The document discusses changes that occur in the adolescent brain during maturation. It addresses what is happening neurologically in the developing teenage brain and the implications for education. Specifically, it will examine the role of myelin development and the function of the frontal lobe on teenage behavior and decision making. Understanding the scientific changes in the adolescent mind can help educators tailor their teaching methods accordingly.

2. Cognition & the Developing Teenage Brain

3. What’s actually going on in there?

6. Inside The Teenage Brain FRONTLINE - January 31, 2002

8. How would you compare yourself to the 1st teens in the video? (The one talking sassy to his parents.)

9. How would you compare yourself to the 1st teens in the video? (The one talking sassy to his parents.) Students said they wouldn’t talk that way to their parents or they’d get lickins. They have no problem talking to adults like that in general – just not to their parents. They also said they’d give lickins to their kids if they spoke that way to them.

10. How would you rate your level of frustration with adults? Really frustrated, not so much etc.

11. How would you rate your level of frustration with adults? Really frustrated, not so much etc. Frustration levels vary depending on the adult. They appreciate adults that try to get to know them.

12. Video has mostly haole parents and students and it looks like everyone is from the mainland. How does life there compare to life in Hawai`i?

13. Video has mostly haole parents and students and it looks like everyone is from the mainland. How does life there compare to life in Hawai`i? Mostly the same but students responded that there were no “brown people” in the documentary.

14. How do you feel about the brain cell hypothesis mentioned in the video – “Use it or lose it?”

15. How do you feel about the brain cell hypothesis mentioned in the video – “Use it or lose it?” All students agreed with the hypothesis and they said they know that if they use drugs they kill brain cells that will be lost forever.

17. My Future Research Strategies Will Take a Deeper Look Into the Role of Myelin Development in the Adolescent Brain.

18. Myelin is a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers.

19. I Will Also Be Looking at the Function of The Frontal Lobe in the Developing Adolescent Brain and Its Role In Teenage Behavior and Judgment.

20. Thank you for your time, participation, and suggestions.

21. ALOHA!