Brain Research

As an administrator I have been to workshops about effective evaluation and how to identify effective teachers. We have discussed leadership traits. We have set goals. We have developed and refined policy. Through this all we remind ourselves that we are doing to this because it is the student that matters. I began to wonder when we are going to learn more about our students. What are we missing? What can research tell us about our “clients”?

Brain research is not a new field but it seems to be slow in coming to education. My first dive into several articles is summarized here.