Good short article talking about what we do know (learning experiences do help the brain grow, emotional safety does influence learning, and making lessons relevant can help information stick), standards of proof, and dispelling a series of myth, including:
- The brain is static, unchanging, and set before you start school
- Some people are left-brained and some are right-brained
- We use only 10 percent of our brains.
- Male and female brains are radically different
- The ages 0-3 are more important than any other age for learn
These are all nonsense and simply not supported by the research. But there's no end of pundits and gurus passing these off as 'common wisdom'.
- The brain is static, unchanging, and set before you start school
- Some people are left-brained and some are right-brained
- We use only 10 percent of our brains.
- Male and female brains are radically different
- The ages 0-3 are more important than any other age for learn
These are all nonsense and simply not supported by the research. But there's no end of pundits and gurus passing these off as 'common wisdom'.
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