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LaTB Stories #1: Alex W.

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: December 7, 2016

My name is Alex Wonnell, aka Wonz.  I work in a middle school in Burlington,…

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Tech in the Classroom: Is Virtual Reality Likely to Help...

Kevin Kent
by: Kevin Kent
Posted on: December 5, 2016

Educators have long hoped that that technology holds great promise to move the educational system…

The View from the Podium

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: December 3, 2016

Every wonder what it’s like to plan a Big Room presentation for Learning and the Brain?…

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Click Here: The Technology of Retrieval Practice in the Classroom

Scott MacClintic
by: Scott MacClintic
Posted on: December 1, 2016

Back in the dark ages, when I was just cutting my teaching teeth, we teachers…

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Parent-Child Interactions: Forming Beliefs About Intelligence

Austin Matte
by: Austin Matte
Posted on: November 28, 2016

It is common knowledge that parents play a vital role in their children’s development. However,…

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Can Our Evolutionary Past Help Shape Our Classrooms’ Future?

Ashle Bailey-Gilreath
by: Ashle Bailey-Gilreath
Posted on: November 25, 2016

Humans are genetically adapted for learning. The transmission of information, skills, culture, and knowledge from…

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The World’s Obsession With Plastic May Damage Developing Brains

Rina Deshpande
by: Rina Deshpande
Posted on: November 21, 2016

It’s easy to look at the past and guffaw at human negligence related to healthy…

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Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Evaluation by Yong Zhao

Rebecca Gotlieb
by: Rebecca Gotlieb
Posted on: November 21, 2016

In our quest to assess and compare educational outcomes of students, teachers, schools, districts, states,…

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The 2016 Transforming Education Through Neuroscience Award Was Presented on...

by: landb
Posted on: November 19, 2016

Boston, MA – Dr. Kou Murayama from the University of Reading was presented with the…

Share Your LEARNING AND THE BRAIN Story

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: November 18, 2016

Now that you’ve been to LaTB, we’d love to hear your story. What did you…