Brain-Based Learning

Explore the mysteries of the human brain! Find out how discoveries in neuroscience provide insights into how students learn -- and how to engage them in the classroom.

Social and Emotional Learning
Teaching Students How to Deal With Stress
Strategies to help upper elementary and middle school kids who have experienced trauma understand and control their emotions.
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Applying Learning in Multiple Contexts
When students manipulate new learning—by representing a math concept in a poem, for example—they create strong memories of it.
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Organizing Students for Learning
Ten simple strategies for helping students who struggle with executive function skills like organization and prioritization.
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Helping Students Develop Executive Function Skills
Simple classroom strategies can assist students with deficits in executive function skills like time management and active listening.
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What's Metacognition—and Why Does it Matter?
A quick introduction to metacognition, plus seven questions to help your students become more independent learners.
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Teaching Self-Regulation in the Early Grades
Activating young students’ natural bodily rhythms helps them regulate their nervous systems and prepare for learning.
Brain-Based Learning
Learning and the Social Brain
In a series of interviews, researcher Patricia Kuhl reveals the science behind the social brain—which she calls the gateway to human cognition.
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What Is the Social Brain?
The research is in: Learning is a social endeavor.
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The Social Classroom
Increasingly, modern classrooms support group work and peer-to-peer collaboration. The science says that’s right on.
Brain-Based Learning
Masters of Social Learning
We’re hardwired from birth to decode facial expression, posture, and tone of voice—and to work collaboratively.