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41 Cognitive Skills in 6 Areas
Attention
The skills that help us control the focus of our attention and screen out distractions. These skills include: Sustained Attention (Visual and Auditory), Selective Attention (Visual and Auditory), Divided Attention, and Flexible Attention.
Memory
The ability to screen, hold onto, manipulate, store and retrieve information in our minds. These skills include: Short-Term Sensory Memory (Visual and Auditory), Immediate Memory (Visual and Auditory), Working Memory, Visual Spatial Memory, Long-Term Memory, Sequential Memory (Visual and Auditory), and Visual Simultaneous Memory.
Thinking
The ability to abstract and process information rapidly to solve a problem or meet a goal. These skills include: Logic, Reasoning, Planning, Problem-Solving, Strategic Thinking, Visual Thinking, Conceptual Thinking and Decision Speed.
Sensory Integration
The ability to process and make a coherent whole out of multiple sensory inputs and to control how our bodies interact with the environment. These skills include: Oculomotor skills, Visual-Motor Integration, Auditory-Motor Integration, Timing & Rhythm and Visual-Auditory Integration.
Auditory Processing
The skills that take in and process auditory information efficiently and accurately. These skills include: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Sequential Processing, and Auditory Processing Speed.
Visual Processing
The skills the enable us to take in and process visual information efficiently and accurately. These include: Visual Discrimination, Visual Figure Ground, Visual Form Consistency, Directionality, Visual Span, Visual Simultaneous Processing, Visual Sequential Processing, Visualization and Visual Processing Speed
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What Neuroscience Does and Doesn’t Contribute to Teaching and Learning, by Betsy Hill
It has become popular lately for neuroscience experts to disparage the efforts of educators to understand and apply what neuroscientists have been learning about the brain (as a recent article published by PBS does). Sometimes they even seem to wonder why we would be interested. We’re interested because that is where learning happens. Learning doesn’t […]
Every Day is Election Day — Even in Your Classroom, by Betsy Hill
As I was driving to work this morning, I listened to an interview with Rebecca Sive, the author of Every Day is Election Day. While Sive focuses specifically on women in elective office, my first thought when I heard the title of the book was, “Yes! This is what I have been saying for years.” […]
When Brain Training Works – Points of Controversy, by Betsy Hill and Roger Stark
Pre-publication publicity for a new book on the value of brain training claims that there are 5 conditions that make it effective. While it surfaces some important considerations, it is likely to disappoint anyone who adheres strictly to the five conditions. Here’s where the advice falls short: It must engage and exercise a core brain-based […]
Cognitive Skills Development as a Supplement to Vision Therapy, by Betsy Hill
I am a graduate of vision therapy myself. And I will never forget the moment when my vision, which had been blurry my entire life, suddenly became clear, following many months of hard work with a vision therapist. At the time, I thought it was a miracle. Today, I know that the “miracle” is the […]
The Mystery of Reading Comprehension, by Betsy Hill
Many students can read a passage,but afterwards are unable to tell you what they read. Or perhaps they can answer simple factual questions (regurgitate), but it really has no meaning for them and will be forgotten the next day. How students make the leap from decoding to understanding is something that has challenged teachers since […]
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Webinar: BrainWare SAFARI Case Studies: School Resource Setting
There are probably as many ways to implement cognitive skills training with BrainWare SAFARI in a school as there are schools, but they also have some important things in common. In this webinar, we will share the story of three successful BrainWare SAFARI implementations that focus on the use of the program in a resource setting,. We will describe each school’s journey – from how the initial decision to use the program was made to the results for students and the impact for the teachers. We will be offering this webinar at two different times:
Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at 3:30 p.m. Central Time
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time
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A Blueprint for Building a 21st Century Worker (New White Paper)
It is becoming increasingly clear from neuroscience research that intelligence is not fixed and that the ability to learn, think and problem-solve can be enhanced at any age. The implications of this new knowledge in the workplace are profound. It means that poorly prepared entry-level workers can make significant improvements in their ability to meet workplace requirements in weeks. It means that the effectiveness of corporate training programs can be dramatically improved, whether the training is for job-specific skills or for so-called “soft skills” like critical thinking, communication or collaboration. It means that it is possible to develop the overall cognitive capacity of both individuals and organizations. Read our new white paper that explores the implications of neuroscience research for the preparation and training of workers for 21st century work.
Indiana State-Wide Neuroscience and Education Study
We are working with the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University on an independent research study that w would serve to inform policy decisions regarding the adoption of BrainWare SAFARI across a broad spectrum of elementary schools and student populations. Get more information about the upcoming Indiana State-Wide Neuroscience in Education Study.