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Download full textMcCrea, Steve – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
Many teachers teach the way they were taught. If asked to explain why they lecture to their students, the response is often, "My teachers wrote on the board and I took notes. It worked for me." Brain research indicates that other techniques increase blood flow to parts of the brain associated with cognition. This presentation provides anecdotal…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Educational Change, Lecture Method, Scientific Research
Direct linkRappolt-Schlichtmann, Gabrielle; Watamura, Sarah E. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2010
More than ever before, leaders within the field of education are looking to research on basic processes to inform and improve educational practices. Success requires building a reciprocal relationship between the field of education and research on learning and development, similar to what exists between biology and medicine. Key to this effort is…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Educational Research
DeGarmo, Jacqueline; Turckes, Steven R. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
In his book "A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future," Daniel Pink uses the traditionally held beliefs about the cognitive functioning of the left and right hemispheres of the brain (left: logical, sequential, mathematical, etc., and right: intuition, creative, artistic, etc.) as a metaphor to postulate that a new era is emerging…
Descriptors: School Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Figurative Language, Facility Guidelines
Kennedy, Teresa J. – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
Cognitive sciences are discovering many things that educators have always intuitively known about language learning. However, the important point is actively using this new information to improve both students learning and current teaching practices. The implications of neuroscience for educational reform regarding second language (L2) learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Neurology, Educational Change, Language Teachers
Sloan, Katherine; Nathan, Linda – Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2005
Quantifiable measures required by many state education laws and the federal No Child Left Behind Act may be driving out the innovative learning and pedagogy that help develop the creative right-brain thinking that Daniel Pink and others are calling for. "Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College," a report issued…
Descriptors: Experimental Curriculum, Secondary Education, Mentors, Visual Arts
McCarthy, Bernice – 1991
The 4MAT system of instructional change is described. The 4MAT system is an eight-step cycle of instruction that capitalizes on individual learning styles and brain-dominance processing preference. Four major learning styles are recognized: (1) imaginative; (2) analytic; (3) common sense; and (4) dynamic. Because in each style there are people…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Analysis
