What's Happening in Students' Brains May Redefine Teaching.

Nummela, Renate M.; Rosengren, Tennes M.

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Publication Date: 1986

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What's Happening in Students' Brains May Redefine Teaching.

Nummela, Renate M.; Rosengren, Tennes M.

Educational Leadership, v43 n8 p49-53 May 1986

Focusing on the brain's natural functions, this article discusses specific teacher characteristics, teaching methods, and peripheral stimuli helping to activate appropriate learning behavior. Also identifies particular events and teacher behaviors that block learning and frustrate the brain's efforts to harmonize conflicts and admit new information. (12 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Readiness, Learning Theories, Memorization, Stimuli, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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