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The Brain and Learning

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The brain and learning approach incorporates the latest scientific research about the brain and how students learn and mature socially, emotionally, and cognitively. It uses curriculum, instructional methods, and programs to increase students’ ability to make connections and retain new information.

Related Topics and Terms

  • 21st century learning
  • Active and project based learning
  • Multiple intelligences
  • Social-emotional learning
  • Student engagement and motivation

Upgrade Your Teaching: Understanding by Design Meets NeuroscienceUpgrade Your Teaching: Understanding by Design® Meets Neuroscience

In this new book, authors Jay McTighe and Judy Willis translate neurscience research findings into practical information to improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment so our students achieve deep learning and understanding in all subject areas.

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Articles 

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Educational Leadership

  • Secrets of the Teenage Brain: A Conversation with Frances E. Jensen (October 2015)
  • Research Says / Convert Stress to Challenge (February 2014) 
  • Research Says / The Reading Skills Digital Brains Need (November 2013)
  • Our Brains Extended (March 2013)
  • Research Says / Creativity Requires a Mix of Skills (February 2013)
  • Ferrari Engines, Bicycle Brakes (October 2012)
  • Ending School Avoidance (October 2012)
  • Art & Science of Teaching / A Moving Proposal (April 2012)
  • The Middle/High Years / Demystifying the Adolescent Brain (April 2011)

Books & Publications

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Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning That Taps into the Power of Emotion

Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning That Taps into the Power of Emotion

by Allison Posey

Engage the Brain is a practical, informative guide for understanding how to capture the brain's incredible power and achieve better results with all students.

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  • Summarization in Any Subject, 2nd Edition (2018)
  • Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom, 2nd Edition (2018)
  • Attack of the Teenage Brain! Understanding and Supporting the Weird and Wonderful Adolescent Learner (2018)
  • How to Teach So Students Remember, 2nd Edition (2018)
  • Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains: Metacognitive Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Ideas (2016)
  • The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Students (2016)
  • The Motivated Brain: Improving Student Attention, Engagement, and Perseverance (2015)
  • Understanding How Young Children Learn: Bringing the Science of Child Development to the Classroom (2012)
  • Brain Matters: Translating Research into Classroom Practice, 2nd Edition (2010)
  • Learning to Love Math: Teaching Strategies That Change Student Attitudes and Get Results (2010)
  • Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It (2009)
  • Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, 3rd Edition (2009)
  • The Motivated Student: Unlocking the Enthusiasm for Learning (2009)

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Webinars 

  • Upgrade Your Teaching: Understanding by Design Meets Neuroscience with Jay McTighe and Judy Willis, M.D. (April 25, 2019)
  • Get Your Classroom Thinking! Deeper Learning Strategies for Any Classroom, Grades 6–12 with Dedra Stafford (January 15, 2019)
  • Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning That Taps into the Power of Emotion with Allison Posey (November 29, 2018)
  • From Being Stuck to Making Things Stick: Teaching So Students Remember with Marilee Sprenger (March 13, 2018)
  • Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains with Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers (June 28, 2016)
  • Implications and Applications of the Latest Brain Research for Learners and Teachers with Francis Bailey and Ken Pransky (July 16, 2015)
  • Brain-Based Learning Strategies Series, with Judy Willis (Series recorded May 2010–November 2013)

Online Learning 

PD Online® Courses

  • Teaching with Poverty in Mind
  • The Brain: Memory and Learning Strategies, 2nd Edition

Videos 

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  • Engaging Students with Poverty In Mind DVD Series: Elementary And Secondary (2014)
  • Teaching With Poverty In Mind DVD Series: Elementary And Secondary (2010)
  • Teaching The Adolescent Brain DVD With Facilitator's Guide (2006)
  • The Brain And Mathematics (2001)

Experts & Events

ASCD Faculty members are available for on-site capacity-building professional development on the brain and learning. ASCD can design a precise professional development plan, organized around our field-tested solutions, with a focus on the education foundations that make sense for you.

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ASCD Conferences, One-, Two-, and Three-Day Institutes, and other special events frequently feature sessions about the brain and learning.

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