Photography Credit: White Matter Fibers, HCP Dataset side view. White matter fiber architecture of the brain. Measured from diffusion spectral imaging (DSI). The fibers are color-coded by direction: red = left-right, green = anterior-posterior, blue = up-down. Courtesy of the Laboratory of Nuero Imaging and Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Consortium of of the Human Connectome Project www.humanconnectomeproject.org
2. The adolescent brain
Introduction/Purpose:
In this lesson the learner will be introduced to scientific data about the adolescent brain and specific brain-based reasons for adolescent behavior.
Learning Objective(s):
Upon viewing the assigned video, the learner will write a paragraph and explain a characteristic of adolescent behavior that may affect classroom learning according to the data presented in the video.
Teaching Timeline: Three, 30-minute periods
Instructional Sequence/Activities:
Formative assessment:
The instructor will monitor the discussion and participate with comments and feedback, and watch for relevant responses and active participation.
Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically "teenage" behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.
In this lesson the learner will be introduced to scientific data about the adolescent brain and specific brain-based reasons for adolescent behavior.
Learning Objective(s):
Upon viewing the assigned video, the learner will write a paragraph and explain a characteristic of adolescent behavior that may affect classroom learning according to the data presented in the video.
Teaching Timeline: Three, 30-minute periods
Instructional Sequence/Activities:
- The learner will access the website http://gconnbrain-basedlearning.weebly.com
- The learner will click the Teacher Tutorial tab
- The learner will go to Tutorial #2 titled The Adolescent Brain
- The learner will watch the video The Mysterious Working of the Adolescent Brain
- The learner will write a paragraph and explain a characteristic of adolescent behavior that may affect classroom learning according to the data presented in the video.
- The learner will post the paragraph on the forum and comment on at least two other posts.
Formative assessment:
The instructor will monitor the discussion and participate with comments and feedback, and watch for relevant responses and active participation.
Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically "teenage" behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.