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Teachers tap into brain science to boost learning

Teachers tap into brain science to boost learning

07/01/2015 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Teachers tap into brain science to boost learning

Clip: 7/1/2015 | 6m 25s

Teachers tap into brain science to boost learning

Research on the brain and how we think and act is influencing the way some teachers teach. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters goes into a classroom where the instructor uses different methods to engage different parts of the students’ brains, then checks with a neuroscientist about whether that strategy actually works.

07/01/2015 | Rating NR

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