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Lady Freedom Returns

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Thu Jul 2, 2015, 05:41 PM Jul 2015

PBS Newshour-Teachers tap into brain science to boost learning

Published on Jul 1, 2015
Research on the brain and how we think and act is influencing the way some teachers teach. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters goes into a classroom where the instructor uses different methods to engage different parts of the students’ brains, then checks with a neuroscientist about whether that strategy actually works.

View the full story/transcript: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/teachers-tap-brain-science-boost-learning/#transcript
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PBS Newshour-Teachers tap into brain science to boost learning (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2015 OP
OMG! I love, love, loooove this technique. hedda_foil Jul 2015 #1

hedda_foil

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1. OMG! I love, love, loooove this technique.
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 07:40 PM
Jul 2015

The kids are so engaged and joyful. She's turned learning (and retaining) normally dry information into an exciting and memorable game. I don't care if the neuroscientist is totally down with it or just somewhat in agreement. This is working like gangbusters for her class.

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