Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f4BIWpf12851; Fri, 11 May 2001 14:32:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 14:32:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <da.61b7d65.282d89b1@aol.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1438] Re: Adults' Brains-excerpt from Thursday Notes X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1113 Lines: 27 Thought I'd jump in here. Myelination of neurons continues probably up until about 60 years. Myelin acts like insulation and helps electrical impulses travel faster along neurons. Brains don't slow down, they speed up. Learning that stays with a person takes continuous repetition and refining until the neural circuits have really got it. That means reading and writing take time and practice. One of the most effective teaching techniques is modeling, show students HOW to do something, by speech and gesture and behavior. They can then copy you, or other people in the class. Support role playing, group work. There is a special kind of neuron that comes into play here. Play is vital; play, trial and error, helps form neural circuits and refine and strengthen neural pathways. In a new environemnt, with new tools and tasks, novices start back at the concrete and move later to the abstract. Learning is interactive, context dependent. People learn with and through other people. Supports group work. Learning and memory are really the same. Happy weekend, everybody! Andrea
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