Simple neuroscience for the classroom

“When educators learn about how the brain creates behavior and processes information, and when they share that knowledge with students, they are sharing empowerment with their students. Informed teachers help students understand their ability to change their own brains and experience success and renewed confidence.

To be an educator without understanding the implications of brain-changing neuroplasticity is a great loss to educators and their future students”.

Dr Judy Willis, a graduate neurologist from UCLA School of Medicine, and classroom teacher, is an authority on brain research into learning and the brain.

Improve student outcomes

Research informs better student outcomes when simple neuroscience insights are applied:

“Results show that inducing a growth mindset by teaching neuroplasticity has an overall positive effect on motivation, achievement, and brain activity.... The results also reveal that this intervention seems more beneficial for at-risk students, especially regarding mathematics achievement”.

‘Effects of teaching the concept of neuroplasticity to induce a growth mindset on motivation, achievement, and brain activity: A meta-analysis’

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2018.07.003