Exploring Walden Library and search engine links in brain and learning

I researched the Walden Library link for neuroscience and was sent to a website for the Society for Neuroscience at www.sfn.org .


They have a list of resources and publications, including a Neuroscientist and Teacher Partnership Program. I found contact information for a Neuroscientist in this program from the University of California, Santa Barbara; one from the BioVIS/Technology Center at the AMES Research Center, NASA at Moffat Field, California; and one from the Yeshiva University of Los Angeles… all of whom are close to where I live. The list is very long. Continuing my search in this site I found a resource for K-12 educators called Society for Neuroscience – Nerve that offers a pull-down menu.

I continued the link at www.sfn.org to the Neuroscience Education Resources – NERVE “Virtual Encycloportal” and a pull-down menu to a link http://nsdl.org which lists itself as a site for National Science Digital Library Learning Resources and mentions that it is link for lesson plans and activities for all science disciplines, and from there one can reach subcategories like Problem-Based Learning or Learning Theory.

From there I followed a link to K-2 education and how the brain learns comparing computer games to lectures. A commercial game creator had two teams of experts evaluate their computer games, especially regarding how children learn, comparing computer games to lecture.

I used the Walden Library, found a link to Neuroscience and from there to the Society for Neuroscience www.sfn.org and from there to research for Educators, and then, specifically for K-2 educators.

On the other end of the spectrum I followed another link to the final outcome, by researching “learning” to a book written by Barbara J. Duch , Susan E. Groh , and Deborah E. Allen called
"POWER PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (pb) A Practical "How To" for Teaching Undergraduate Courses in Any Discipline."

Following a trail from Google Search in Learning Theories I found the National Science Digital Library following a pathway from the National Science Digital Library I found, listed in their Neuroscience Education Resources “Virtual Encycloportal” and a pull-down menu to a link http://nsdl.org which lists itself as a site for National Science Digital Library Learning Resources and mentions that it is link for lesson plans and activities for all science disciplines, and from there one can reach subcategories like Problem-Based Learning or Learning Theory and found an article published in the Phi Delta Kappan, a publication for educators by a Mr. Jensen regarding the connections between “brain function” and educational practice.

References:

Eric P. Jensen, A Fresh Look at Brain-Based Education, Phi Delta Kappan, 2009, www.pdkintl.org/kappan

The Effectiveness of An Educational CD-ROM Game
Evaluation of Journey Into the Brain© Claremont Graduate University Research Institute
Anita Blanchard, Dale Berger, Ph.D., Tom Horan, Ph.D, www.morphonix.com.software/education/brain/brain/game_education_research.html

Computer Versus Lecture Presentations for Children's Comprehension of Educational Material Sandra L. Calvert, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, www.morphonix.com.software/education/brain/brain/game_education_research.html

POWER PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (pb)
A Practical "How To" for Teaching Undergraduate Courses in Any Discipline,

Barbara J. Duch , Susan E. Groh , and Deborah E. Allen ,University of Delaware Publications

Week 2

I have added very interesting Instructional Design and Technology RSS feeds from other students in my class to finish Week 2.  I am delighted to be in contact with so many bright people!