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Four Questions to Teach Every Educator How the Brain Learns

Explores the work being done in the Frederick County Public Schools in Maryland to align research on learning science with...

Published: April 6, 2020
Topics: Learning and the Brain, School and Classroom Culture, Whole Child and Relationship Building

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Why Giving Kids a Roadmap to Their Brain Can Make Learning Easier

This article discusses the work of Imagine Scholar, a youth and educational development initiative in South Africa, to help students understand...

Published: October 10, 2018
Topics: Learning and the Brain, School and Classroom Culture, Student Agency and Voice, Whole Child and Relationship Building

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Student-centered Learning Reflects Science of Learning for All Youth

Originally posted in Youth Today My 6-year-old is obsessed with baseball stadiums. All summer his attention was captured by stadium...

Published: February 16, 2018
Topics: Competency-Based Learning, Learning and the Brain

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How to Integrate Growth Mindset Messages Into Every Part of Math Class

This article discusses the research around teaching and learning mathematics conducted by Catherine Good, a professor who studies social psychology and growth...

Published: August 17, 2017
Topics: Curriculum and Instruction, Learning and the Brain, School and Classroom Culture, Student Agency and Voice

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How to Address Executive Function Skills in the Classroom—and Why You Should

This article, written from a teacher’s perspective, explores the idea that increasing student achievement may lie in teachers awareness of...

Published: February 28, 2017
Topics: Curriculum and Instruction, Learning and the Brain, School and Classroom Culture, Whole Child and Relationship Building

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Matching Edtech Products With Neurological Learning Goals

Edtech refers to educational technology. It includes online learning activities like games, websites, computer-assisted instruction, etc.

Published: May 2, 2016
Topics: Curriculum and Instruction, Learning and the Brain, Student Agency and Voice, Whole Child and Relationship Building

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Using a “Growth Mindset” to help Youth Succeed

Originally posted on Jobs for the Future Failing and under-resourced schools, neighborhoods beset by street violence, lack of job opportunity,...

Published: October 16, 2015
Topics: Learning and the Brain

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Carol Dweck Revisits the “Growth Mindset”

Originally posted on Education Week on September 22, 2015 For many years, I secretly worked on my research. I say...

Published: September 25, 2015
Topics: Learning and the Brain

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Students Give Thumbs Up for Brain Based Teaching

This article in The Edmond Sun describes the efforts of a local teacher to make metacognition come alive in her...

Published: July 9, 2015
Topics: Curriculum and Instruction, Family and Community Engagement, Learning and the Brain, School and Classroom Culture

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“The Boss of My Brain”: Explicit Instruction in Metacognition Puts Students in Charge of Their Learning

This article in Educational Leadership, highlights the importance of teaching students of all ages metacognition strategies. It discusses setting the...