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Churches, Richard; Dommett, Eleanor J.; Devonshire, Ian M.; Hall, Robin; Higgins, Steve; Korin, Astrid – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2020
We initiated and structured a single program that supervised teachers, some with neuroscience or psychology degrees, to collaborate and explore the effects of science of learning-translated pedagogy. This article reports on the 34 findings from teacher-led randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and replications. Teachers designed trials, looking at…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Teacher Researchers, Research Design, Attention
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Markant, Douglas B.; Ruggeri, Azzurra; Gureckis, Todd M.; Xu, Fei – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2016
Despite widespread consensus among educators that "active learning" leads to better outcomes than comparatively passive forms of instruction, it is often unclear why these benefits arise. In this article, we review research showing that the opportunity to control the information experienced while learning leads to improved memory…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Processes, Outcomes of Education, Teaching Methods
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Prabhakar, Janani; Coughlin, Christine; Ghetti, Simona – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2016
Episodic prospection is the ability to mentally simulate personal future events that are rich in contextual detail and plausible for the individual. It therefore incorporates episodic information (who, what, where, and when of a particular event), as well as details about one's self (e.g., knowledge, goals, motivations and desires). The ability to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Neurological Organization, Memory
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Owens, Judith; Drobnich, Darrel; Baylor, Allison; Lewin, Daniel – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2014
In response to the scientific evidence documenting both profound developmental changes in sleep and circadian biology during adolescence and the myriad of negative health, performance, and safety outcomes risks associated with chronic sleep loss, at least 70 public school districts in the United States, representing approximately 1,000 schools,…
Descriptors: School Schedules, School Districts, Educational Change, Sleep
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Zocchi, Meghan; Pollack, Courtney – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2013
In recent years, educational neuroscience has begun to move into the limelight, suggesting an increased importance on the ethical considerations of educational neuroscience work, or "educational neuroethics." In a departure from previous work on educational neuroethics, this article focuses on the ethical considerations that are applicable to…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Ethics, Educational Research, Journal Articles
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Doucerain, Matthias; Fellows, Lesley K. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2012
This literature review uses four dimensions to classify and compare how food-related decision-making is conceptualized and experimentally assessed in neuroscience and other disciplines: (1) food-related decision-making other than the decision of "what" to eat that is part of each eating episode, (2) decision complexes other than the…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Neurosciences, Psychology, Education