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

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

The View from the Podium

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

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

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?

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

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

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...

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

Share Your LEARNING AND THE BRAIN Story

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

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Research Morsel: Digital Media vs. Flourishing

  The Findings: Researchers at Brown University1 have found that increased time spent on “digital…