Sentences with phrase «for spatial learning»

Connecting gestures with the mathematical concepts being learned by students creates an opportunity for the information to be retained as well as increases the ability for spatial learning (Abrahamson, McDougall, Ross)(Newcombe 2010).

Discovered that the persistent sodium current, INaP, paradoxically amplifies afterhyperpolarizations and reduces the frequency (f / I) gain, and strongly modulates spike timing (Vervaeke et al., Neuron 2006); that Kv7 / M / KCNQ - type K + channels but not SK channels are essential for excitability control in hippocampal neurons (Gu et al., J Physiol, 2005); that Kv7 / M / KCNQ - type K + channels are essential for spatial learning and prevention of epilepsy (Nature Neuroscience 8: 51 - 60, 2005), that KCa1 / BK - type K + channels are essential for cerebellar learning and motor control (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101: 0474 - 8, 2004), the role of postsynaptic voltage-gated K + channels in regulation of synaptic plasticity (LTP) and integration (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99:10144, 2002); that Kv7 / M / KCNQ - type K + channels are essential for intrinsic theta resonance in hippocampal neurons (J Physiol 545:783, 2002).

«My lab works on the neural bases of learning and memory,» says Pozzo - Miller, «so we decided to test if LM22A - 4 was able to improve spatial discrimination deficits by enhancing synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, the brain region responsible for spatial learning and memory.»

Not exact matches

You may think it's just fun for her, and even get frustrated with the inevitable messes that your 19 - month - old's explorations create, but she's learning about perception and spatial relationships, concepts that will be important in a few years when she's introduced to math.

- strengthening the upper body and core muscles for other gross motor tasks - strengthening the upper body and core muscles to create a stable base for fine motor skills - developing stability in the bones of the shoulder joint (the ball and socket joints of the shoulders and hips are shallow and unstable at birth but are molded into stronger, more stable joints through weight - bearing)- visual development to quickly shift focus from near to far - hand - eye - coordination - providing plentiful early opportunities for motor planning (movement problem - solving)- refining balance - integrating the movement (vestibular), pressure & stretch (proprioceptive), visual and touch (tactile) sensory systems - learning to coordinate movements where two sides of the body are doing different movements - learning to coordinate upper body and lower body movements - developing body awareness and spatial awareness - fostering independence

These are a timeless toy, and a great learning toy for coordination, colors and spatial awareness, and they also allow total creativity for whatever stage the baby is at.

The first cohort learned a simple form that had few signs for spatial terms.

«This is a well - established method for measuring spatial learning and memory,» study first author Takeru Shima says.

The hippocampus — a region crucially involved in forming «episodic» memories (event recall) and spatial memory (for physical navigation)-- is especially affected by aging, with accompanying declines in the ability to learn and remember; it also deteriorates early on when afflicted by Alzheimer's.

According to McQuillan, a Ph.D. candidate in evolutionary biology at Lehigh and lead author of the study, the northern Black - capped Chickadee is a model species for studying spatial memory and learning, traits that are key to scatter - hoarders» survival.

The data have helped them learn more about the snakes» spatial range and behavior and develop population models they hope will be useful for conserving the locally threatened population of pine snakes.

For example, EEGs indicate that sleeping rats replay the running of a maze in a brain region devoted to spatial learning.

For instance, studies in mice have revealed that running enhances spatial learning.

Co-author Dr Lisa Leaver of the University of Exeter added: «We predicted that squirrels would be quick to learn this task because learning spatial arrays is crucial for them in order to recover their food caches in the winter months.

There was no difference between mutant and normal mice when it came to investigating an empty cage, however, and the mutants even outperformed normal mice on a test of spatial learning and memory, suggesting that their deficit was specific for social behavior.

Shown is the average latency (Panels A and B) and excess path length (Panels C and D) across the six spatial learning trials for blocks 1 through 4 during stimulation and nonstimulation.

Then, the team inserted the organoids into cavities made in mice's retrosplenial cortex — a region critical for movement and spatial learning.

In monkeys, deficiency of male hormones impairs the development of spatial perception (which, in humans, is normally more acute in men than in women), of learning ability and of visual discrimination tasks (such as would be required for reading.)

In monkeys, deficiency of male hormones impairs learning and the ability to perform visual discrimination tasks - such as would be required for reading - and retards the development of spatial perception, which is normally more acute in men than in women.

According to one study, mice that had been supplemented with maca for five weeks showed far better coordination, spatial learning and memory than those fed a normal diet.

The course familiarizes teachers with eight brain functions and systems that directly affect students» learning, such as memory and spatial ordering, and offers suggestions for addressing problems with these functions.

Benefits of arts education In addition to economic benefits of investment in arts education for students in the primary and secondary sectors there are a plethora of social and intellectual benefits: • encouraging self expression and self awareness • building confidence and self esteem • thinking creatively and conceptually • problem solving • increasing motivation and improving behaviour • developing organisational skills • being able to work collaboratively and independently • developing multiple learning styles • building maturity and appreciation • developing observational skills • raising global awareness and respect for other cultures • promoting literacy through analysis and interpretation • increasing enjoyment and fun in learning • developing spatial and visual skills • encouraging qualitative awareness • seeing different perspectives • openness to subtlety, nuance, flexibility and imagination

I've not even touched upon the benefits of learning to «do» something, improvements to spatial awareness or indeed the fun involved in being applauded for a skill that is so easily shared with friends and family.

