
100
planum temporale
What is area of the brain shows abnormalities in a student with dyslexia?
100
The What If? Chart
What is the format that you can state your classroom positive consequences and unpleasant/undesired consequences?
100
cut the first 2 minutes of recess, have the student stay 42 seconds at his desk after the bell rings
What are examples of unpleasant consequences?
200
The organic system that comprises the brain and the spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system?
200
1)frontal lobe; 2) a temporal lobe; 3) an occipital lobe and 4) parietal lobe
What is each hemisphere of the brain comprised of?
200
family studies and twin studies
What are 2 types of genetic studies that revealed findings with dyslexia?
200
The Precision Request Sequence
What is the sequence that incorporates all the Variables that Affect Compliance?
200
call to a parent, time out, office referral
What are examples of consequences for a serious behavior clause on a What If? Chart?
300
teachers provide feedback to parents and physicians
What is the reactions of medication on students?
300
This hemisphere of the brain controls language-related activities.
What is the left hemisphere?
300
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
What is the technological advance made some immense breakthroughs in the 1990s?
300
Reward spinner
What is the positive reinforcement strategy that uses chance?
300
Grab bag
What is a positive reinforcer that includes chance and index cards with varying rewards on them?
400
Problems in attention, concentration, memory, sequencing and comprehension on school tasks
What is some of the side affects of the treatment of childhood leukemia?
400
This hemisphere of the brain deals with nonverbal stimuli - spatial perception, mathematics, music, etc.
What is the right hemisphere?
400
the frontal lobe - left interior frontal gyrus
What is the area of the brain that is the phoneme producer in reading?
400
Positive reinforcement and rewards
What is not bribery?
400
Chart Moves
What is a positive reinforcement strategy that uses a connect-the-dots approach?
500
Sousa
What is the name of one of the researchers that studies the brain and the role of learning?
500
failure to establish cerebral dominance in the left hemisphere
What is Samuel Orton's theory of reading and language difficulties?
500
parietal lobe - left parieto-lobe area (Wernicke's area)
What is the area of the brain that is the word analyzer in reading?
500
clipboard to keep track of rules broken by students
What is a rules monitoring chart?
500
group contingency approach
What is a reward system that involves the whole class or group?
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