In The Brain: Memory and Learning Strategies, you will learn about the physical structures of the human brain that create and retain memories—and how to use this information to improve your classroom teaching practice. The more you understand about how people form and retain memories, the more you will be able to help your students learn and use the academic content you are teaching them.
Course Objectives
- Describe the systems, structures, and processes the brain uses to create, store, and retrieve memories.
- Use the brain’s reliance on pattern recognition and emotion to strengthen lesson planning.
- Explore the structure and function of the explicit memory system.
- Develop strategies to enhance declarative memory of academic content.
- Explore the structure and function of the implicit memory system.
- Develop strategies to enhance declarative memory of academic content.
- Explore the structure and function of the implicit memory system.
- Develop strategies to enhance procedural memory of academic skills.
- Compare the structure and uses of working memory and long-term memory.
- Develop strategies for enhancing students' long-term retention of knowledge and skills.
- Examine the importance of reflection in strengthening retention and building understanding.
- Create activities that encourage and enhance reflection upon learned content and skills.
- Explore the challenges of applying skill and content knowledge in contexts different from those in which they were learned.
- Develop strategies to help students transfer knowledge across subject areas and beyond school.
Syllabus
(ASCD PD Online course, 2011) Reimagined self-paced asynchronous online course. Upon completion, learners will be awarded an ASCD Certificate worth up to 20 Clock Hours.