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Brain research reveals 12 principles of brain-compatible learning:

1. Every brain is unique, becoming more distinct with age.
2. Threatening environments or stress impairs learning and kills brain cells.
3. Emotions are critical to learning, driving our attention, health, meaning, and memory.
4. Information is stored and retrieved through multiple, continually forming neural pathways.
5. Learning is mind-body; movement, foods, attention cycles, drugs, and chemicals powerfully modulate it.
6. The brain is a complex, adaptive system; effective change involves the entire system.
7. Patterns drive understanding; intelligence constructs useful patterns.
8. The brain is meaning-driven, prioritizing meaning over information.
9. Learning is rich, non-conscious, processing parts/wholes simultaneously, affected by peripheral influences.
10. The brain develops better with other brains; intelligence is valued contextually.
11. The brain develops with various stages of readiness.
12. Enrichment allows new brain connections at any age. Complex, challenging experiences with feedback are best; music and motor skills enhance cognitive skills.

Here are 12 principles of brain-compatible learning that have emerged from brain research:

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    Uniqueness – Every single brain is totally unique and becomes more unique as we age.
   
   

   
   


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    A threatening environment or stress can alter and impair learning and even kill brain cells.
   
   

   
   


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    Emotions are critical to learning – They drive our attention, health, learning, meaning, and memory.
   
   

   
   


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    Information is stored and retrieved through multiple memory and neural pathways that are continually being formed.
   
   

   
   


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    All learning is mind-body – Movement, foods, attention cycles, drugs, and chemicals all have powerful modulating effects on learning.
   
   

   
   


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    The brain is a complex and adaptive system – Effective change involves the entire complex system.
   
   

   
   


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    Patterns and programs drive our understanding – Intelligence is the ability to elicit and to construct useful patterns.
   
   

   
   


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    The brain is meaning-driven – Meaning is more important to the brain than information.
   
   

   
   


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    Learning is often rich and non-conscious – We process both parts and wholes simultaneously and are affected a great deal by peripheral influences.
   
   

   
   


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    The brain develops better in concert with other brains – Intelligence is valued in the context of the society in which we live.

    
    


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    The brain develops with various stages of readiness.

    
    


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    Enrichment – The brain can grow new connections at any age. Complex, challenging experiences with feedback are best. Cognitive skills develop better with music and motor skills.

    
    

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