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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Giving Back: Can pro-social behavior be self-protective?
Humans are social beings, and we need others: Celebrating the good and coping with the…
Developing the Social Brain: Insights from the Science of Adolescence
Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood that largely coincides with the years of…
Learning & the Brain® Presented the “2015 Transforming Education Through...
Learning & the Brain presented Dr. Fumiko Hoeft from the University of California, San Francisco…
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The Problem with Believing in Innate Talent
“It’s OK, some people just aren’t good at math”. We’ve all heard this before. In…
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Do metaphors make learning a piece of cake?
At first glance, metaphor and science might seem to inhabit opposite ends of the things-we-learn-in-school…
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Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful...
Many middle and high school students are exhausted, stressed, tempted by maladaptive behaviors, and not necessarily…
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Meta-Learning: The Importance of Thinking about Thinking
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write,…
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