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Essay / 12 principles of brain/hand learning - 837
Using the principle “All learning involves physiology”, it can be stated that all students have the ability to understand more effectively when learning involves an experience that requires them to use their senses and abilities. body. One study claims that learning occurs through the learner's engagement in manipulating objects so that an accurate mental representation of the object can be formed (Koning & Tabbers, 2011). To achieve this, the classroom must always foster an environment where learning is hands-on and activity-based. For example, if an elementary school teacher is teaching shapes to her students, she may want to include an activity in which students can group together and create the shapes themselves with their bodies. In doing so, it creates a mental image in the student's mind, one that will not be easily forgotten. According to Piaget, imitating a concept with one's own body is fundamental to forming a mental representation of the concept. The second principle states that the brain/mind is social. This principle implies that students' learning process is enhanced when their needs for social interaction and relationships are taken into account. According to John Dewey, schools should emphasize social experience. Using this principle in high school mathematics classes, students would often be engaged in group activities and teaching methods would focus on hands-on problem solving, group experiments, projects, and games. For example, the teacher can set up group projects that promote cooperation. The teacher can also design an environment in which peer tutoring is encouraged. In this classroom environment, competition between students is kept to a minimum and stronger students are paired with weaker students or students who have learned...... middle of paper..... .learning involves both focused attention and peripheral perception. This suggests that teachers need to be able to effectively capture their students' attention while sparking their natural curiosity by using multiple layers of content to support learning. According to Woolfolk, a teacher can accomplish this by identifying students' interests, hobbies, and extracurricular activities that can be incorporated into lessons and classroom discussions (Woolfolk, 2010). Principle Eight states that learning is both conscious and unconscious. Principle Nine states that there are at least two approaches to memory. The tenth principle says that learning is developmental. The eleventh principle states that complex learning is enhanced by challenge and inhibited by the threat associated with helplessness and/or fatigue. The final principle states that each brain is uniquely organized.