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PUTTING YOUR BRAIN TO WORK: ACTIVITY Brain-Based Learning 23
Think about a program that you present often.
What are some specific activities or strategies that you can apply for each of the five Stages of Learning
that you just read about?
Stage 1: Preparing to Learn

Stage 2: Stimulating Learning

Stage 3: Expansion

Stage 4: Memorization

Stage 5: Implementation of Learning

INTERIM REVIEW ACTIVITY

To get used to the idea of conducting Interim Reviews in your sessions,
Interim Reviews have been inserted into the chapters of this book. Take a
few minutes to check your comprehension of material experienced thus far,
just as you might have your session participants do.
Take out a piece of paper and write down as many of the key terms and concepts that
you have read about up to this point. Take 3 or 4 minutes to do this. Once completed,
compare your content against various section headings and the bolded vocabulary words
found throughout this chapter thus far. If you forgot some, go back through the chapter to
review before moving on.

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

According to research conducted by Harvard Professor of Education Howard Gardner,
human intelligence encompasses a broad scope of at least eight intelligences. This is
contrary to the belief held for years that people had one way of learning, and that in-
telligence could be measured only by quantifiable tests. The Intelligence Quotient (IQ)