Neuroscience of Complex Learning |
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Neuroscience of Complex Learning |
Neuroscience has generally had a distant relationship to education. Many have discussed with excitement but without substance the promise of direct neuroscience-education links. But perhaps its time has come, now that cognitive neuroscience and cognitive science of education have progressed far enough that meaningful links are possible. Focus on mathematics and science learning, we explore new methods of conducting training interventions that are directly informed by the cognitive neuroscience of learning as well as training methods that use real-time neuroscience data to guide instruction.
Training Arithmetic Fluency |
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Training Arithmetic Fluency |
In many domains of learning, there is a debate regarding whether learning should involve meaning or fluency. We explore an integration account based on cognitive neuroscience findings regarding areas of activity in mathematical tasks as well as recent results from the cognitive neuroscience of language learning. We have developed training regimes that should optimize learning, and use cognitive neuroscience techniques to verify the underlying mechanisms.
RECENT FINDINGS
Multi-day practice with multi-digit subtraction and addition can improve mathematical performance even in SAT-like complex problems.
Quality of symbol-quantity integration can be precisely measured using behavioral and ERP measures.