Definition of Learning
Prepare to Learn
Key Ideas
True or False
100

You have approximately ______billion neurons in your brain.

86 

100

A brain starved for g_ _ _ _ _ _ is a brain not ready to learn.

glucose

100

The goal of reading this book is to help students learn in h _ _ _ _ _ _ with their brain!

harmony

100

True or False.  

College success is about learning how to be an effective learner.

True

200

Long-term potentiation is a neurological description of how ___________ and long-term memories are formed.

habits

200

In addition to food, ________ is essential for optimal brain health and function.

water

200

The human brain needs _____________ between different learning experiences in order to process and begin to make new memories of the newly experienced material.

downtime

200

True or False.  

The newest findings in cognitive neuroscience help you to learn in harmony with your brain.

True

300

In the LCT model (_____________ _____________ teaching), the teacher's goal is to have the student do as much work as possible.

learning-centered

300

Dehydration often leads to ___________, ___________, poor concentration, and reduced cognitive abilities.


fatigue, dizziness

300

The definition of _______________ requires information to be relatively permanent and for the brain to form more permanent memories.  

learning

300

True or False.  

Nutrition is more beneficial for learning than sleep and exercise.

False

Exercise and sleep are more beneficial for learning than nutrition.

400

 _______________practice effect is practice which takes place over extended periods of time.

Distributed

400

If you do not have a healthy________ , you are starving your brain of the energy it needs to function properly.

diet

400

Give one of the examples that does not describe the distributed practice effect.

When training for a race, you cram all of your running practices into the day before the race.


The night before a football game, you hope to get stronger by cramming in a 5-7 hour weight lifting session the night before the game.

400

True or False.  

The human brain uses 65% to 70% of the body's energy-in the form of glucose-every day.

False

The human brain uses 25% to 30% of the body's energy.