Six Tips for Brain-based Learning: A Resource Guide for K-12 Educators
This free, 13-page resource guide by Edutopia offers practical tips for putting brain-based learning into action in K-12 classrooms, along with supporting resources including reading lists, videos, and published articles. Overview This resource guide covers 6 topics: Creating a safe climate for learning Encouraging a growth mindset Emphasizing feedback Getting bodies and brains in gear… Read More ›
What Were They Thinking? Exploring Teenage Brain Development: A Lesson Plan for High School Students
This New York Times’ lesson plan was created to introduce students to the adolescent brain. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to answer the lesson’s guiding question: What implications does brain imaging research on teenagers have for reconsidering societal rules and responsibilities for this age group? Developed by: Teaching and Learning… Read More ›
Students at the Center Newsletter – April 2014
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Growth Mindset Assessment
Researchers from UChicago CCSR and Stanford University have created a publicly available survey designed to identify students’ academic mindsets – key factors in students’ academic success. Visit the Resource →
Students at the Center Newsletter – March 2014
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Students at the Center Newsletter – February 2014
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What is Blended Learning?
This five-minute video advocates for bringing the blended learning approach—mixing the use of personalized education technology with hands on classroom work, to students nationwide. It features footage of principals, teachers, parents, and students explaining the approach and its benefits, including increasing student engagement and ownership of their own learning through personalization. The Learning Accelerator, which… Read More ›
Students at the Center Newsletter – January 2014
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In Charge: Student-Led Conferences at Pittsfield Middle High School
A small rural school in southern New Hampshire is undergoing major school change towards more student-centered learning. This video showcases their work with Student-Led Conferences, in which high school students prepare a portfolio of work and lead a presentation with their parents, advisor, and invited guest. Attendance at the conferences is far higher than the… Read More ›
Neuroeducation: 25 Findings Over 25 Years
informED celebrates the 25th anniversary of the emergence of the field of neuroeducation with a list of the most significant findings in neuroscience education of the past 25 years. Be sure to check out the interactive learning strategies 3D brain map and the related Students at the Center Brainy Approaches to Learning infographic. Read Neuroeducation:… Read More ›
Students at the Center Newsletter – December 2013
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Students at the Center Newsletter – November 2013
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