Posts Tagged ‘academic-success’
Brain Development Through Bilingual Education and Activities Requiring Self-Control
How To Help Your Child’s Brain Grow Up Strong (NPR): — “Kids who learn two languages young are better able to learn abstract rules and to reverse rules that they’ve already learned,” says Aamodt. “They’re less likely to have difficulty choosing between conflicting possibilities when there are two possible responses that both present themselves. They’re…
Read MoreWorking memory: a better predictor of academic success than IQ?
Working memory is the ability to hold information in your head and manipulate it mentally. It is a good predictor for academic success.
Read MoreComparing Working Memory Training & Medication Treatment for ADHD
Working memory (WM) is the cognitive system responsible for the temporary storage and manipulation of information and plays an important role in both learning and focusing attention. Considerable research has documented that many children and adults with ADHD have WM deficits and that this contributes to difficulties associated with the disorder. For an excellent introduction…
Read MoreCarnival of Education #159: Briefing the Next US President on 35 Issues
Dear Mr or Mrs Next US President, Thank you for stopping during recess for a quick study session. 35 educators have collaborated to present this Carnival of Education as a useful lesson plan for you and your education policy team on what our real concerns and suggestions are. In case this is your first visit to…
Read MoreThe First Step Is Failure
Joanne Jacobs, educator, blogger and author of Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea and the Charter School That Beat the Odds, participates today in our Author Speaks Series with an excellent article on how “Schools won’t improve until administrators and teachers can admit the problems, analyze what’s going wrong and…
Read MoreTheater for brain fitness
Cognitive Daily brings an intriguing article titled Is theater the ultimate brain fitness product?, based on research published in 2004 by Helga and Tony Noice. Very interesting results on memory and problem-solving. Will investigate whether that experiment has been replicated since then and we can recommend such a fun (and demanding) brain fitness activity! If you…
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