Teachers are increasingly encouraged to become amateur neuroscientists. For the last decade, educational materials have promoted neuroplasticity, the brain’s capacity for adaptation, as the key to ...

Discovery learning for word study with minimal guidance, currently a dominant practice in many American schools ensconced by decades of whole language training and whole-language-inspired published ...

In a high school biology classroom, a student attached three sticky electrodes to his arm and then made a fist. As his hand closed, the simple robotic hand on his desk closed too. What caused the ...

Learning underlies cognitive development and reshapes the brain. Understanding this process is critical for supporting learners and developing effective teaching strategies. This Collection welcomes ...

Theresa McKim, Ph.D., is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. She teaches neurobiology, data science, neuroscience laboratory techniques, and ...

Since no one ever does anything worthwhile on their own, who you know is important. But what you know — and what you do with what you know — is crucial. Learning, memory, and cognitive skills are a ...

HAMBURG — Some people say they retain things best when they hear them. Others swear by reading, while some believe they only really grasp something if they can see it, or even touch it. And what about ...

On Thursday, the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute welcomed Dani Bassett, a professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and an incoming professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale ...

Students often forget what they study. Research shows learning is about using information in new ways. Harvard University professor Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa suggests making learning meaningful. This ...