Brain based teaching strategies

Mini-book-memory aid

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• We rarely get complex new learning the first time
• Our brains work by 'gathering the gist'

We use clues, body language, gesture, facial expressions, key words and observation of others.

We make sketchy rough drafts

We need up to 7 drafts to consolidate learning

We create rough drafts of input and hold them until we either:
forget them
save them or correct them.

Summary

How to make a 6 page mini book

Cut up a Chapter