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Predictors of Belief in Neurological Myths in United States Higher Education Faculty
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Jake C. Crawley – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative, correlational-predictive study was to understand if and to what extent the demographic variables Age, Gender, and Years of Experience individually or combined predict Belief in Neurological Myths among higher education faculty in the United States. The approach utilized is grounded in the ongoing study of belief…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Neurosciences, Measurement Techniques, Age Differences
An Analysis of EFL Students' Learning Main and Subskills in Terms of Hand Usage, Study Style and Gender
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Tomakin, Ercan – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The brain asymmetry and contralateral control of the body by the left and right brain hemispheres is known (Crystal, 1997; Fromkin, 1998). It is widely accepted that language lateralization, damage to the left brain, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and results show that the left brain is regarded as the language…
Descriptors: Handedness, Native Language, Gender Differences, Second Language Learning
What Does the Brain Have to Do with Learning?
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Worden, Jennifer M.; Hinton, Christina; Fischer, Kurt W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
There are several myths about neuroscientific findings that are widespread in education. Some of these myths are left brain/right brain, critical periods for learning, and gender differences in the brain. Belief in these "neuromyths" can negatively affect how we teach children. But ignoring important findings from neuroscience can be just as…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Misconceptions, Teaching Methods, Neurology
Learning and Memory Impairments in Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Andersen, Per N.; Egeland, Jens; Øie, Merete – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
There are relatively few studies on learning and delayed memory with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The objective of the present study was to examine acquisition, free delayed memory, and recognition skills in medication naive children and adolescents aged 8-16 years with ADHD combined subtype (36 participants) and inattentive…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Memory, Neurological Impairments
Executive Function: Implications for Education. NCER 2017-2000
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Zelazo, Philip David; Blair, Clancy B.; Willoughby, Michael T. – National Center for Education Research, 2016
Executive function (EF) skills are the attention-regulation skills that make it possible to sustain attention, keep goals and information in mind, refrain from responding immediately, resist distraction, tolerate frustration, consider the consequences of different behaviors, reflect on past experiences, and plan for the future. As EF research…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Attention Control, Educational Research, Learning Processes
Investigations of HPA Function and the Enduring Consequences of Stressors in Adolescence in Animal Models
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McCormick, Cheryl M.; Mathews, Iva Z.; Thomas, Catherine; Waters, Patti – Brain and Cognition, 2010
Developmental differences in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responsiveness to stressors and ongoing development of glucocorticoid-sensitive brain regions in adolescence suggest that similar to the neonatal period of ontogeny, adolescence may also be a sensitive period for programming effects of stressors on the central nervous system.…
Descriptors: Animals, Adolescents, Anatomy, Stress Variables