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January 01, 2005
Neuroscience
Brain Awareness Week
Brain Awareness Week is an international effort organized by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives to advance public awareness about the progress, promise, and benefits of brain research. The Dana Alliance is joined in the campaign by partners in the United States and around the world, including medical and research organizations; patient advocacy groups; the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies; service groups; hospitals and universities; K-12 schools; and professional organizations.
Brain Awareness Week Website.
Foundations
National Science Foundation.
Scientifically developed brain-based learning
Cognitive Tutor® Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutors are based on more than 20 years of scientific research into how students think, learn, and apply new knowledge in mathematics. The system is built on cognitive models, which represent the knowledge a student might possess about a given subject. The software assesses each student's prior mathematical knowledge on a step-by-step basis and presents curricula tailored to his or her individual skill level.
The Brain from top to bottom is a website designed to popularize scientific information about the brain and human behaviours and aimed at all public audiences by McGill University. It is available in both English and French.
Information Sites
Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn about the nervous system.
Brain, Neurosciences and Education, A special interest group of the American Educational Research Association, their purpose being to promote an understanding of neuroscience research within the educational community, by promoting neuroscience research that has implications for educational practice, and by providing a forum for the issues and controversies connecting these two fields.
Learning Lab Denmark is a practice-oriented research organisation that focuses on learning, competence development and knowledge creation for individuals, organisations, and society in general.
The Society for Neuroscience is a nonprofit membership organization of basic scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system. Neuroscience includes the study of brain development, sensation and perception, learning and memory, movement, sleep, stress, aging and neurological and psychiatric disorders. It also includes the molecules, cells and genes responsible for nervous system functioning.
The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives is a nonprofit organization of more than 200 pre-eminent neuroscientists, including 10 Nobel laureates, dedicated to advancing education about the brain. The Dana.org website serves as a gateway to brain information where you can find the latest news and validated sites about the brain and brain disorders.
The University of Delaware Children's Math Project is an exciting longitudinal study that is currently underway in several elementary schools in Delaware, there are many useful links to websites that might be interesting to teachers, parents, and reasearchers.
Adults Learning Mathematics, ALM is an international research forum bringing together researchers and practitioners in adult mathematics/numeracy teaching and learning in order to promote the learning of mathematics by adults. ALM encourages research into adults learning mathematics and promotes and shares knowledge, awareness and understanding of adults learning mathematics. This website contains information about ALM's activities including events, news, networking and publications.
Brain Maps
The Whole Brain Atlas (WBA) consists of a library of images of normal and abnormal human brains created by Keith A. Johnson and J. Alex Becker and sponsored by the Departments of Radiology and Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, the Countway Library of Medicine, and the American Academy of Neurology. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) techniques, the developers of this site have created a catalog of human brain images.
The Lundbeck Institute in Denmark which is an international forum for education and interaction for CNS professionals, has a very complete Brain Atlas website.
The Society for Neuroscience website has a good section on Brain Backgrounders, complete with brain maps.
The Virtual Hospital has a section with clear images of dissections of the human brain.
Brain Resources
Brain Glossary
Posted by Kristie at January 1, 2005 11:01 AM