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Neuroscience of Learning
I feel so helpless … I don’t know what to do! It’s my daughter. I am at my wit’s end.
—Guardian
Teachers are not easily convinced. They have witnessed so many attempts to increase student academic performance that they are wary of the next change du jour. “If you KNEW the kind of students that I deal with, you would never suggest anything so crazy. Fifty bouncing balls in my classroom will be pure chaos, broken windows, fighting, and … and mayhem.” Then, a week later, they beat down my door. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner? How come I never knew this stuff?” What happens in the meantime is not a miracle … it is simply science. And when something works, and works every time, teachers are quick to want more. That has ...
