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Wolfe, Patricia – ASCD, 2010
While you don't need to be a scientist to understand brain-compatible teaching, you'll be far more effective when you base your teaching practices on the very best scientific information. This expanded and updated ASCD best-seller delivers that essential information in clear, everyday language that any teacher can immediately incorporate into…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Short Term Memory, Long Term Memory, Anatomy
Bonnema, Ted R. – Online Submission, 2009
This paper discusses brain-based learning and its relation to classroom instruction. A rapidly growing quantity of research currently exists regarding how the brain perceives, processes, and ultimately learns new information. In order to maximize their teaching efficacy, educators should have a basic understanding of key memory functions in the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Learning Processes, Brain, Educational Research
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Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1985
Describes the theoretical models which suggest different "levels" in memory processing, corresponding to the short-term and long-term storage of information. Reviews studies substantiating this perspective and outlines strategies for the use of "levels" in developmental education design, as an alternative to rote memorization. (PAA)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Innovation, Instructional Design
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Cohn, Elchanan; And Others – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Investigates the impact and relationship of notetaking techniques, notetaking functions, and measures of working memory on learning in an introductory college economics course. Compares conventional (taking notes in the customary fashion) with the outline method (recording notes in spaces on an instructor-provided outline). Includes suggestions…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Encoding (Psychology), Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials
Wolfe, Patricia – 2001
Maintaining that educators need a functional understanding of the brain and how it operates in order to teach effectively and to critically analyze the vast amount of neuroscientific information being published, this book provides information on brain-imaging techniques and the anatomy and physiology of the brain. The book also introduces a model…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Auditory Perception, Brain, Cognitive Processes
Cuasay, Peter – Higher Education Extension Service Review, 1992
This review explores the factors of cognitive processing, style, and metacognitive organization as they contribute to academic success. Specific discussions consider aspects of short- and long-term memory, including how these affect learning and academic performance, and the keys to attaining long-term memory capability by involving redundancy,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style