Teaching Motivated Minds: Austin TX, November 12-14
Watch talks, interviews, and short explorations of cognitive science, education, and classroom practice.
Centre for Educational Neuroscience
How can teachers distinguish good advice from claims that merely “come from research”? This talk offers practical strategies for evaluating research-based claims—and for deciding what deserves our confidence in the classroom.
Teaching Fellows Institute
What happens when students learn—and why do they sometimes forget? This webinar explores long-term memory, encoding, consolidation, and retrieval, with particular attention to the implications for teaching and learning.
Teaching Fellows Institute
Why do students struggle to focus, even when they seem to be trying? This talk explores the cognitive science of attention—and how understanding its limits can help us think differently about classroom behavior and learning.
Pedagogy non Grata
How can teachers use cognitive science research to improve classroom practice without oversimplifying what the research actually says? A conversation with Nate Hansford about research, evidence, and professional judgment.
Teaching Fellows Institute
Research should influence how we teach—but “research says so” shouldn’t end the conversation. This talk explores how educators can balance trust and skepticism when deciding which research findings and recommendations deserve their confidence.
researchED USA
Teachers frequently encounter “brain-based” claims that sound scientific but rest on shaky foundations. This lively presentation offers practical ways to distinguish useful cognitive science from neuromyths, exaggeration, and research that has been stretched too far.
Start with “Because the Research Says So.”
Start with “The Science of Long-Term Memory.”
Start with “Why Don’t They Just Pay Attention?!”
