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Brain Based Learning
A Secret Brain Based Principle in Action
Wayne JenningsPicture a large school learning lab of fifty middle school students working at dozens of tasks simultaneously. A group of seven returns from interviewing and video taping senior citizens in the nearby high rise about their past careers. They move to edit the tape and prepare a narrative report. Another group of three leaves to conduct More...
Learning to Read
by Wayne JenningsHow does a child learn to read? In spite of millions of dollars for reading research and the dedication and hard work of primary teachers, a fair number of children at every grade level are poor readers and , worse still, don"t like to read. I"ve wondered about this as various reading programs have come and gone through the years.
The federal governmen More...
INFANT LEARNING: KEY TO UNDERSTANDING ALL LEARNING
Wayne B. Jennings, Ph.D.
Isn't it remarkable how much we learn between birth and kindergarten in the informal home environment? By understanding how the infant learns without formal teachers or planned lessons, we see how powerful and productive the brain is in the management of learning.
It seems to make little difference to childr More...
Breakthroughs in Learning from Brain Based Schools
Wayne Jennings
The mental model of school most of carry in our heads comes from our experiences in schools of past decades. These schools used forms of instruction based on dated principles of learning. Today, research on the brain suggests a much more active learning environment. Knowledge about the brain's functioning helps us achieve More...
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