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The Impact Of Creativity On The Brain

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From www.teachthought.com - February 14, 2013 11:07 PM

How do the arts "“increase students’ college-, career-, and citizenship-readiness in all subjects as well as keep them engaged in school and contribute to their social and emotional health"? 

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This post looks at what neurologists call executive function and eduation calls higher order thinking. A list of nine "ways to describe some of the executive functions when relating the arts to creativity and the thinking processes" is provided which includes:

* Conceptual thinking and transfer of knowledge

* Judgmen

* Critical analysis

* Induction and deduction

If you are interested in learning more about how creativity correlates with academic achievement as well as social and emotional success and how it helps to develop skills that support higher order thinking (a hot topic with Common Core) click through to the article.

 

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Mindfulness Love's curator insight, February 10, 2015 5:26 AM

creativity thinking exercises! great!
Lui Debono's curator insight, September 21, 2015 2:43 PM

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Teaching Metacognition: The Value of Thinking About Thinking

Teaching Metacognition: The Value of Thinking About Thinking | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.scilearn.com - July 14, 2012 8:27 PM

How can teaching metacognition impact the way a student learns? This post states that to teach students to become "expert learners" they must understand that metacognition involves three processes (quoting from the post):
* Teaching students that their ability to learn not only changes, but that they can affect how that ability develops,
* Teaching them how to plan for success and set goals, and
* Giving them lots of opportunities to monitor their learning and adapt their own learning strategies 

We may also help them by providing strategies. The article provides five recommendations on strategies, and an additional five may be found in a post on The Educators PLN at http://www.edupln.com/profiles/blogs/metacognitive-strategies-for.

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Life's Messy. Train Your Brain to Adapt. | Think Tank | Big Think

Life's Messy. Train Your Brain to Adapt. | Think Tank | Big Think | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From bigthink.com - February 19, 2012 8:40 PM

Organization...is not just about a cluttered desk. It’s about self-regulation, a skill that is developed by the pre-frontal cortex--the seat of executive function in the brain. The left pre-frontal cortex regulates your attention: it evaluates, judges, makes decisions. Modern life, with its barrage of incoming emails and phone calls and texts, taxes the pre-frontal cortex, inhibiting the brain’s ability to focus...

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Are You Smarter Than Your Grandfather? Probably Not.

Are You Smarter Than Your Grandfather? Probably Not. | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.smithsonianmag.com - December 31, 2012 10:57 PM
Senility isn’t the answer; IQ scores are increasing with each generation. In a new book, political scientist James Flynn explains why
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An interesting article that explores if we are getting smarter over time or if we are "just more modern." This post explores this issue, looking at the industrial revolution and what IQ means. 

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Teenage Brains - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine

Teenage Brains - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From ngm.nationalgeographic.com - March 11, 2012 8:13 PM
Beautiful Brains: Moody. Impulsive. Maddening. Why do teenagers act the way they do? Viewed through the eyes of evolution, their most exasperating traits may be the key to success as adults.
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