Quiz! NEUROMYTHS 4001 T1

Handwriting rewires the brain; it improves emotional control, muscle memory and impulse control.

We learn differently because some of us are left brained and some of us are right brained.

Students learn better when they participate in activities that cater for their preferred learning style (VAK).

Learning to read is a natural process.

Without sufficient water your brain can shrink.

Environments that are rich in stimulus improve the brains of preschool children.

We use more than 10% of our brain and our brain is working 24/7.

During childhood, there are critical periods for learning specific things.

Listening to classical music does not increase our ability to reason and develop our math skills.

Brain gym (using movement to intgrate the brain sense and body) does not improve learning, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD

Students can't concentrate after consuming a lot of sugar.

Skill deficits are what prevent children from blooming as readers - not time.

Exercise improves brain function.

Children need to learn to 'cross the midline' to develop cohesion between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

Crossing the midline develops auditory procesing and improves reading, comprehension, writing and math.

Science of reading-aligned approaches promote independent reading of authentic literature.

Children should learn their first language before learning a second language.

Dyslexia is a problem related to language procssing problems in the brain (not IQ, vision or hearing).

Learning is the addition of new cells to the brain.

Science of reading-aligned practice emphasises phonices only and is a deficit model of reading instruction.

Science of reading-aligned meets the needs of multi-lingual students.

A common sign of dyslexia is seeing letters backward or words jumping around the page.

Crossing the midline does not improve auditory processing.

We should not craft education around multiple intelligences as the theory is not supported by empirical research.