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Friday November 16, 2012 Pre-Conference Workshops
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Location: Westin Copley Place |
Differentiated Teaching
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Learning Disorders
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At-Risk Students
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The Adolescent Brain
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Redesigning Assessment
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Experiences and Teaching
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8:30 - 12:30PM
Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom
David A. Sousa, EdD
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8:30 AM -12:30 PM
Educating Resilient Children with Autism, ADHD and other Developmental/
Learning Disorders
Sam Goldstein, PhD
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8:30 - 12:30PM
The Empty Desk: Why We Lose At-Risk Learners and How Brain-Compatible Teaching Can Help
Sarah Armstrong, EdD
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8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Part I:
8:30 - 9:45AM
Adolescent Brains: Learning, Reasoning and Decision-Making
Valerie F. Reyna, PhD
Part II:
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Neuroscience of the Adolescent Brain Reveals Challenges and Opportunities for Positive Interventions
Judy A. Willis, MD, EdM
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8:30 - 12:30PM
The DiscoTest Initiative: Student-centered Assessment, One Mind At A Time
Zachary Stein, EdM
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8:30 - 12:30 PM
Teaching Teachers Using Mind/Brain Processes of Experience to Match Students' Needs
Jeb Schenck, PhD and Jessica Cruickshank, EdM
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12:30PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own)
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Friday, November 16 - Conference Day 1
Opening Keynote Addresses:
Individual Minds: How Genes and Today's Experiences Shape Learning
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1:30 PM |
Welcome Remarks: Kenneth Kosik, MD, Neuroscience Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara |
1:30 PM
to 2:30 PM |
Keynote Address I: Your Brain on Childhood: The Unexpected Side Effects of Classrooms, Homework, Testing and Grades
Gabrielle F. Principe, PhD
Room: America Ballroom
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2:30 PM
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3:30 PM |
Keynote Address II: Different Learners: Brains, Genes, Lifestyle and the 21st Century Student
Jane M. Healy, PhD
Room: America Ballroom |
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3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Networking Coffee Break and Book Signing |
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3:45 PM to 4:45 PM |
Keynote Address III: Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Architecture Shapes Learning, Memory, and Decision Making
Dean V. Buonomano, PhD
Room: America Ballroom |
4:45 PM
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5:45 PM |
Keynote Address III: How Changing Brains Affect Children's Life Outcomes: The Concept of Multi-Finality, Intelligence, Ability, Motivation, Self-Regulation and Executive Function
Sam Goldstein, PhD
Room: America Ballroom |
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5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Dana Alliance Meeting of the Minds Reception and Book Signing
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Saturday, November 17 - Conference Day 2
Morning Keynote Addresses:
Educating Minds: How Education Shapes Learners
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8:30 AM |
Presiders: Fay E. Brown, School Development Program, Yale University, and Kurt W. Fischer, PhD, MBE Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
8:30 AM
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9:30 AM |
Keynote Address I:Brain Rules: Why Every Brain is Wired Differently and What it Means for Education
John J. Medina, PhD
Room: America Ballroom
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9:30AM - 10:00 AM Networking Coffee Break, Poster Sessions and Book Signing
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10 AM |
Welcome Remarks ghj_amp Lghj_ampB/IMBES Award: Kurt W. Fischer, PhD, MBE Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
10:00 AM
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11:30 AM |
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Keynote Address II: How Individual Differences in Brain Structure and Function Interact with Education During the Acquisition of Reading and Attention
Bruce D. McCandliss, PhD
Room: America Ballroom
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11:30 AM to
12:30 PM |
Keynote Address III: The Dynamics of Learning: Brains, Genes and Environment
Kurt W. Fischer, PhD
Room: America Ballroom
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12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own)
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Afternoon Concurrent Sessions A
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A Sessions 1:45 PM to 5:30 PM
Breaks: (various times) 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM |
Teaching Diverse Brains ghj_amp Special Learners |
Benefits of Education on Minds ghj_amp Memory |
Individual Differences in Math Learning |
How Parents ghj_amp Family Trauma Shapes Brains |
Teen Brains ghj_amp Differences in Learning |
How Poverty ghj_amp Early Experience Affect Learning |
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Part I:
1:45 -3:00 PM
How the Diverse and Special-Needs Brain Learns
David A. Sousa, EdD
Book Signing
Part II:
3:15-4:15 PM
Brain Differences and Executive Functions
Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, PhD, ABPdN
Part III:
4:15-5:30 PM
Practical Framework for Differentiation in Regular and Inclusion Classrooms
