This course provides classroom application strategies and techniques for translating the current research in cognitive science on teaching and learning. Beginning with how the brain processes information, course content includes the functions of the senses, working memory, long-term memory, storage and retrieval, and the development of self-concept. Classroom application issues such as how and when to present new information, techniques to improve processing and retention, left/right brain preferences, and promoting higher-level thinking will also be explored.

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