Our Latest EdWeek Commentary Highlights an Underappreciated Strategy: Teaching Students About How Learning Changes the Brain

Marcus and I had an opportunity to stress the importance of teaching students about their brains and learning when responding to a question for Education Week as a
part of the popular Classroom Q&A with Larry Ferlazzo.

The
question
for this blog post was: "What is an instructional strategy and/or
teaching concept that you think is underused/underappreciated in the
classroom and should be

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