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ECOLOGIA DEL DESARROLLO HUMANO Y APRENDIZAJE: THEORIES OF

LEARNING
Name: Valeria Cabrera Ponce
Date: Friday, July 31st, 2020
Cycle: II
Topic: Answer the following quiz and watch the video The truth behind brain-based
learning  to check your answers. Give reasons for the correct answer: true or false.

1. Students can learn something without actively paying attention to it

False. The students can learn with less distraction but no with attention since
attention is the way that the brain allocates the resources and it's a kind of select
away the information

2. We use only 10 % of our brain

False. We use our brain as we can possibly, our brain is activate all the time, for
that reason we use all of it.

3. Understanding a student’s learning style can help us teach them better

False. There still no scientific evidence about learning styles, but in our brain
there is an interconnectivity that offer pathways of learning it depends in how
we develop activities such as math or reading, etc.

4. Physical activities that cross the midline, such as Brain gym, help students
learn better through integration of left and right brain.

False. Because there is no evidence to support that, but there is evidence to

support that the exercise help learning, especially intense or aerobic even just a
few moments of it

5. Some people are more left-brained and some are more right-brained

False. Because some aspects for example the language are in are in the left
hemisphere but some aspects are in the right therefore they work together

6. Drinking fewer than 6-8 glasses of water a day can cause the brain to shrink

False. Because the students drink water when they are thirsty and they don't
drink a lot of water, but too much water impairs thinking actually

7. Male and female brains are different and we should adjust our teaching
accordingly
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False. Because they are more similar than different, but all have male and female
characteristics, however there could differences across groups no individual.

8. It’s helpful to examine which of the multiple intelligences students have.

False. Because multiple intelligences do not exist, we can say that skills exist or
preferences but no multiple intelligences

9. The more dendrites the better

False. Because the brain goes through periods of growth and then pruning to
make itself more efficient and you do grow dendrites when you learn it is
necessary but not sufficient

10. Education cannot address learning difficulties caused by developmental

brain differences

False. Because our brain is moldable and it changes across our life, when you do
behavior such as a practice you get more real state in the brain.