... key memory functions in the brain, and how these functions relate to student learning. Modern educators should approach teaching within the confines of a biologically driven instructional framework to support this structure and function regarding how students learn best (Bonnema, 2009; Spears & Wilson, n.d.). Teachers must immerse learners in complex, interactive experiences that are both rich and real. One excellent example is immersing ... students in a foreign culture to teach them a second language. Educators must take advantage of the brain's ability to parallel process. Never befo...

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... appear to reflect both an elimination of synapses and an increase in myelination, a process by which glial cells surround neuronal axons and enhance the speed and distance of signal transmission. A parallel increase in overall metabolism occurs in the frontal lobes during the first decade of life and then decreases during early adolescence to reach adult levels by the age of 16 ... that occur during learning. One brain region that is highly involved in memory formation and exhibits a tremendous amount of neural plasticity is the hippocampus. The hippocampus is an old cortical structure ...

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