Human Development: Cognitive Development

READING

Using the Teenbrainguide, the Sarah Jayne Blakmore TED talk and the information on cognitive development from the developmentally appropriate practices for adolescents article, write a 3 page paper discussing what an ideal classroom for adolescents would look like. Using the facts from these resources, describe an ideal envrionment for learning.

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Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically “teenage” behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore studies the social brain -- the network of brain regions involved in understanding other people -- and how it develops in adolescents.