Describe what it means to learn from a neuroscience perspective, and then use this conception of learning to describe what you will do as a teacher to help students learn.

What will be an ideal response?


Learning involves strengthening existing neural pathways or forming new ones, and in some cases development can require elimination of synapses through a pruning process. Practically, teachers should identify important skills or concepts and make sure they are reviewed and used on a regular basis, or the person’s ability to use these skills will weaken or disappear. Practice strengthens neural connections.

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Early attachments to caregivers form the basis of all future relationships through the mechanism of a(n):

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Modified curricula refers to all of the following EXCEPT:

A. Accommodations to procedures required for a learner to benefit from instruction B. Alternative curricular goals for specific learners with special learning needs C. Substitution of alternative classroom objectives for a given learner with a disability D. Substitution of an alternative skill or topic of instruction for a learner with a disability

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If you like building things, your “Academic Anatomy” preference is likely to be working with your:

a. head b. heart c. hands d. whole body

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