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What is it about movement that promotes learning for this population of students?

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What is it about movement that promotes learning for this population of students?

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Causes can be linked to the activation of neurons, increase in energy and blood flow, and the positive emotions brought about by amines (Jensen, 2005).

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Jensen, E. (2005). Teaching with the brain in mind (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD.

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Cross-lateral movements help both brain hemispheres communicate with one another (Jensen, 2005). Examples: 1. Touch elbow to opposite knee as you raise that leg. 2. Stand with legs spread and arms extended. Bend to touch hand to opposite foot.

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Physical movement breaks allow the brain "settling time" to process recent learning (Jensen, 2005, p. 44).

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The cerebellum is primarily responsible for motor control. It mostly sends out information, but can also receive information. A study has linked the cerebellum to parts of the brain dealing with memory, attention, and spatial perception.

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Movement improves learning, memory, information retrieval, mood, and motivation (Jensen, 2005).

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Can be done daily or weekly as a class reward. Have students take turns choosing a song for the whole class to dance along to.

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Hang a poster on the wall with different stretches. Refer to it if students need a quick break. To make it fun, have each stretch numbered and use a random number generator to pick the exercises.

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Slow movement calms overactive students and promotes a state of concentration (Jensen, 2005.

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Integrate movement into the lesson. If you are asking a series of opinion questions, four corners is a possible method to use. Label four areas of the classroom strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree. Have students move to the area that matches their opinion. Bonus: this gets all students involved.

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Movement changes special needs learners' counter-productive mental states (Jensen, 2005).

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High-energy movement stimulates various areas of the brain (Jensen, 2005).

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