EDUC 5738 - Powerful Strategies to Build Memory

2 Credit Hours

What do you know about the brain and how students often fool themselves into thinking they are learning? Are you interested in learning remedies for procrastination, the power of lesson plans and how to ensure your students remain engaged in your content? If so, this workshop is for you! You will learn how to help your students remember information long-term and how to teach inclusively in a diverse classroom where students have a wide range of abilities. This class will boost your teaching practices using Page | 2 research-based tools to help your students get the most out of learning. Every educator, no matter how long you’ve been teaching, will gain a better understanding of how the brain functions and acquire specific strategies that should be used while teaching. In this workshop we will utilize the book: Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn by Barbara Oakley, PhD; Beth Rogowsky, EdD; Terrence J Sejnowski, PhD.