by sheryl feinstein [email protected] reaching & teaching the teenage brain
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Puberty
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Changes in the Adolescent
• Search for identity - Who am I?• Shift of influence from parents
to peers• Brain development
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Brain Quiz: True or False?
• People are left-brain or right-brain.
• The larger the brain the smarter the person.
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Processes in the Brain
1. Production of dendrites
2. Pruning – use it or lose it
3. Myelination
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Synaptic ConnectionsSynaptic Connections
100 Billion NeuronsPruning occurs developmentally
Short-term memoryIncreases by 30% Human Brain weighs
About 3 lbs.
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May I have your Attention Please
Novelty - invite a guest speaker, get some movement going, tell a joke, video
Emotion – music, debate, cooperative learning, personal story
Make it Meaningful – real worldapplication, what’s in it for me
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Make Processing a PrioritySmall or large group discussionGive examplesSummarizeAdd additional informationIdentify the most valuable piece of information
Create a simile, metaphor, or analogy
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Neurons that fire together wire
together-Pat Wolfe
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The Learning Pyramid
Read 5 %Hear 10%See 20%
See & Hear 30%Discuss with Others 50%Direct Experience 75%
Teach to Someone Else 95%
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Fear
Shock
Surprise
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Amygdala vs. Frontal Lobes
Misunderstandings
Emotional Language
Bad Decision Making
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Emotional Commotion
•Disorganized & Forgetful
•PseudostupidityPseudostupidity
•Anger & AggressionAnger & Aggression
•Mood SwingsMood Swings
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Emotional Development cont.
Adolescent Hypocrisy
No one understands me and I’m indestructible.
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Gender Brain Differences
• Hypothalamus• Amygdala• Hippocampus• Activity in General
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Mirror NeuronsMirror Neurons fire when they observe someone else’s actions – sight, sound
Intent is taken into account with the action
Main concern is the goal of the action, not the action itself
Occurs at a sub-conscious level
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Mirror Neurons
Social Abilities - empathy
Addictive Behaviors
Autism (ASD)
Violence (Video Games)
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Your Brain On-LineWell designed computer tutorials and games are
instruction at it’s best: feedback is immediate, consequences are natural, individualize easily for enrichment or acceleration, can also do group work, provides practice
Aids in focus, memory tasks and strategizing - can it be transferred
Motivates students
Impact on Plasticity
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Violent Video Game Research
* The emotional part of the brain is engaged
in violent video games, while the logical part
of the brain goes to sleep and stays asleep
* Violent video game players become indifferent to violent behavior
* Testosterone agitates the amygdala
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Stressed Neuron
Normal Neuron
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Teach coping skills Insure students have the necessary academic
backgroundClarify your expectationsProvide homework helpers and tutoringUse competition carefullyAllow some choiceTeach study skillsMultiple assessments
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Role of melatoninSleep needs increase
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Spirit of Belonging
1. Having Friends
2. Good Grades
3. Participating in Class
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Strategies to Support Belonging
Easy access to librarians Be a role modelRoutines within the libraryCall them by name, greet in hallways and lunchroom – connection
Use inclusive words, such as “our” library and “all of us working together.”
Ask for students’ opinions.
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Strategies Cont.
Organize school fundraisers/serviceEncourage study groups outside of class.
Extracurricular activities Positive rapport with school police officers
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Divergent Thinking
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Longitudinal Study of Creativity and Gifted
3 – 5 yrs. old 98%8 – 10 yrs. old 32%13 – 14 yrs. old 10%25+ yrs. old 2%
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The At-Risk Teenager
Sheryl Feinstein
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Factors That Put Teens At-RiskPovertyLiving in neighborhoods with high crime
& easy accessibility to drugs & alcoholAcademic failureDelinquent friendsDysfunctional familyMother’s educationAbuseTEENAGE BRAIN
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Window of Sensitivity
Addiction:AlcoholSmokingDrugs
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Dopamine
Immediate effect of drinking alcohol is an increase in dopamine
The brain becomes fooled into naturally producing less dopamine
The body becomes dependent upon alcohol to feel good, dependence occurs
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Adolescent addiction occurs more quickly and are more resistant to recovery
Teenagers have a reduced sensitivity to intoxication
Adolescents are less inhibitedDrugs and alcohol have a greater effect on their cognition
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Girls Implode, Boys ExplodeCutting
They cut to relieve strong emotion; tensions, stress. It takes away the numbness they are feeling in their lives.
Brain releases endorphins creating feelings of pleasure with each cut.
Serotonin, a calming agent is believed to be misused.
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Great Books for At-Risk StudentsHatchet _________________Holes _________________The Twilight Series _________________The Harry Potter Series
_________________The House of Night Series _________________Crackback _________________Blueford Series _________________Call of the Wild _________________Touching Spirit Bear _________________
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ADHDSmaller Brain
Frontal Lobes smaller & reduced
activity
Basal Ganglia – reduced activity
Short attention span
Trouble sequencing
Hyper-focus
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Reactive StrategiesStay calm & non-confrontationalDon’t get off topic, stick to the factsDon’t defend yourself verballyDon’t point the blameRepeatedly restate your directive Ask them, “What do you know?”
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Depression Depression PubertyPubertySerotoninSerotoninRight Prefrontal CortexRight Prefrontal CortexHippocampusHippocampus