Most teachers who work in education today have studied — or at least are familiar with — VARK, a learning theory first introduced by Neil Fleming in 1987. VARK suggests that students can best ...

On Thursday, the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute welcomed Dani Bassett, a professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and an incoming professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale ...

Scientists, teachers and policy makers increasingly recognize the importance of understanding how the brain works when developing learning programs for students. Across the globe, a number of schools ...

Goal 1. Students will acquire a basic understanding of the topics studied and the methodologies used in the field of psychology. Learning Outcome 1a: Students will be able to demonstrate a general ...

“Brain-based learning” is everywhere. From TED Talks to professional development workshops, educators are told that neuroscience holds the key to unlocking student potential. We hear about prefrontal ...

Theresa McKim, Ph.D., is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. She teaches neurobiology, data science, neuroscience laboratory techniques, and ...

Learning involves changes in the brain and affects all aspects of human behaviour. Such brain changes are particularly pronounced during the early school years, when children learn for the first time ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and Duke University ...

Scientists warn that we lose something important when we shift from learning from books to learning from podcasts and videos. Imagine a group of people sitting around listening to a storyteller recite ...