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November 2000 | Volume 58 | Number 3

The Science of Learning


Feature Articles

The Scientist in the Crib: A Conversation with Andrew Meltzoff

Marcia D'Arcangelo

A psychologist describes how brain research is both changing and affirming what we know about how children learn.

Emotional Intelligence: What the Research Says

Casey D. Cobb and John D. Mayer

Is EQ a mark of good character or an ability to understand emotional response? Two researchers sort the ways that emotional intelligence is being defined, measured, and taught.

Unconscious Emotions, Conscious Feelings

Robert Sylwester

Emotion, our biological thermostat, is central to cognition.

Chaos in the Classroom: Looking at ADHD

Steven C. Schlozman and Vivien R. Schlozman

A medical doctor and an educator discuss what ADHD is, how it is diagnosed and treated, and which classroom strategies ease the way for students.

Moving with the Brain in Mind

Eric Jensen

Why standing up and stretching in the classroom might increase students' academic performance.

Universal Design for Individual Differences

Anne Meyer and David H. Rose

Technologies designed to correlate with and enhance brain patterns are helping us see learning abilities and disabilities as part of a continuum.

Thinking Differently, Learning Differently

Jane Wagmeister and Ben Shifrin

A staff weaves neurological research into the school's instruction to meet the needs of students with learning difficulties.

The Brain-Compatible Curriculum

Anne Westwater and Pat Wolfe

How meaningful the brain perceives new information to be determines how lasting a lesson will be.

Communities of Thinking

Yoram Harpaz and Adam Lefstein

The Branco Weiss Institute for the Development of Thinking offers a pedagogy based on questioning.

Building the Bridge from Research to Classroom

Renate Nummela Caine

Returning to the classroom, the author finds that insights from brain research help her to be a more effective teacher.

Brain-Based Instruction in Action

Joan Caulfield, Sue Kidd and Thel Kocher

A school experiments with strategies to enrich the curriculum and create a more positive atmosphere.

How Does the Brain Develop? A Conversation with Steven Petersen

Marcia D'Arcangelo

A scientist talks about how the brain grows from neurogenesis before birth to the complex wiring of the adult brain.

Theaters of the Mind

Barbara K. Given

We are at once writer, producer, director, and actor in the mental movies we create.

A Hands-On Approach to Understanding the Brain

Patt Walsh

The author presents an intriguing way to teach about the brain.

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