Reflection on Brain Quiz

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 Reflecting from How the Brain Learns, 6th Edition by David A. Sousa

Taking the quiz on page 10, What Do You Already Know?

My overall score was 60% which I thought was low because of the history of Traumatic Brain Injury/Post Concussion Syndrome in our house. After reviewing the results, I felt a little better because the ones I got wrong were technical. For example the first question asks about what part of the brain decides what goes into long term memory. I don’t know the names of the parts of the brain, just how it works and adapts. Which is shown in the next two questions I answered correctly. The focus was about how learners learn and whether cramming before a test is helpful. Personal experience was all I needed for those answers. If you are wondering, cramming right before doesn’t help. 

Taking this quiz as soon as I got the book helped me see the things that will be covered in the text.  It also allowed me to clear up some of my misunderstandings right away as I had to scan through the book to find the answers that were spread out and inadvertently ended up reading a variety of sections of the text. 

Brains are truly an amazing organ. The more we learn about the brain itself and about the people we are interacting with, the better we will be able to communicate, meet goals, teach, and learn. This isn’t something just for teachers. The more everyone knows about how the brain works, the better we will all be able to communicate and transfer information to each other. 

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