Friday, November 19
Pre-Conference Workshops |
Workshops 8:30 AM
to
12:40 PM
Location: Marriott Cambridge Hotel |
Best Brain Practice & Instructional Design |
Memory & Learning |
Teaching to the Teen Brain |
Executive Function |
Dyslexia & the Brain |
Neuroscience 101 |
Part I:
8:30 – 10:30 AM
Designing Teaching and Constructing Learning: Instructional Design for the Learning Brain
Kevin Washburn, EdD |
Part I & II:
8:30 AM – 12:40 PM
A Neuro- Psychology Perspective on Memory and Classroom Learning
George McCloskey, PhD |
Part I:
8:30 – 11:30 AM
Creating a Powerful Brain-Friendly Learning System for Teenagers
Ronald J. Fitzgerald, EdD |
Part I:
8:30 – 11:00 AM
Building the Eight Pillars of Capable Young Minds
Adam J. Cox, PhD |
Part I & II:
8:30 AM – 12:40 PM
Dyslexia: Connecting Reading, Education and Cognitive Neuroscience
John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD Joanna A. Christodoulou, PhD |
Part I & II:
8:30 AM – 12:40 PM
The New Frontier of the Brain and Learning
John J. Stein, PhD |
Part II:
10:40 AM – 12:40 PM
Best Practices: Preparing the Mind for Eventual Assessment
Jeb Schenck, PhD |
Part II:
11:40 AM – 12:40 PM
Teaching Teens in the Age of Distraction
Thomas J. Cottle, PhD |
Part II:
11:10 AM – 12:40 PM
Transforming Executive Function Potential into Classroom Achievement
Sucheta A. Kamath, MA, CCC-SLP |
12:40 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) |
Friday, November 19 – Conference Day 1
Opening Keynote Addresses: Healthy Brains, Struggling Learners & School Reform |
| 1:30 PM |
Welcome Remarks: Kenneth Kosik, MD, The Neuroscience Research Institute, UCSB.\ |
1:30 PM
to
3:00PM |
Keynote Part I: Brain Health and the Interface with Education
Paul D. Nussbaum, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom 3:00 |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Coffee Break and Book Signing |
3:30PM
to
4:30PM |
Keynote Part II: Rethinking Learning Disabilities: Implications of a Developmental Framework for Special Education and Education Reform
Deborah P. Waber, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
4:30PM
to 5:30PM |
Keynote Part III: The Brain is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Making Schools Worthy of Our Children
Paul D. Houston, EdD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Dana Alliance “Meeting of the Minds” Reception and Book Signing |
Saturday, November 20 – Conference Day 2
Morning Keynote Addresses: The New Science of Learning & Teaching |
| 8:30 AM |
Welcome Remarks: Kurt W. Fischer, PhD, MBE Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
8:45AM
to
9:45AM |
Keynote Part I: Building Mind, Brain and Education Connections
Donna J. Coch, EdD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Networking Coffee Break and Poster Sessions |
| 10:15AM to 11:15AM |
Keynote Part II: Education and Neuroscience: Potential, Myths and Practical Application
Paul Howard-Jones, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
| 11:15AM to 12:30PM |
Keynote Part III: How the Brain Learns: Translating Brain Research into Classroom Practice
David A. Sousa, EdD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own), Poster Sessions and Book Signing |
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions A |
A Sessions 1:45 PM
to
5:30 PM
Breaks: (various times)
2:45 PM
to
3:30 PM |
Improving Instruction & Learning
(RP, K-16) |
Struggling Learners: Reading/Math
(RP, PreK-12) |
The Impact of Early Learning Environments
(RP, PreK-6) |
Teaching & Reaching Teen Brains
(P, 7-12) |
Effects of Lifestyle on Achievement
(RP, PreK-16) |
Testing and Academic Assessments
(R, K-16) |
Part I:
1:45 –3:15 PM
The New Science of Teaching: Understanding Mind and Brain
Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, PhD |
Part I: 1:45–3:00 PM
Reading and Math Interventions: A Neuro-psychological Approach
Jack A. Naglieri, PhD |
Part I:
1:45–2:45 PM
Temperament: How Biology and Environment Shape Children’s Achievement & Psychopathology
Jerome Kagan, PhD |
Part I:
1:45–3:15 PM
Teaching and Reaching the Teenage Brain
Sheryl G. Feinstein, EdD |
Part I:
1:45–3:00 PM
Memory and the Brain: Lifestyles and Life-Long Learning
Kenneth S. Kosik, MD |
Part I:
1:45–2:45 PM
High-Stakes Testing and Motivation from a Self- Determination Theory Perspective
