A close-up look at the adolescent brain: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore at TEDGlobal2012. “Fifteen years ago, it was widely assumed that the vast majority of brain development takes place in the first few years of life,” says professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, who heads up the Developmental Group at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience.
“Back then we didn’t have the ability to look inside the living human brain and track development across the lifespan.” But that’s all changed. QUIZZES-TESTS-CLOZE. Brain-Friendly Teaching (1): Putting Brain-Friendly Strategies To Work. How can the findings of current brain research be applied in the classroom to help students perform best on standardized tests?
Marilee Sprenger details seven steps to move information from sensory memory to long-term memory. "In the United States, most schools prepare for standardized tests by spending a large amount of time a few months prior to testing on review," observes brain expert Marilee Sprenger. "Although that has been known to raise test scores in comparison to schools that do not follow that process, it does not put information into long-term memory. Brain-Based Learning. Brain-based learning, ideas, and materials.