But as time went on, some educators began casually to conflate «multiple intelligences» with «learning styles» — to sub out «spatial intelligence» for a «spatial learning style» or «bodily - kinesthetic intelligence» for a «bodily - kinesthetic learning style.»

For children who learn through the spatial intelligence, their classroom work can be enhanced through the use of manipulatives and hands - on work, such as models and dissections.

The project documents the effectiveness of instructional practices that are likely to enhance multistep reasoning, systems thinking, conceptual and spatial understanding, and motivation for learning while learning to work with maps to solve problems involving geography and ecological awareness.

PRODUCT PERKS Explore numbers, patterns, measurement, grouping, and more with this set of colorful tiles Tiles can supplement lessons in counting, addition, subraction, grouping, pattern matching, and more Four vibrant colors (red, blue, yellow, and green) Soft, durable, and quiet foam material WHAT TO TEACH Sorting - Sort the Color Tiles into unique groups Patterns - Create patterns using Color Tiles One More and One Less - Comparing numbers 1 through 10 Number Sense - Exploring the numbers 0 through 10 Make Ten - Increasing number sense by investigating the combination of Color Tiles needed to make a train of 10 tiles Addition - Developing the concept of addition Measuring - Take common objects for size comparison and estimate which object is longer Fractions - Introduce fractions Probability - Investigate probability Logical Thinking - Exploring problem solving and spatial reasoning RESOURCES Learning About... Color Tiles INCLUDES 400 Foam Color Tiles 1 Storage container

Theoretical grounds for my learning design included the concepts of knowledge building (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1991), mediating artifacts (Vygotsky, 1978), and spatial representation and imagery in learning (Schwartz & Heiser, 2006).

The student who forgets to do her book report or math problems as homework may get absorbed in a learning project that involves interviewing a grandparent for social studies (interpersonal), taking pictures of animals in the neighborhood for an ecology unit (spatial - naturalist), or writing a song on an electronic keyboard about a character in a short story (musical).

This research is potentially important for not only better understanding the ways in which children's science learning develops but also the generative role that local places and digital spatial tools can play in children's learning.

The child who learns to read at age 3 or who shows unusually advanced spatial reasoning ability, for example, may not be the child with the highest IQ or the earliest language development.

Consultation is available for issues common to gifted persons, including perfectionism, asynchronous development, underachievement, acceleration, school selection, visual - spatial learners, and gifted / learning disabled or twice - exceptional learners.

The focus will be on effective teaching of mathematics for all students by emphasizing visualization, spatial reasoning and evidence of learning.

The focus of this session is on effective teaching of mathematics for all students by emphasizing visualization, spatial reasoning and evidence of learning.

For example, having students tap into the various aspects of spatial intelligence with contemporary technology tools such as Google Earth or geographic information systems (GIS) enables them to explore spatial ways of thinking and learning for deeper understandings beyond curricular boundariFor example, having students tap into the various aspects of spatial intelligence with contemporary technology tools such as Google Earth or geographic information systems (GIS) enables them to explore spatial ways of thinking and learning for deeper understandings beyond curricular boundarifor deeper understandings beyond curricular boundaries.

In his influential book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner began to highlight spatial thinking for some facets of classroom learning.

It's also rather fiddly to use when you're driving; players used to steering in first person perspective in sim racers may have less trouble, but reversing and spatial awareness for the rest of us has a bit of a learning curve.

It has been a great honour to have been able to select with the family, museum quality works by the artist, to show London and, by doing so, to have the opportunity to expose his work to a new generation of collectors, further strengthening awareness of Chillida's work around the world» Chillida considered his relentless search for the unknown in art to be an adventure in learning, and his sculptural study of temporal and spatial relationships have transformed the field of sculpture; he is hugely respected by many artists working today including Sir Anthony Caro, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly and Richard Serra.

We will learn abstract principles that organize composition, depict spatial illusion and describe form while developing a shared language for critiques.

Chillida considers his relentless search for the unknown in art to be an adventure in learning, and his sculptural study of temporal and spatial relationships continues to inspire books and essays by leading philosophers.

Re to: # 1 I'm learning to use the technique at the moment (spatial relations for lakes and water chemistry in Sweden), there are so many ways to do and use PCA and FA so I guess it will take some time to nail it... the two books I found most helpful in the start for multivariate techniques are: Applied Multivariate Methods for Data Analysts, Dallas E. Johnson AND APPLIED MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES, SUBHASH SHARMA.

There are parenting questionnaires (see for example the Colorado Learning Difficulties Questionnaire by Willcutt et al, 2011) which ask the parent to report what they have observed in their child's learning in five areas (reading, math, social cognition, social anxiety, and spatial difficLearning Difficulties Questionnaire by Willcutt et al, 2011) which ask the parent to report what they have observed in their child's learning in five areas (reading, math, social cognition, social anxiety, and spatial difficlearning in five areas (reading, math, social cognition, social anxiety, and spatial difficulties).

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For example, whereas other maternal factors such as maternal stress during pregnancy induce long - term influences on behavior, including hippocampally - mediated fear conditioning and spatial learning, adoption studies show that postnatal maternal care can reverse these effects [11], [13], [46].