Talk:Learning

The external links on this page look like they are mostly trying to advertise. What do other editors think? Soaringgoldeneagle 16:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I have taken out what I think to be commercial or half commercial links. Do you think it should be more? --Cethegus 16:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

They look like spam to me too... --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 18:49, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

removed them --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 18:50, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

More about learning

The cycle of demonstrate, reflect, act, and test allows the brain time to add new information to existing information. People learn best when they are in a safe place. A threatening place will cause the amygdala (part of the brain) to focus on protecting the body. If the brain is protecting the body from threats, then learning new things is difficult. The five senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste) provide information that the brain can trust. Knowledge is not borrowed from anyone else when the learner can see, hear, touch, taste, and smell the things being studied. According to Zull, “The best teaching is often just showing”. The front cortex of the brain is needed when recalling information for exact calculations. Demonstrations or examples help learners to store new, trusted information for later recall. Time to think (reflection time) is an important part of learning. Thinking time allows the brain to correct information. Using the corrected information to try to do a task (trial and error or experiment) will lead to expertise. People use a part of the brain called the back cortex when they explain what they have learned. When you can explain and do the new task then you increase the capability of the brain. Repetition of the pattern demonstrate, reflect, act, and test leads to expert knowledge.

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Smlombardi (talk) 15:44, 8 January 2015 (UTC)