November 1998
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November 1998 | Volume 56 | Number 3
How the Brain Learns
Feature Articles
Perspectives / Making Connections
Marge Scherer
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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.
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Brain Science, Brain Fiction
John T. Bruer
When applying research to classroom practice, educators must sort conclusive evidence from unsupported notion, this author warns.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Music in Our Minds
Norman M. Weinberger
Music is biologically rooted and fundamental to human development, brain research shows.
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How Julie's Brain Learns
Eric Jensen
A look into a "typical" student's brain to see how her neural structures affect her learning.
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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.
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A Lesson Learned About Multiple Intelligences
Sharon S. Sweet
Letting a student use his dominant intelligence resulted in strengthening his other abilities.
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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.
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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.
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Revisiting Effective Teaching
Pat Wolfe
From anticipatory sets to task analysis—brain research confirms the practices that good teachers have been using for years.
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Memory Lane Is a Two-Way Street
Marilee Sprenger
Different teaching strategies trigger different ways of retrieving information.
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Food for Thought
Barbara K. Given
Why students' eating habits are a serious issue for schools.
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The Other Intelligences (Oy Vey!)
Kim Chase
A middle school teacher takes a humorous look at her students' seven "other intelligences."
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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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Departments
Research Link / The Advantages of Bilingualism
Andrew S. Latham
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Letters
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Policy Link / Brain-Based Policies for Young Children
Joan Montgomery Halford
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Reviews / New Books by Brain Scientists
Robert Sylwester
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Resources
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Web Wonders
Carolyn Pool
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ASCD in Action
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Portfolio
Joan Montgomery Halford
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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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