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D'Arcangelo, Marcia – Educational Leadership, 1998
Interviews with five neuroscientists--Martin Diamond, Pat Wolfe, Robert Sylwester, Geoffrey Caine, and Eric Jensen--disclose brain-research findings of practical interest to educators. Topics include brain physiology, environmental enrichment, memorization, windows of learning opportunity, brain learning capacity, attention span, student interest,…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Brain, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment

Brandt, Ron – Educational Leadership, 1979
In this interview with Executive Editor Ron Brandt, Bloom answers criticisms of mastery learning and explains why he believes it is so important. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback, Group Instruction

Brandt, Ron – Educational Leadership, 2000
Sylwester says education must begin relying more on biology than social and behavioral science. All brain systems move from a slow, awkward functional level to a fast, efficient level. Contributions of metacognition, self-regulation, emotions, reflective and reflexive responses, comparison, and classification to cognitive development are…
Descriptors: Biology, Brain, Child Development, Classification