Brain Compatible Teaching Strategies

Within the teacher training programs provided by Corn Associates, brain compatible teaching strategies are infused into a Four-Step Plan design. Teachers are encouraged to teach by creating meaningful contexts for students, use baroque music for brain wave relaxation and encourage children to apply content by writing songs to familiar tunes. A sampling of other brain-based strategies include:

1. Begin a lesson with a focus on a core concept connected to student's prior knowledge.
2. Create meaning by using fictional and informational literature and interdisciplinary teaching.
3. Ask higher order questions that require students to apply, compare, create, predict and judge information.
4. Use visualizations such as drawings, sketches, pictures, charts, guided imagery and metaphors.

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