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With Larry Ferlazzo

In this EdWeek blog, an experiment in knowledge-gathering, Ferlazzo will address readers’ questions on classroom management, ELL instruction, lesson planning, and other issues facing teachers. Send your questions to lferlazzo@epe.org. Read more from this blog.

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Q&A Collections: Learning & the Brain

By Larry Ferlazzo — August 13, 2021 1 min read
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During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 10 years. You can see all those collections from the first nine years here.

Here are the ones I’ve published so far:

The 11 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts of the Year

Race & Racism in Schools

School Closures & the Coronavirus Crisis

Classroom-Management Advice

Best Ways to Begin the School Year

Best Ways to End the School Year

Student Motivation & Social-Emotional Learning

Implementing the Common Core

Challenging Normative Gender Culture in 91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ

Teaching Social Studies

Cooperative & Collaborative Learning

Using Tech With Students

Student Voices

Parent Engagement in Schools

Teaching English-Language Learners

Reading Instruction

Writing Instruction

91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ Policy Issues

Assessment

Differentiating Instruction

Math Instruction

Science Instruction

Advice for New Teachers

Author Interviews

Entering the Teaching Profession

The Inclusive Classroom

Today’s theme is on learning and the brain. You can see the list of posts following this excerpt from one of them:

myexperiencesousa

David Sousa, author of the popular book, (now in its 5th edition), agreed to answer a few questions about it.

The staff at brought together three affiliated neuroscientists to make contributions in this first post of a four-part series.

Educators Wendi Pillars and Wendy Ostroff offer their experiences in this post.

David Dockterman, Renate N. Caine, Ph.D., and Kevin D. Washburn, Ed.D., contributetheir responses here.

In this post, I share some of my thoughts, a guest response from well-known author and researcher David A. Sousa, and comments left by readers.

The opinions expressed in Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo are strictly those of the author(s) and do not reflect the opinions or endorsement of 91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ, or any of its publications.

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