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Brain-Friendly Teaching

(3 Hr Module) - $6.75*

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Description

Learn how to create a supportive and engaging brain-friendly classroom based on the latest brain research. Examine strategies that promote attention and engagement at the beginning of a lesson, motivate students to want to learn during a lesson, and help them remember what they learned from a lesson.

Learning Objectives

  • Dispel commonly held myths about education and learning. 
  • Understand how neurons form memories in the brain. 
  • Identify the three stages of memory and their implications for classroom instruction. 
  • Identify factors that affect attention and motivation when learning.
  • Identify strategies for gaining and sustaining students’ attention.
  • Describe factors that affect learning and retention in long-term memory (insufficient encoding, high cognitive load, lack of rehearsal, failure to consolidate, and contextual mismatch).

Documentation Methods

Participants must document their learning by completing the following summative.

1 Multiple Choice Exam - Learner demonstrates knowledge of content by selecting the correct answer from the choices provided.

The summative must meet 80% of the established criteria.

Module Last Updated: 2025

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