Richard M. Ryan, PhD |
Part II:
3:30–5:00 PM
Connecting the Brain, Emotions, Relationships to Teaching
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD |
Part II: 3:15–4:30 PM
How the Special Needs Brain Learns: Math and Reading Difficulties
David A. Sousa, EdD |
Part II: 3:00–4:15 PM
Early Brain Development, Learning Environments and Achievement
Jill Stamm, PhD |
Part II:
3:30–4:45 PM
Teen Brains, Memory & Testing
Jeb Schenck, PhD |
Part II: 3:15–4:30 PM
Fit Brains: Benefits of Exercise on Cognition, Memory and Achievement
Charles H. Hillman, PhD |
Part II:
3:00–4:30 PM
Redesigning Assessments: Making Testing a Natural Part of Learning
Kurt W. Fischer, PhD |
Panel Discussion
5:00–5:30 PM
How Can We Use Neuroscience to Improve Teaching? |
Part III: 4:30–5:30 PM
Applying Brain Science to Literacy, Reading and Math Disorders
James P. Byrnes, PhD |
Part III:
4:15–5:30 PM
The Implications of Scientific Evidence Linking Home Environment and Children’s Life Chances
Eric Dearing, PhD |
Part III:
4:45–5:30 PM
Teaching & Empowering Teens
Joe Shrand, MD, Erich Engelhardt, MA |
Part III: 4:30–5:30 PM
The Effects of Children’s Fitness/Obesity on Test Scores & Achievement
Virginia R. Chomitz, PhD |
Part III:
4:30–5:30 PM
Based-Based Educational Methods, Learning Styles & Technologies
David A. Singer, EdD |
Sunday, November 21 – Conference Day 3
Morning Keynote Addresses: Education, Environments & Assessments |
| 8:30 AM |
Welcome Remarks: Mariale Hardiman, EdD, Neuro-Education Initiative, Johns Hopkins School of Education |
| 8:30 AM to 9:30AM |
Keynote Part I: Schools of the Future: The New Science of Learning Environments, Education and Creativity
R. Keith Sawyer, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Coffee Break and Book Signing |
| 9:45AM to 11:15AM |
Keynote Part II: Performance vs. Learning: The Cost of Overemphasizing Achievement
Alfie Kohn
Room: Grand Ballroom |
| 11:15AM to 12:45PM |
Keynote Part III: The Truth About Intelligence and Achievement Tests: What They Measure and What They Should Measure
Jack A. Naglieri, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) and Book Signing |
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions B |
B Sessions 1:45 PM
to
5:00 PM
Breaks: (various times)
2:45 PM
to
3:30 PM |
Improving Instruction & Learning
(RP, K-16) |
Struggling Learners and Assessments
(RP, K-16) |
The Impact of Stressful Environments
(RP, PreK-6) |
Teaching Bilingual/Multilingual Minds
(RP, PreK-12) |
Effects of Teen Lifestyle and Sleep on Achievement
(RP, 7-12) |
Reading, Behavior and Assessment
(RP, PreK-16) |
Part I:
1:45–3:45 PM
Brain-Targeted Teaching in a Climate of High-Stakes Testing
Mariale M. Hardiman, EdD |
Part I: 1:45–3:00 PM
Revealing Minds: Tactics for Identifying Learning Strengths and Weaknesses
Craig Pohlman, PhD |
Part I:
1:45–2:45 PM
Impact of Toxic Stress and Abuse on Brain Development and Learning
Charles A. Nelson III, PhD |
Part I:
1:45–3:15 PM
Raising and Teaching Multilingual Minds
Tracey Tokuhama- Espinosa, PhD |
Part I:
1:45–2:45 PM
Sleep and Teen Lifestyles: Their Impact on Academic Achievement
Mary A. Carskadon, PhD |
Part I:
1:45–3:30 PM
Neuropsychology of Reading Assessment and Intervention
George McCloskey, PhD |
Part II:
4:00–5:00 PM
Brain-Based Educational Methods, Assessments, Learning Styles and Technologies
David B. Daniel, PhD |
Part II: 3:15–4:45 PM
Designing Accessible Assessments for Students with Disabilities
Stephen N. Elliott, PhD |
Part II:
3:00–4:00 PM
De-Stressing Students for Success: Stress on Children’s Brains
Pierrich Plusquellec, PhD |
Part II:
3:30–4:45 PM
Raising and Teaching a Bilingual Child
Naomi J. Steiner, MD |
Part II:
3:00–4:00 PM
Sleepiness in the Classroom: Strategies to Reduce the High Cost of Inadequate Sleep in Adolescents
Judith A. Owens, MD, MPH |
Part II:
3:45–5:00 PM
The Brain- Behavior Puzzle: Connecting the Pieces in Language and Reading Disorders
Maria Mody, PhD |
Panel Discussion
4:45–5:00 PM |
Part III:
4:00–5:00 PM
How Social Disparities and Stress Shape Learning
Margaret Sheridan, PhD |
Panel Discussion
4:45–5:00 PM |
Part III: 4:00–5:00 PM
Optimizing the Benefits of Sleep on Learning and Memory
Rebecca M. Spencer, PhD |
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