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Teaching Strategies

Patterning to Construct Transferable Concept Memory

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Teaching Strategies

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Patterning is key to forming new memories, constructing durable long-term memories, and extending those into expanded neural networks of concept memory. Through opportunities for transfer and use of executive functions, students can build their enduring understanding as previously isolated rote-memories are connected into extended neural networks of concept memory available for future application to novel problems and creative innovations.

About the presenter

Dr. Judy Willis is a leading authority in the neuroscience of learning, combining her 15 years as a practicing neurologist with 10 subsequent years as a classroom teacher.

Willis participates as an adjunct professor at Williams College. She also travels nationally and internationally to give presentations and workshops and consult about learning and the brain.

With her unique background, she has written 9 books and more than 200 articles about applying neuroscience research to classroom teaching strategies, including Learning to Love Math: Teaching Strategies that Change Student Attitudes and Get Results, Teaching the Brain to Read: Strategies for Improving Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension, and Brain-Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom.

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