Educational Neuroscience: Article Analysis “Big Plans for Little Brains”

Locate an article that investigates findings from cognitive and neuroscientific research. Provide a brief summary of the article and explain how the findings could be translated into what educators do in schools and classrooms. Do the findings support differentiated teaching and learning? Why or why not?

Article: “Big plans for little brains”

Experts in neuroscience, computing and education are coming together in a massive effort to put the way in which children are taught on a sounder scientific footing. Trisha Gura profiles the ambitious – some might say foolhardy – initiative.

NATURE|Vol 435|30 June 2005