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Conference on Teaching Excellence

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Get up-to-date on recent revelations about best practices in the classroom, how to make them routine in every grade and subject, and how to scale them systemwide. 

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November 1998 | Volume 56 | Number 3

How the Brain Learns


Feature Articles

What Do We Know from Brain Research?

Pat Wolfe and Ron Brandt

An explosion of research in neuroscience has the exciting potential to increase our understanding of learning.

Brain Science, Brain Fiction

John T. Bruer

When applying research to classroom practice, educators must sort conclusive evidence from unsupported notion, this author warns.

The Brains Behind the Brain

Marcia D'Arcangelo

Five authors of recent books about brain research identify what they regard as the most important implications of recent findings in neuroscience.

How New Science Curriculums Reflect Brain Research

Lawrence Lowery

New curriculums work on the premise that the more avenues through which students receive data, the better they understand science and math.

Art for the Brain's Sake

Robert Sylwester

From smoothly executed motion to well-expressed emotion—why the arts must take center stage in schools.

The Music in Our Minds

Norman M. Weinberger

Music is biologically rooted and fundamental to human development, brain research shows.

How Julie's Brain Learns

Eric Jensen

A look into a "typical" student's brain to see how her neural structures affect her learning.

Theory of Mind Goes to School

Janet Wilde Astington

How to help children understand that others have different motivations, desires, wants, needs, and ways of thinking.

A Lesson Learned About Multiple Intelligences

Sharon S. Sweet

Letting a student use his dominant intelligence resulted in strengthening his other abilities.

Teach Me, Teach My Brain: A Call for Differentiated Classrooms

Carol Ann Tomlinson and M. Layne Kalbfleisch

The authors describe 14 characteristics of responsive classrooms.

Growth Cycles of Brain and Mind

Kurt W. Fischer and Samuel P. Rose

From our birth to about age 30, our behavior and brains change in repeating patterns.

Revisiting Effective Teaching

Pat Wolfe

From anticipatory sets to task analysis—brain research confirms the practices that good teachers have been using for years.

Memory Lane Is a Two-Way Street

Marilee Sprenger

Different teaching strategies trigger different ways of retrieving information.

Food for Thought

Barbara K. Given

Why students' eating habits are a serious issue for schools.

The Other Intelligences (Oy Vey!)

Kim Chase

A middle school teacher takes a humorous look at her students' seven "other intelligences."

Special Topic: A Response / Equal Does Not Mean Identical

Sally M. Reis, Sandra N. Kaplan, Carol A. Tomlinson, Karen L. Westberg, Carolyn M. Callahan and Carolyn R. Cooper

The authors do not agree that detracking results in higher achievement.

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Web Wonders

Carolyn Pool

Portfolio

Joan Montgomery Halford




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