When education is framed primarily as optimizing neural circuitry, we risk losing sight of the full complexity of human ...

Daniel Coyle describes how Carol Dweck, in her ongoing quest to advance student potential, set out to test and explore student academic and social potential.

Most teachers who work in education today have studied — or at least are familiar with — VARK, a learning theory first introduced by Neil Fleming in 1987. VARK suggests that students can best ...

“Brain-based learning” is everywhere. From TED Talks to professional development workshops, educators are told that neuroscience holds the key to unlocking student potential. We hear about prefrontal ...

Teachers’ beliefs matter for student learning—but myths about the brain can be easily spread and hard to dislodge. The vast majority of active and future teachers—and even more of the general public ...