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  • Priming for greatness
    • Introduction to the program
    • 1) The brain can be easily manipulated and primed
    • 2) Trust is a crucial element in bringing out the best in people
    • 3) Teachers create an outstanding classroom when they prime students for success
    • 4) Students excel when they are rewarded for participation
  • Interaction is a human specialty
    • 5) Interactions in settings have been evaluated empirically
    • 6) The brain becomes particularly engaged during conversation
  • Students function well in group settings
    • 7) Kids in group settings have been studied extensively
    • 8a) Implementing The Group Lesson Successfully
    • 8b) Using roles to maximize student interaction
    • 9) Lectures
    • 10) Some effective group lesson formats
  • Make it novel
    • 11) The brain loves novelty
    • 12) There are teachers creating novel lessons everyday
    • 13) Some novel ideas that can make a difference in your classroom
  • Gender
    • 14) Boys have distinct issues that are hormonal and culturally defined
    • 15) Girls have distinct issues that Western culture has influenced
  • They need to play
    • 16) The need to play is intrinsic
    • 17) There are negative consequences for denying kids rough & tumble activity
    • 18) There are some easy ways to engage kids in amazingly productive play
  • My personal recollection
    • 19) I was influenced by childhood experiences
    • 20) I saw that relevance was important for students
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    • About Brian Pack
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http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/15-brain-can-be-easily-manipulated-and.html
1) The brain can be easily manipulated and primed
2) Trust is a crucial element in bringing out the best in people 2) Trust is a crucial element in bringing out the best in people
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/3-teachers-create-media-safe-classroom.html3) Teachers create an outstanding classroom when they prime students for success
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/18-students-excel-when-they-are.html4) Students excel when they are rewarded for participation
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/7-interactions-in-settings-have-been.html5) Interactions in settings have been evaluated empirically
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/8-brain-becomes-particularly-engaged.html 6) The brain becomes particularly engaged during conversation
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/9-kids-in-group-settings-have-been.html7) Kids in group settings have been studied extensively
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/10a-implementing-group-lesson.html 8a) Group and project lessons can be set up feasibly
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/11-lecture-method-is-not-most.html9) Lectures
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/12-some-effective-group-lesson-formats.html10) There are a number of productive group lessons styles
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/4-brain-loves-novelty.html11) The brain loves novelty
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/5-there-are-teachers-creating-novel.html 12) There are teachers creating novel lessons everyday

http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/6-some-novel-ideas-that-can-make.html
13) Some novel ideas that can make a difference in your classroom
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/13-boys.html14) Boys have distinct issues that are hormonal and culturally defined
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/14-girls.html15) Girls have distinct issues that Western culture has influenced
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/1-childs-need-to-play-is-intrinsic.html16) The child's need to play is intrinsic
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/2-there-are-negative-consequences-for.html17) There are negative consequences for denying kids rough & tumble activity
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/3-there-are-some-easy-ways-to-engage.html18) There are some easy ways to engage kids in amazingly productive play
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/19-i-was-influenced-by-childhood.html19) I was influenced by childhood experiences
http://schoolandbrain.blogspot.com/2015/09/20-i-saw-that-relevance-was-important.html 20) I saw that relevance was important for students
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Brian Pack

Brian Pack
Edited by Brian Pack, recipient of the United States Presidential Scholar Teacher Award and the Siemens Advanced Placement Teacher of the Year Award. He speaks on a number of education and science-related topics to school and parent audiences. He can be reached at
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bpack1121@gmail.com

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