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How to make brain friendly learning that sticks (Expert interview): Discover what it takes to make brain-friendly learning

How to make brain friendly learning that sticks (Expert interview): Discover what it takes to make brain-friendly learning with expert advice from Learning Psychologist, Stella Collins. Stella offers 6 ways you can work with the brain to help make learning stick.

In summary:

L - Linking (link to what people already know)
E - Emotions (Without them, we find it hard to make decisions.)
A - Anchors (creating deliberate links between two things)
R - Repetition (not of content but of the learner's brain thinking about it in different ways)
N - Novelty (Because we pay attention to what’s new, and ignore stuff that’s boring.)

There is a video recording of an interview with Stella.

Source: www.elucidat.com

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