Leslie Owen Wilson 1997, 2005, restrictions on usage

Brain-based education - The following links revolve around one of the newer concepts in education, brain-based education. Represented as well are general resources offering related insights into what neuroscience says about teaching and learning and the brain, and educational techniques that are actually keyed to help the brain learn and remember.

If you try to reach a site that has been hyperlinked and get an error message or a "page not found message," try again later. If the site still fails to appear after repeated tries, please contact me and let me know via my e-mail link so that I can remove it from my list. I know how terribly frustrating it is to click on a hyperlink and get a "page not found" message. Also, if you find an interesting or informative site related to my topic headings -- one not already part of my lists, please let me know the address so I can add it.  Thanks!

Have fun browsing and many blessings!  Leslie

My site also includes a number of brain-based learning links.

• Overview of Brain-based Education 

• Using Brain-based education to optimize learning

• Resources on Brain-based Learning and Teaching 

• ED 790 Brain-based learning - course related materials

**How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school - A really nice resource for finding out about the brain and learning

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Absolute musts for teachers and parents of teenagers!

Frontline - Inside the teenage brain from PBS

Frontline - Adolescents and Sleep

National Institute of Mental Health - Teenage brain - A work in progress - Article on the differences in teen brains

Secrets of the Teen Brain -- An issue of TIME devoted to this topic

The teen brain - From USA - An easy to read article

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Book Publishers: Both Corwin Press and ASCD (Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development) have really great books on brain-based teaching and learning.

Brain Compatible Learning: Neuroscience in the Classroom - Transcription of an enlightening conversation with experts like James Zull on the state and implications of brain-based education from ABC Radio. 

Brain Connections - A comprehensive site dedicated to answering a number of questions about the physiology of the brain.  An excellent resource for learning how the brain works and for finding related materials that are discipline specific to brain compatible techniques.

Brain Connections II -- Different site from the previous site and one that has hyperlinks to an array of materials on the brain and how it learns -- excellent resource for those who want to learn more.

Brain Hemispheric Preference Test - Even though modern neuroscience considers specific hemispheric preferences  a bit pass, the test is fun. 

Brain Research - An extensive series of links to sites and resources about brain research, including sensory and brain functions, consciousness, learning, creativity and neuroscience.

Brainwork - A site that provides lots of hints and information on brain-based learning. 

Brainy-child - A site that offers exercises, advice and many link to help parents boost the IQ and thinking capacity of children.

Bridging the Gender Gap - A intriguing series of articles on brain, learning, and gender differences based on a project and research by students from Stanford University. Read the one by Tricia Lee in the Childhood section.    

Caine Learning LLC - Experts and authors on brain-based education, this is the homepage for husband and wife team Renate and Geoffrey Caine.

Educapes - An overview with links

Eric Jensen's' Corporate Site - Provides information regarding training and workshops related to brain-based learning.  Provides basic information on brain-based learning and a list of relevant links.

Funderstandings - A general index of learning theories and excellent on-line resource.

Gender differences and the Brain - "He/She Thinks" from the Discover Magazine

Handedness - Understanding handedness and laterialization

Learning Theory Funhouse - A comprehensive site that has a number of links and brief concise explanations for a number of newer theories of learning.

Lots of Links for Brain-based Learning - A comprehensive array of hyperlinks to many different sites on BB.

Montgomery County Public Schools - A school-based site with overviews and links.

New Horizons for Learning - Great overview of neuroscience with many references and resources hot links. 

Neuroscience for Kids Website  - Eric H. Chudler provides wonderful resources to use with children, including information on the nervous system, activities for students, and other useful links.  

Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain - A wonderful series of links from a beginning psychology course from Moraine Community College. 

Quantum Learning - A multi-modal, brain-based approach

Society of Neuroscience - This is simply the tip of a huge iceberg as this page leads to a directory of numerous brief articles on an array of topics about the brain.  This a fantastic site for anyone wanting to know more about the brain! Great illustrations and many topics.  

PBS - Secret life of the brain - Link from PBS based on the book and TV series by the same name -- excellent site, plus free downloads and program guides for teachers.

Serendipity - Great place to begin and a wonderful array of links.

Teacher Tap - Overview of Types of Thinking with links - the materials on Bloom are pass but the other materials are a nice introduction.

The Walrus - The teenage brain - An article explaining the differences in teen brains

What can we learn from Einstein's brain? Brief blog on the physiological differences between Al's brain and those of others. Check out other links off this Smart-kit site.

What makes teen brains tick - TIME magazine's online version of the story -- but unfortunately you have to pay a small fee to read the whole online version. 

Videos: For local users there are a number of related videos housed in the Instructional Media Center (IMC), 3rd floor, of the LRC at UW-SP. For browsers outside the Central Wisconsin area, check your local library or university for interlibrary loans.

• Inside the teenage brain [videorecording] / written, produced, and directed by Sarah Spinks.  Spin Free Productions. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) CTV Television Network. Discovery Channel Canada.  PBS Video.

• The Brain and reading [videorecording] D'Arcangelo, Marcia. (ASCD)  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Alexandria, VA: 3 cassettes + 1 facilitator's guide.

• The Secret life of the brain [videorecording] WNET(Television station : New York, N.Y.) David Grubin Productions. PBS Home Video. 5 cassettes.

• Shaping youngest minds [videorecording] Phyfer, David (Director). Learning Seed Company. Lake Zurich, IL.

• The Brain and learning [videorecording] D'Arcangelo, Marcia and Nieboer, Laura. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Alexandria, VA: 4 cassettes + facilitator's guide.

• Teaching to the brain [videorecording]Ward & Associates. Learning Channel (Firm) National Education Association of the United States.  NEA Professional Library (Association) Title.  

• Brain sex [videorecording] Harris, Jonathan. Moir, Anne. Primedia Productions. Quality Time Television Limited. Primetime Television Limited. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Discovery Channel. Discovery Program Enterprises. Bethesda, MD.