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Peer reviewedSmilkstein, Rita – Learning Assistance Review, 2001
Describes the author's research on learning and brain activity, which involved more than 5,000 students and faculty members. Explores six stages of learning: (1) preparing to learn; (2) starting to learn; (3) consolidation; (4) branching out; (5) gaining fluency; and (6) continued improving. States that merging educational research with…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning
