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May 2020 | Volume 77 | Number 8

Learning and the Brain


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Feature Articles

Reader's Guide / Shaping Minds in Challenging Times

Anthony Rebora

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The Sciences of Teaching

Carol Ann Tomlinson and David A. Sousa

The fields of neuroscience and psychology, when paired, offer new insights on effective instruction.

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Believing in the Brain

Marcus Conyers and Donna Wilson

Teaching students about brain plasticity can cultivate a growth mindset.

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Educating the Whole Learner

Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman and Jacqueline Jodl

Mobilizing whole child advocates behind the neuroscience of learning and development.

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Building Meaning Builds Teens' Brains

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Douglas R. Knecht

Connecting schoolwork to big ideas can enhance adolescents' neural networks.

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The Creative Brain

Gayle T. Dow and Katie Kozlowski

Applying principles of neuroscience to teach creativity and collaboration.

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Picturing the Brain

John Gabrieli

New brain-imaging methods are helping us better understand how children learn.

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How Teens' Brains Are Different

A visual look at the neurological "mismatch" that makes adolescents so—well—interesting.

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Teaching to the Whole Brain

Liesl McConchie and Eric Jensen

Incorporate strategies into your teaching that will engage all areas of the brain.

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Neuroscientists in Training

Steven Azeka, Steven Carter and Ido Davidesco

A university-designed program gets high school students learning about learning.

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Education's Research Problem

Daniel T. Willingham and Andrew J. Rotherham

Educators and policymakers often ignore or distort scientific findings. Here's why—and what we can do about it.

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Retrieval Practice: A Power Tool for Lasting Learning

Pooja K. Agarwal

Research in cognitive psychology shows that getting students to pull information from their memory is key to long-term transfer.

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Columns / Departments

Research Matters / Elegant Simplicity in Brain Science

Bryan Goodwin and Darienne Dey

A six-phase model for learning and retaining information.

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Show & Tell: A Video Column / For Complex Texts, the Brain Prefers Paper

Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey

When a text requires some struggle, print rules! Watch the video.

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Leading Together / Retraining the Brain

Jill Harrison Berg

Leading for equity with the brain in mind.

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Confronting Inequity / The Trauma We Don't See

Dena Simmons

Too often, the trauma of high-achieving Black students goes unnoticed.

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ASCD Policy Priorities / There's No Place Like School

David Griffith

School closures connected to COVID-19 help us remember how central schools are to our common life.

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Index to Advertisers

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Whole Child Spotlight / On Mind-Body Connectedness

Sean Slade

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ASCD Community in Action

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EL Takeaways / To Keep in Mind …

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Readers React

Reader responses to recent issues of EL.

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Tell Us About

Readers reflect on ways they incorporate principles of learning science in their classroom practice.

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Advisory: Trends and Ideas

Turn & Talk / Ayanna Thomas on Anxiety, the Brain, and Helping Learners Cope

An interview with cognitive psychologist Ayanna Thomas on how stress and anxiety affect the brain and learning, and what educators can do to better support students.

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Research Alert / Research on Gender Differences in Math, and How Screen Time Alters Brains

Findings from two studies, published in Science of Learning and JAMA Pediatrics.

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Relevant Read / The Benefits of Being There

A review of the 2020 book, The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired, by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson.

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Numbers of Note / Concussion Prevalence

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Seen on the Screen / Growth Mindset in a Cab

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School Tool / Cognitively Illuminating

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Leveraging Neuroscience in Lesson Design

Allison Posey

Suggestions for planning instruction that aligns with how the brain learns.

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