2. Kovalik’s Nine Elements (ITI-Integrated Thematic Instruction) Absence of Threat Meaningful Content Choices Movement To Enhance Learning Enriched Environment Adequate Time Collaboration Immediate Feedback Mastery (application level)

3. Brain Based Adult Learning Brain-based learning is the active engagement of practical strategies based on principles derived from brain-related sciences. All teachers use strategies; the difference here is that you're using strategies based on real science, not rumor or mythology.

4. Brain Based Teaching Strategies Strategies ought to be generated by verifiable, established principles. An example of a principle would be "Brains change based on experience.“ Provide active learning. Provide active learning. Offer stimulating, varied input by students & teacher. Guest speakers, art, films, and music stimulate the brain.

5. Adult Teaching Strategies Safe, non-threatening environment. Clear expectations and high expectations. Collaborative learning. More brain exercise. Meaning making – Why?

6. Learning is… “Learning is change. It is change in ourselves because it is change in the brain. Thus the art of teaching must be the art of... creating conditions that lead to change in a learner’s brain. We can’t get inside and rewire a brain, but we can arrange things so that it gets rewired.” Zull, The Art of Changing the Brain