As a final note, positive environment, brain plasticity, multi-faceted instruction, real world connections, reflection and attention span are only a few of the many brain-based factors that teachers ...

The actual power of brain-based learning programs is that they focus our attention to learning strategies that will engage a multitude of memory-related brain regions.

Strategies that work movement into the school day boost blood flow to the brain and can create a domino effect that affects learning, quality of life and, potentially, test scores, Naylor said. A ...

A new study published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the brain chemical dopamine plays a sophisticated, dual role in how we learn, influencing both our fast, effortful thinking and ...

(This is the final post in a series on "brain-based learning." You can see Part One here, Part Two here and Part Three here) ...

Carey thinks the science-based learning strategies should explicitly be taught to all students early on, as part of the school curriculum. But kids shouldn't use them “as an excuse to do nothing,” he ...

The human brain learns in many different ways; a training mode must fit the purpose and desired outcome. Practices from Training From the BACK of the Room! can be used to make training stick ...

Research shows smart study beats long study for math formulas. Retrieval practice and spaced repetition are key. Quizzing ...