Educational Neuroscience - 9781138240346

Taylor & Francis

Educational NeuroscienceDevelopment Across the Life Span\nAuthor(s): Michael S. C. Thomas, Denis Mareschal, Iroise Dumontheil\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138240346, 978-1138240346\nSynopsis\nThe field of educational neuroscience uses new insights about the neural mechanisms of learning to improve educational practices and outcomes. The first volume to bring together the latest knowledge on the development of educational neuroscience from a life-span perspective, this important text offers state of the art, authoritative research findings in educational neuroscience before providing evidence-based recommendations for classroom practice.\n\nThomas, Mareschal, Dumontheil, and the team of expert international contributors assembled in this volume thoroughly explore four main themes throughout the book. The first theme is individual differences, or what makes children perform better or worse in the classroom. The.