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Monday

July 14

11:30 AM- 12:00 PM

Registration

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Welcome Lunch

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

  • What is the Science of Learning?
  • How should educators think about employing this field?

12:50 PM - 2:10 PM

  • How does the brain work to make sense of reality?
  • What are ‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ processing, and how does each impact learning?
  • How do we help people move into ‘top-down’ mode when desired?

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM

  • Reflection Activity + Discussion

2:25 PM - 2:40 PM

Coffee Break

2:40 PM - 3:55 PM

  • How does the brain function?
  • How does learning impact this function?
  • Are skills, talent, and abilities inborn? And what does this say about learning?

3:55 PM - 4:10 PM

  • Reflection Activity + Discussion

4:10 PM - 4:25 PM

Coffee Break

4:25 PM - 5:20 PM

  • How does learning change across the lifespan?
  • What is going on with teenagers to make them so ‘unique’?
  • Are adults different?

5:20 PM - 5:30 PM

  • Discussion

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Welcome Reception

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Dinner on the Sierra Madre Village Patio

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Tuesday

July 15
Day-to-day Functioning of the Supervisory System and the Continuum for Strengthening Executive Control

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Breakfast

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

  • Review
  • Extensions
  • Pressing Questions

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

  • What is the process of translation?
  • How does this impact the application of Science of Learning?
  • What are learning principles and how do we adapt these for practice?
  • Written Text + Spoken Word

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

  • Reflection Activity + Application

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

  • Written Text + Visual Images
  • Space
  • Applications

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

  • Additional Learning Principles
  • Reflection Activity + Application

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

  • What are micro-projects and how can we use these to apply our thinking?
  • What is ‘evidence’, and how can we use this to drive practice?
  • Why is personal evidence so important in education?

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Wednesday

July 16

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Breakfast

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

  • Review
  • Extensions
  • Pressing Questions

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

  • What is transfer in education?
  • Why are human beings so bad at moving skills and abilities between contexts?
  • What are the three steps for effective skill transfer?

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

  • Reflection Activity + Application

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

  • The importance of learning objectives
  • What is surface learning and how does it work?
  • What pedagogical strategies align best with this level of learning?

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

  • What are the different levels of deep learning?
  • How do concepts drive and evolve with deep learning?
  • What pedagogical strategies align best with deep learning?

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

  • What is the process of creativity?
  • How does this process align with and demonstrate the learning process just explored?
  • Is school truly killing creativity?
  • Can we assess this particular ‘skill’?

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Thursday

July 17
Applying the Continuum for Strengthening Executive Control in the Classroom, Part 2

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Breakfast

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

  • Review
  • Extensions
  • Pressing Questions

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

  • What are the three rules of feedback?
  • What are the 4 levels of feedback?
  • How does feedback align with the learning process?

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

  • What are the two forms of assessment?
  • What are the pros / cons of each?
  • How do we align assessment with the learning process?

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

  • What are the three levels of memory?
  • What are the 9 primary rules of memory?
  • How do these rules align with learning, and how can we apply each to teaching and study practice?

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

  • 9 Principles of Memory + Application (continued)

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

  • What are the three stages of attention?
  • How can we align practice with attentional processes?
  • What is going on with ADHD (and, by extension, ASD)?

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Friday

July 18

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Breakfast

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

  • Review
  • Extensions
  • Pressing Questions

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

  • What is the difference between good and bad stress?
  • What are the three primary stress mechanisms and how does each impact learning?
  • How do other emotions impact the learning process?

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

  • How do digital technologies impact the learning process?
  • Do computers help or hinder student development?
  • What is the story behind Generative AI and what must we consider before employing these tools?

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Final discussions
  • Where to next?
  • Research access and translation

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.