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Can Exercise Close the Achievement Gap?

Can Exercise Close the Achievement Gap? | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.psmag.com - June 16, 2014 9:51 PM
Just 12 minutes of aerobic exercise can boost low-income college students’ academic performance. The effect is large enough to close the achievement gap.
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In 2012 a study was published that noted there were academic benefits for low-income who had "short bursts of aerobic exercise. This article shares a new study where participants age 17 - 21 were placed in groups (based on income level) and assigned to either the experimental group or the control group. The experimental group jogged for 12 minutes while the control group watched a video on the benefits of exercise. And yes, these students also saw a significant increase in academic performance. For more information click through to the article.

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How Your Emotions Affect Your Student's Learning

How Your Emotions Affect Your Student's Learning | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.opencolleges.edu.au - June 3, 2013 10:09 PM

"Twenty-five sets of wary eyes are gazing at you. The air in the room is thick with tension, and the owners of the twenty-five pair of eyes are shifting in their seats. Fifty legs become restless and the squeaks of tennis shoes and flats rubbing against the linoleum floor get louder and louder.

Is it time for a big test? Was the classroom scolded? Is it the last day of school, perhaps? No, it is none of the above. They are reacting to the anxiety and negative emotions that you brought into the classroom."

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Have you considered how your emotions may impact your students? This post explores this issue, specifically how your emotions may affect your student's learning. 

The post begins with the limbic system, a system that helps us "to communicate, bond, and respond to stimuli." Many factors may impact the limbic system, including stress, and this may shut the system down.

The discussion continues as the post explores how your bad day may impact your students, and also provides suggestions on what you can do to "help keep from spreading those emotional germs."

It is the rare teacher that does not experience a bad day at least once a year...and the suggestions in this post may help alleviate some of the issues that arise from such a day.

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How the Internet is Ruining Your Brain | ForensicPsychology.net

How the Internet is Ruining Your Brain | ForensicPsychology.net | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.forensicpsychology.net - April 5, 2012 11:12 PM

"Everyone Googles. When you get asked a question and you don’t know the answer – your answer is Google. But is this a good thing or a bad thing? In forensic psychology we dive into the minds of criminals, but because of the internet and sites like Google and Facebook, those minds are being altered...The studies show that the internet is having a negative impact on the way people think, analyze, and remember things. In fact, studies even say that heavy internet use can affect the brain..."

 

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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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Teaching Through Trauma: How 1 LA school teaches despite poverty, trauma

Teaching Through Trauma: How 1 LA school teaches despite poverty, trauma | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.scpr.org - June 15, 2014 11:16 PM
In this first installment of a KPCC series, we look at new research that shows the mere act of being poor can affect the brain, making it hard for kids to learn. But the changes are reversible.
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How does poverty impact our students, especially students whom live in urban areas where trauma and stress have a significant impact on the developing brain?

Quoting from the post "Children living in poor neighborhoods are more likely to suffer traumatic incidents, like witnessing or being the victims of shootings, parental neglect or abuse. They also struggle with pernicious daily stressors, including food or housing insecurity, overcrowding and overworked or underemployed, stressed-out parents."

Yet it is possible to make a difference, and one school in Los Angeles is proving this with by working with teachers with this goal in mind "...to figure out how to “use positivity and relationships to reverse some of the negative effects of poverty.”

This link will take you to part 1 of this story and the link to part 2 is available in the story. You may also listen to each installment.

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How does being poor potentially affect the brain and learning for kids? How one LA school teaches through trauma..
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Nine Things Educators Need to Know About the Brain

Nine Things Educators Need to Know About the Brain | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From greatergood.berkeley.edu - April 4, 2013 8:59 PM

"The human brain wasn’t designed for industrial education.

It was shaped over millions of years of sequential adaptation in response to ever-changing environmental demands. Over time, brains grew in size and complexity; old structures were conserved and new structures emerged. As we evolved into social beings, our brains became incredibly sensitive to our social worlds."

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How much do you know about your brain? This post will help you learn more about it and how understanding the brain will help you with your students. There is a short introduction and the a list of the main ideas is below. Additional information is available in the post as well as a visual image that links to the nine ideas. Links to additional materials are also available.

* The brain is a social organism.

* We have two brains.

* Early learning is powerful.

* Conscious awareness and unconscious processing occur at different speeds, often simultaneously.

* The mind, brain, and body are interwoven.

* The brain has a short attention span and needs repetition and multiple-channel processing for deeper learning to occur.

* Fear and stress impair learning.

* We analyze others but not ourselves: the primacy of projection.

* Learning is enhanced by emphasizing the big picture—and then allowing students to discover the details for themselves.

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AAEEBL's curator insight, April 4, 2013 9:53 PM

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Work Is Murder - An Infographic | Online University

Work Is Murder - An Infographic | Online University | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.onlineuniversity.net - March 3, 2012 9:49 PM
Work is Murder - An infographic about how your job could be killing you.
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