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Neuroscientists are discovering strategies that make learning easier, more effective, and that can boost long-term memory,
thinking and academic performance. By using mnemonics, movement, active learning, discussions, gestures and varied practices, teachers can improve their students’ ability to learn, reflect and remember. Discover how the “Science of Learning” can help boost student retention, recall and retrieval of information.

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Learning Objectives

Explore the brain science of memory, emotions and learning

Use strategies to increase retention, thinking and problem solving

Apply gestures, movement and action to language and mathematics

Teach students “how to learn” and ways to make them more “active”

Achieve mastery over complex knowledge and avoid the wrong ways to study

Use brain training and technology to improve working memory and reasoning

Explain the advantages of test-enhanced methods, spaced practices and forgetting

Examine the benefits of kinesthetics and hands-on activities for longer memory

Understand how sleep, exercise, movement, dance and gestures boost recall

Apply desirable difficulties and discussions to enhance comprehension

Discover strategies for mnemonics, metacognition and metamemory

Connect Common Core Standards to memory and active learning

Who Should Attend

Educators, Parents

Curriculum, Staff Developers

Speech-Language Pathologists

PreK-12 Teachers, Administrators

Learning Specialists, Special Educators

Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors

Active Learning, Common Core Specialists

Language, Arts, Math, Science Teachers

Superintendents, Principals, School Heads

Occupational, Fitness, Health Professionals

College, University, Teen Educators

School Reformers, Policy Makers

Co-Sponsors Include:

School of Education, Stanford University

Building Blocks of Cognition, University of California, Berkeley

Gazzaley Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, University of California, San Francisco

The Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara

Mind, Brain and Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Comer School Development Program, Yale University School of Medicine

The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, The Dana Foundation

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)

National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)

Edutopia, The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Laboratory of Educational NeuroScience, University of California, San Francisco

LEARNING & the BRAIN® Foundation

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