Monday, 2 December

In class

  1. Why is Phineas Gage important in the history of neuroscience?
  2. What is bilateral manipulation?

Assignments

  1. TBA
  2. Unit 3 exam next week.

Monday, 25 November

In class

  1. Discuss the articles on social media and the brain.
  2. Learn and explain the evidence to why being either right brained or left brained is a myth.
  3. What can you do with half a brain?
MRI images of a patient that has undergone a hemispherectomy; the removal of one side of the brain.
MRI images of a patient that has undergone a hemispherectomy; the removal of one side of the brain.
MRI images of a patient that has undergone a hemispherectomy; the removal of one side of the brain.

Thursday, 21 November

What is your learning preference profile look like?

In class

  1. Whiteboard and discuss your group’s assigned question to The Teenage Brain analysis questions.
  2. Complete, score, and reflect upon your results to the Learning Style Inventory.
  3. Design the School Bus of the Future with your assigned group.

Assignments

  1. Read the following two articles in your text book:
    • Is the Internet Making Us Crazy? on p. 215.
    • Why Young Brains… on p. 222.
Although integrated as a collective whole, the left and right hemispheres of our brain have evolved to specialize certain types of tasks.
Although integrated as a collective whole, the left and right hemispheres of our brain have evolved to specialize certain types of tasks.
Although integrated as a collective whole, the left and right hemispheres of our brain have evolved to specialize certain types of tasks.

Tuesday, 19 November

What changes in the developing brain are unique to the teenage years?

In class

  1. Review and make corrections to your Unit 2 exam.
  2. Brain Development, Part 2

Assignments

  1. Finish the documentary and analysis questions if necessary.
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Syndicated cartoon comic panel called off the mark cartoons created by Mark Parisi Atlantic Feature Syndicate dba Mark Parisi, 16 Slayton Road, Melrose, MA 02176-4222+1 (781) 665-4442, markparisi@aol.com
Syndicated cartoon comic panel called off the mark cartoons created by Mark Parisi Atlantic Feature Syndicate dba Mark Parisi, 16 Slayton Road, Melrose, MA 02176-4222+1 (781) 665-4442, markparisi@aol.com

Friday, 15 November

In class

  1. Turn in your reading comprehension questions for the AI and mental images article.
  2. You and your group will put to use what you learned in the documentary last class and create an action plan for new parents on best practices for early childhood development. Your goal is to provide multiple, concrete examples of what specifically parents can do during the early years that is supported by scientific evidence. Description and guidelines here if you don’t have the physical paper.

Outside of class

  1. Finish reading the three articles assigned on Wednesday. Take one of the articles and create a page of Cornell Notes to turn in next class. If you have never done Cornell Notes before watch this overview and this how-to. You can do this on any sheet of paper but here is a printable template to use if you so choose.

Wednesday, 13 November

What does science know about the brain during early childhood development?

In class

  1. Thanksgiving Thanks.
  2. Brain Development, Part 1.

Assignments

  1. Complete the reading comprehension questions for the AI and Mental Images reading to turn in next class.
  2. Update your notes for the documentary analysis questions before next class when you will begin the project.
  3. Begin the readings on the teenage brain development.
    • What Neuroscience Tells Us About the Teenage Brain, p. 192.
    • This is How Your Brain Develops During Your Teenage Years, p. 198.
    • The Teen Brain: 7 Things to Know, p. 201.
The first years of our lives are crucial for proper brain development.
The first years of our lives are crucial for proper brain development.
The first years of our lives are crucial for proper brain development.

Monday, 11 November

How do you do with spatial intelligence tasks?

In class

  1. Turned in your Multiple Intelligences application paper.
  2. Spatial Intelligence.

Assignments

  1. Read the following papers in your textbook:
    • Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches… p. 176.
    • Many People Have a Vivid ‘Mind’s Eye,’… p. 179
    • AI re-creates what people see by reading their brain scans p. 183
The Rubrik Cube and various interlocking metals pieces to be separated are examples of puzzles that require spacial intelligence.
The Rubrik Cube and various interlocking metals pieces to be separated are examples of puzzles that require spacial intelligence.
The Rubrik Cube and various interlocking metals pieces to be separated are examples of puzzles that require spacial intelligence.

Thursday, 7 November

How does Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences address the concerns that traditional IQ tests are too limited?

In class

  1. Other ways that intelligence can be measured.
  2. Free time to complete the Multiple Intelligences application assignment (posted in Classroom)

Assignments

  1. Read Multiple Intelligences: An Interview with Howard Gardner on p. 168 before class Monday.
  2. Submit and bring your paper copy of the MI assignment to class Monday if you didn’t do so during class time today.
Neuroscience has shown us that certain regions of the brain perform specific tasks. Gardner and his theory attempt to link learning styles to these regions.
Neuroscience has shown us that certain regions of the brain perform specific tasks. Gardner and his theory attempt to link learning styles to these regions.
Neuroscience has shown us that certain regions of the brain perform specific tasks. Gardner and his theory attempt to link learning styles to these regions.

Monday, 4 November

In class

  1. Unit 2 exam
  2. Brain Metrics Initiative IQ test. When finished with the exam, try this IQ test and see where you fall on the percentile scale. (Note that you will not be able to get the IQ number score without paying. Just read the feedback given at the top of the screen.)

Assignments

  1. Read 100 Years of Intelligence Tests on p. 154 and Intelligence and Achievement Testing on p. 157 before class on Thursday.

Thursday, 31 October

How can we define intelligence?

In class

  1. New seats and groups for the new unit.
  2. Defining intelligence.
    • Take, score, and analyze an IQ test.

Assignments

  1. Review for the Unit 2 exam on Monday.
I.Q. instruments have been researched for over 100 years and are quite well regarded for measuring a narrow range of abilities.
I.Q. instruments have been researched for over 100 years and are quite well regarded for measuring a narrow range of abilities.
I.Q. instruments have been researched for over 100 years and are quite well regarded for measuring a narrow range of abilities.