Rote Learning: Retaining Information Without Deepening Its Meaning
Do you remember when you learned to multiply? You repeat the same multiplication tables over and over.…
Useful articles and studies that educators might find helpful to integrate into their curriculum or teaching styles.
Do you remember when you learned to multiply? You repeat the same multiplication tables over and over.…
We have all used different methods of ‘blended learning’ models when being educated in our classrooms and…
Peer Pressure. When we hear the phrase ‘peer pressure’ we often think back to grade school. We…
Mirror neurons. Imitation has always been a powerful learning tool. The human brain is enabled with different…
“Sometimes the noise in my life bothers me. It hurts my ears.” These are common things people…
Summer is coming to a close soon for many of us. Going back to school can be…
Are you struggling to remember things in your everyday life? Whether its forgetting people’s names immediately after…
If someone asked you to think back to your earliest memory, you might remember something from when…
Many kids ask their math teacher why learning a particular mathematical concept or skill is important. When…
College-educated people recover better from a brain injury College education is often seen as an investment that…
How the brain works – great video based on Daniel Kahneman’s latest book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow”.…
Second languages slow brain decline. Speaking two languages throughout life may slow the loss of mental agility…
Google causing children to be ‘brain dead’ warns successful inventor. The “Google generation” is in danger of…
This is your brain on ‘Sesame Street’. Scientists can’t really know what a child is thinking, but…
Learning foreign languages triggers brain growth. In the Swedish Academy of young translators, new recruits study a…
Can teen brain development help explain juvenile crime? Pr. Steinberg from Temple University explains: “Our brains don’t…