The Secret Connections Between Your Body & Brain

In this S5E12 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies conversation, literacy expert and author Gravity Goldberg reveals game-changing strategies backed by 25 years of teaching experience. Discover the revolutionary research that explains why student exhaustion isn't about tired brains—it's about expectations.

🎯 KEY INSIGHTS:
✅Students retain 76% MORE information when movement is integrated into learning 
✅The "two-thirds rule" explains why students get tired—and how to prevent it 
✅Simple gestures can boost memory, engagement, and comprehension across all grade levels 
✅Why sitting still actually SABOTAGES student memory and focus

✨ WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
💡How to use movement to boost comprehension by over 50%
💡The actor's secret to memorization (and how it applies to your classroom)
💡Pre-test warmup strategies based on student anxiety levels
💡Why timers might be sabotaging your students' stamina
💡Simple manipulatives that transform understanding across content areas

Some Episode Mentions: 

• Ellen Langer - Key Study: Eye exam reversal study (starting with small print vs. large print changed prescriptions)
• Arthur Glenberg - Key Study: Reading comprehension with manipulatives vs. rereading (50%+ improvement)
• The Noices - Researchers studying actor memorization techniques
• The Body-Brain Connection: Evidence-Based Ways to Reduce Anxiety, Boost Engagement, and Increase Comprehension Across Classrooms
  
  CHAPTERS
  0:00 Introduction: The Fatigue Paradox
  1:00 Movement IS the Learning
  2:00 Meet Gravity Goldberg
  3:00 Ellen Langer's Eye Exam Study
  4:00 The Two-Thirds Rule Explained
  5:00 Gravity's Running Discovery
  6:00 Mental Fatigue vs Physical Fatigue
  8:00 Why Timers Might Be Sabotaging Stamina
  9:00 The Broken Clock Advantage
  10:00 What's Really Happening During Mental Fatigue
  12:00 Stamina vs Willpower
  13:00 The 76% Memory Boost from Movement
  14:00 The Actor's Secret: Blocking and Memory Tags
  16:00 Big Movement to Small Visualization
  17:00 Walking with Perspective Exercise
  18:00 Reading Comprehension and Facial Expressions
  19:00 Envisioning Strategies for Parents
  21:00 Decoding with Multisensory Approaches
  22:00 Fluency and Physical Tracking
  24:00 High-Impact Strategy: Intentional Gesture
  25:00 Why Gesture Beats Talking Heads
  27:00 The Manipulative Study: 50% Better Comprehension
  29:00 What a Body-Brain Classroom Looks Like
  31:00 Trust and Student Autonomy
  33:00 Play Meets Rigor
  34:00 Lightning Round Begins
  35:00 Pre-Test Body Strategy Warmups
  36:00 The Homework Position Secret
  38:00 Gravity's Personal Discovery
  39:00 Ending the Body-Brain Dualism
  41:00 Closing Challenge and Resources
  
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