Diane Ankenmann's List: brain research & bilingualism

• The Story Method

   

   To remember a set of information, create a story that links all the elements together

• Numeral Shapes

   

   To remember numerical information, give each numeral a picture code.

• The Link Method

   

   To remember foreign vocabulary, find a link between the sound of a foreign word and its meaning.

• The Journey Method

   

   To remember a list, choose a familiar journey, maybe around your house, and picture each item on the list at specific locations.

• The Rule of Five

   

   To avoid having information gradually fade from your memory banks, it's important to know when to review information. Apply the Rule of Five: 

   
   
  • First review: immediately
   
  • Second review: 24 hours later
   
  • Third review: one week later
   
  • Fourth review: one month later
   
  • Fifth review: three months

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• Just listening doesn’t pay off
• Techniques that give kids responsibility, such as active learning and learning by teaching, are gaining scientific support.
• • FLASH: learning styles are NOT the be-all and end-all in strategies.
• Nothing good comes easy
• Catering to a child’s learning style has been popular for decades, but the popular belief that people are auditory, visual or tactile learners simply isn’t supported by research.
• Research is finding that children are more engaged when they experience some frustration. Struggling to find a solution forces kids to grasp the structure of problems
• Put down the highlighter
• Rereading doesn’t improve comprehension, and highlighting may hurt a student’s ability to make inferences. Self-testing, however, is a helpful tool. “We totally say thumbs-up for flash cards,”
• The practice of spacing, or studying information several times spread out over a period of days, weeks and even months, is another extremely important technique for learning.
• One thing at a time
• Encouraging kids to write on paper – whether it’s cursive or multiplication tables – is valuable because it require focus and nurtures sophisticated thinking
• • *Mention of French and importance of sleep to consolidate new learning.
• Always sleep on it
• Sleep efficiency – or the time spent sleeping compared to the total time spent in bed – has been significantly associated with higher performance in math, English and French as a second language,
• Is music fine-tuning the mind?
• the idea that merely listening to music increases intellect is a “dead horse,” says Glenn Schellenberg, a psychology professor at University of Toronto who studies music and cognition.
• • Glenn Schellenberg from St. James, Manitoba' Bruce Junior High - to contact!
• A recent study found that children and adults with music training had more brain activity related to executive functioning, which correlates with academic skill. Yet it’s still not clear how the relationship works: Does music make kids smarter, or do smart kids turn to music?
• Watching isn’t working

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