The Science of Learning--What Every Teacher Should Know - Teachers College
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An introductory teaching course for K-12 teachers about the science of learning and how to use current research to improve classroom outcomes.
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Subjects
- Learning Processes
- Teacher Training
- Teacher Education
- Learning and Development
- Academic success
Course programme
What you'll learn
- How the brain encodes memories, stores them, and retrieves them for later use.
- Why working memory is so important for learning and ways to prevent it from getting overloaded.
- Strategies for making memories that “stick” and can be readily recalled when needed.
- Misconceptions that many students have about learning and ways to correct them.
- How student mindsets and beliefs about learning can help or hinder their academic success.
- How to help students become independent and self-regulated learners so they can lead their own learning.
- Teaching strategies and assessment techniques that maximize student learning.
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The Science of Learning--What Every Teacher Should Know - Teachers College