Workshops and presentations
— grounded in neuroscience and psychology —
for teachers, students, and parents.
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Professional Development
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FOR Students & PareNTS:
PRESENTATIONS
These lively and informative talks help students — and their parents — understand what happens inside their heads as they learn.
For EVERYONE:
recommended Resources
Need a place to start or to expand your knowledge of the field? These books and articles will expand your horizons.
Upcoming Workshops and Presentations
The Goldilocks Map: A Teacher’s Guide to Research Skepticism
and
Thinking creates Learning:
the Science of Working Memory
The Rocky Mountain MBE Conference,
presented by reseachED and
the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
November 8, 2024
In person, Denver CO
Emotions, Thoughts, and Actions:
Rethinking Intrinsic Motivation
“Teaching Emotional Brains”: Learning and the Brain
November 22-24
In person and online, Boston MA
Working memory and attention
February 14, 2024
In person, Edmonton Canada
“Don't Blame the Students: The Surprising Science of Classroom Attention”
Teaching Stronger brains: Learning and the Brain
February 20-22, 2025
In person and online, San Francisco CA
“All the Research Says So”: Practical Strategies to Evaluate ‘Research-Based’ teaching advice
National Association of Independent Schools: Thrive 2025
February 26-28, 2025
In person, Nashville TN
Thinking Creates Learning: The Essentials of Working Memory
&
“What Does the Research Say?”: Critically Evaluating ‘Research-Based’ Teaching Advice
researchED Haninge
March 15, 2024
In person, Haninge Sweden
Videos and Podcasts
VIDEOS
Won’t Get Fooled Again:
Avoiding Neurobunk Advice from Dunning-Kruger Expents
researchED, 2020
The Surprising Science of Attention
Teaching Fellows Institute, 2023
PODCASTS
A Conversation on Teachers and Researchers Working Together
The Learning Scientists,
Host, Dr. Cindy Nebel
Reviewing Research with Healthy Skepticism
Melissa and Lori Love Literacy
The Role of Neuroscience in Education, with Kristin Simmers
Progressively Incorrect, Season 2 Episode 8
Host, Dr. Zach Groschell
Remembering the Future: Prospective Memory
Test and the Rest, Episode 401
Hosts, Amy Seeley and Mike Bergin
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