ARTICLES FOR
BRAIN-BASED LEARNING DISCUSSION

If you plan to take part in this chat,
please read at least the four starred articles (*)

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"Internet-Based Activities and Brain Research: A Powerful Team"
http://confreg.uoregon.edu/necc2001/NECC_CD/presents/benham/present.htm

Presentation at the 22nd annual National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) held at McCormick Place in Chicago, June 25-27, 2001. (Online slide presentation)

Background:

* "How To Think About the Brain"
A set of guiding principles for moving cautiously when
applying brain research to the classroom
http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/1998_01/caine.htm


How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
Chapter 10: Conclusions
http://stills.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ch10.html


Student Implications:

* "How Julie's Brain Learns"
Eric Jensen
http://www.ascd.org/xchange/threads/nodes/brain/extjensen.html

7-5-01 Detroit News
"Educators Take Brain Research to Heart"
[Middle schools redesign science curriculum, emphasize inquiry.]
http://www.detnews.com/2001/schools/0107/05/c01-243655.htm

"Are Teens Just Wired That Way?"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A13174-2001Jun2?language=printer


Classroom Implications:

* "Applying Brain Research to Classroom Practice"
ASCD Education Update
Volume 43, Number 4 -- June 2001
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edupdate/2001/june01/19.html


"The Brain Learns Better in Well-Designed School Environments"
by Dr. Tak Cheung Chan and Dr. Garth F. Petrie
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/classlead/9811/2nov98.html


The Other Side of the Coin:

* "Buyer Beware: Too Early to Use Brain-based Strategies"
http://www.c-b-e.org/be/iss0104/a2madigan.htm

"How To Think About the Brain"
A set of guiding principles for moving cautiously when
applying brain research to the classroom
http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/1998_01/caine.htm

Additional Articles of Interest


"The Brains Behind the Brain"
Educational Leadership, November 1998

Five authors of recent books about brain research identify what they regard as the most important implications of recent findings in neuroscience and what they mean to teachers.
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/9811/darcangelo.html

Brain Discoveries - Special issue of School Administrator magazine

Five articles - all available on line.
http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/1998_01/contents.htm


How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

Complete text of a book from the National Academy Press of the National Research Council.
http://books.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/
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