With this article I want to educate people on the idea that you need help with test scores and the answer is not only reading from a book. The way to reach to students that are struggling is to make things active and watch how much more children will be interested in learning.
In 1960s Paul E. Dennison, “a specialist in kinesiology and an authority on the breakthrough in cognitive and academic skill, began the seminal research into reading achievement and its relation to brain development that would form the basis for the Brain Gym work(http://www.braingym.org/history).” With his study he proved that the movement-based learning program had improved peoples learning challenges into successes. Later while still trying to develop a full proof program he offered students a, “sensory development, which helped the students with equilibrium and perceptual skills (http://www.braingym.org/history).” As he was pushing through college he was offered a Doctorate in Education for his research. He began the, “study for reading achievement and its relationship to genitive development and silent speech skills. From that research he would develop Educational Kinesiology (Edu-k), which was discovered on his observation in understand of the interdependence of physical development, language acquisition, and academic achievement (http://www.braingym.org/history).”
From Paul’s hard work and many years of trials he came up with the Brain Gym program. The program describes a specific set of movement, processes, programs, materials, and educational philosophy. Eyes, ears, hands, and the body is the only thing that is involved with the Brain Gym program. What the Brain Gym program is supposed to work on is the, “…relationship of movement to preconcep...
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...t should be getting the same amount of work out time as your body is getting. Let’s change the stereotype of people, and let’s show that with a little bit of exercise how things can change even the worst test scores.
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Overall this was a great book. I have a great deal of interest in the brain. It is a truly amazing and fascinating organ. Its complexity bewilders not only researchers, and many neuroscientists but me as well. I also have somewhat of a passion for fitness and to learn how beneficial exercise can be, not only to our body’s health but the brain as well. It gives me a new understanding about a “workout”. The author did a great job explaining all of the very complicated processes that are involved in exercise’s wondrous benefits. Even though some of the information may have been boring, the way it was presented was not. This book was a great read and overall I would recommend it to any interested in exercise or the brain.
Joe began to get involved in various body movement art studies as a young person such as martial arts, yoga, Roman Regimes, boxing, and ancient Grecian. He was determined to become healthy like his peers. From his various studies based on the intensified understanding between his body and mind of what could not be validated to the combination of both, Joe continuously developed the body and mind together. He did this through a combination of increased spiritual with increased bodily arts. Joe realized that the instinct that generated the method was already operational in his mind. He came to this conclusion through remembering his study of a book on the topic of anatomy as a young boy, his observation of his body muscles, and by watching animals as they move in the forest (Therapy Directory, 2014).
Ready, set, move is exactly what kinesthetic arts is all about. Kinesthetic art is a form of art that is set into motion by an external stimulus such as wind, light or by a mechanism. The importance of physically moving does not only get our blood flow pumping to the skeletal muscles it also increases blood flow and oxygen to the brain. When increased oxygen and blood flow reaches our brain it increases the ability to think with more clarity. "In 2003, Sibley and Etnier demonstrated that, for four-eighteen-year-olds, exercise positively impacts perception skills, IQ, achievement, verbal and math scores, development and academic readiness." (Walker, 2011). Ready, set, move!
We already know that increasing activity and hydration upgrades circulation system and mind capacity. This is common sense, so there is no compelling reason to slam your head over and over against the block wall of instructors. Goldacre uncovered the system for what it is common sense and mumbo jumbo and addresses the recurring themes from the world of pseudoscience. “The principal is this you can utilize hocus-pocus or what Plato indirectly called a noble myth to make individuals accomplish something sensible like drink some water and have exercise break” (Goldacre, p.20). Children are inclined to find out about the world from grown-ups and particularly from instructors they are wipes for data for methods for seeing and power figures who fill their heads with drivel are sowing the ground, I would say life time of misuse. I find that point relevant because people pay hundreds and thousands of pounds for brain gym, which is a waste of money. Hanging together words like neurology and subjective exploration, they charge unbelievable expenses and propagate poor propensities for brain. What's so awful is that these charges are paid by our taxes and those poor propensities are dispersed to our
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In “Can You Build a Better Brain”, the author, Sharon Begley discusses how the cognition processes better. He starts by presenting some experiments that prove nutrition did not support the brain smarter. According to the article, he believes that the “cognitive capacity” can be amended by concentration in people’s behavior. He further believes that people’s intelligence do not depend on own skills; however, as long as people peceive new things, their synapses and brain systems will
In this research article relating to cognitive training, it provides solid evidence reassuring the effects of cognitive training on the brain. Cognitive loss is believed to decrease with the aging process. Plasticity is also believed to decrease as one ages. According to the research, both thinking exercises as well as physical training improves the neural pathway connections. Specifically spatial training improved significantly over perceptual training.
Everyone knows that being fit is great for physical health, but did you know it also contributes to your cognitive state? Several studies have shown that fitter children do better in school compared to their not as fit peers. In a study done by “Frontiers in Human Neuroscience” they found that children that participate in regular physical activity do better in school. The study states, “Aerobic fitness plays an important role in brain health of children...Such that highly-fit children have been shown to outperform their lower-fit peers…” Recess
Set in the cerebral cortex sits cognition which is the ability to learn and develop solutions to problems. “Ongoing cognitive development rests on brain plasticity and its role in continuously facilitating accommodation to changing environmental
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In the article “You Can Grow Your Brain”, it is explained that the brain is like every other muscle in the human body. The article explains that the brain can grow and become stronger when an individual is challenged and forced to practice a skill. Practicing a certain skill forces the brain to create a new pathway, which allows the skill to become easier. The article explains that when an individual is forced to practice, for example, calculus it becomes easier because the brain has formed new connection with other brain cells; this process makes it easier for individuals to problem solve. The brain needs to be worked or the current connections will be lost.
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Physical movement is extremely important in the classroom. I am a tactile learner so through movement I am able to learn better. For example, when given directions to a new place, the movement of the car and myself enables me to remember how to get to that destination again at a later time. “An active body enhances an active mind. Learners who are activ...
He wants us to avoid exercising at all cost if we value our IQ. However, I did some research to figure out where his quotes came from and just as before, he references to the websites such as http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke, and http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/sports/sports_quotes.htm etc. which are intended to entertain public by making fun of athletes, celebrities, actors, and actresses. An article posted in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) titled “Future- Brain: Why exercise boosts IQ?” states that exercise releases certain neurotransmitters and growth hormones that enhance the overall health of a brain. It also boosts the blood and oxygen supply to the brain which provides it the energy to think and thus contributes to better concentration and memory. The article also illustrates a study done in German which found that older people enjoying mild exercises were half as likely to suffer from cognitive impairment as they age and scored better on attention and memory tests. Also, children walking to school concentrated better and got better test result than those given lifts in the
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