Kathleen M. Kryza, MA
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Part I:
1:45-2:45 PM
Schools and Synapses: How Education and Lifestyle Protect Minds ghj_amp Memory
Kenneth S. Kosik, MD
Part II:
3:00-4:30 PM
How Education Can Best Shape Each Brain's Memory Construction and Durability
Judy A. Willis, MD, EdM
Part III:
4:30-5:30 PM
Bilingualism and Brain Plasticity: Implications for Lifespan Development
Gigi C. Luk, PhD
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Part I:
1:45-2:45 PM
Individual Differences of Math Learning: Predicting School Performance and Disabilities
Michele M. M. Mazzocco, PhD
Part II:
3:00-4:00 PM
Basic Number Processing Deficits: Developmental Dyscalculia and Math Anxiety
Daniel Ansari, PhD
Part III:
4:00-5:00 PM
Exploring the Differences in Math Achievement: Relation to Gender, Poverty and Cognitive Skills
Marina S. Vasilyeva, PhD
Panel Discussion:
5:00-5:30 PM |
Part I:
1:45-2:45 PM
How Genes, Parents and Culture Make Us Who We Are
Jerome Kagan, PhD
Part II:
3:00-4:00 PM
The Effects of Parental Nurturing on Child Brain Structure and Learning
Joan L. Luby, MD
Part III:
4:00-5:30 PM
Teaching the Traumatized Brain
Megan Kirby, PsyD and Ken Frohock, LMHC, LRC
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Part I:
1:45-2:45 PM
Male/Female Differences in the Developing Adolescent Brain
Jay N. Giedd, MD
Part II:
3:00-4:00 PM
The Effects of Experiences on Adolescent Development
Erich Engelhardt, MA, CADC
Part III:
4:00-5:00 PM
Adolescent Brain Maturation and Culture
Thomas J. Cottle, PhD
Panel
5:00-5:30 PM
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Part I:
1:45-3:00 PM
Experiences and Adversity on Brain Development and Architecture
Charles A. Nelson, PhD
Part II:
3:15-4:15 PM
Socioeconomic Factors Influence Brain-Behavior Relationships in Early in the Education Processs
Bruce D. McCandliss, PhD
Part III:
4:15-5:30 PM
The Environment of Childhood Poverty
Gary W. Evans, PhD
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Sunday, November 18- Conference Day 3
Morning Keynote Addresses: Social Minds: How Brains, Parents ghj_amp Culture Shape Learning
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8:30 AM |
Presider: Jill Stamm, PhD, College of Education, Arizona State University |
8:30 AM
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9:45 AM |
Keynote Address I: Learning Brains: The Role of Maturation, Parents and Training on Memory and Learning Difficulties
Torkel F. Klingberg, MD, PhD
Room: America Ballroom
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9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Coffee Break and Poster Sessions
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10:15 AM to
11:30 AM |
Keynote Address II: The Numerate Brain: The Role of Development, Enculturation and Individual Differences
Daniel Ansari, PhD
Room: America Ballroom
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11:30 AM to
12:30 PM |
Keynote Address III:The Neuroscience of Learning: The 4 Cs and Socio-Cultural Learning
Charles K. Fadel, MBA
Room: America Ballroom
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) and Book Signing
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Afternoon Concurrent Sessions B
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B Sessions
1:45 PM
to
5:00 PM
Breaks: (various times)
2:45 PM
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3:30 PM |
Teaching Diverse Brains ghj_amp Learners |
Benefits of Experiences on Minds ghj_amp Memory |
Individual Differences in Reading/Literacy |
How Culture Shape Brains ghj_amp Learning |
Autistic Brain Differences ghj_amp Learning |
How Early Experiences Mold Learners |
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Part I:
1:45-3:15 PM
The Differentiated Classroom: Five Elements That Make Classrooms Work for All Students
Carol A. Tomlinson, EdD
Book Signing
Part II:
3:30-5:00 PM
Shaping the Diverse Brain: Connecting Neuroscience, School Environment and Teaching Practice from Kindergarten to Graduate School
Steven P. Rushton, PhD
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Part I:
1:45-2:45 PM
Creating Experiential Learning in the Classroom to Reach Diverse Learners
Jeb Schenck, PhD
Part II:
3:00-4:00 PM
Building Each Student's Cognitive Capacity
Lou Whitaker, EdD, Betsy Hill, MBA
Part III:
4:00-5:00 PM
Learning from Experiences, Experiential Education and Gaming to Improve Memory
Jessica Cruickshank, EdM
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Part I:
1:45-2:45 PM
Neurodiversity and Education: Insights from Neuroimaging for Reading and Learning Interventions
John DE Gabrieli, PhD
Part II:
3:00-4:00 PM
Individual Differences in the Neural Basis of Language and General Comprehension Abilities
Chantel Prat, PhD
Part III:
4:00-5:00 PM
Rethinking Literacy: Universal Design for Learning, Affect Neuroscience and Emerging Technologies
Samantha G. Daley, PhD
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Part I:
1:45-3:15 PM
Neurobiological Substrate for Socio-cultural Influences on Mind and Brain
Bruce E. Wexler, MD
Part II:
3:30-5:00 PM
Cultural Brains: Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Social Emotional Experience in Beijing and LA
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD
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Part I:
1:45-2:45 PM
The Autism Revolution: Using Whole
Brain-Body Strategie
Martha R. Herbert, MD, PhD
Book Signing
Part II:
3:00-5:00 PM
Preparing Children with Autism for Success in the 21st Century
Ricki G. Robinson, MD, MPH, Serena Wieder, PhD and Monica G. Osgood, BA
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Part I:
1:45-3:00 PM
Your Successful Preschooler: How to Help Young Children Become Confident and Connected
Ann E. Densmore, CCC-SLP/A
Book Signing
Part II:
3:30-4:30 PM
What Maria Montessori Got Right and What Developmental Neuroscience Still Can Learn from Her
Steven J. Hughes, PhD
Panel Discussion
4:30-5:00 PM
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