Applying the Science of Learning to Education

Developments of science of learning in education.- Part 1: Cognition and emotion for learning.- Brain signatures of reading within different types of learners and across written languages: Evidence and implications for education.- The science of mathematics learning: An integrative review of neuroimaging data in developmental dyscalculia.- The neuroscience of emotion and intrinsic motivation.- A strategic mindset for learning and life.- Part 2: Looking beyond the classroom for learning.- Why should reading (books) be preferable to watching (television)?- Optimizing adult guidance to facilitate children’s learning: Recent advances in developmental and computational cognitive sciences.- Physical activity as a tool for enhancing learning.- Nutrition to raise childhood cognition.- Part 3: Translating from laboratories to classroom.- Exploring the possibilities of eye-trackers in education.- Cognitive inhibition in the classroom.- Affordances of computational thinking activities in the development of spatial reasoning.- Bridging the research and policy/practice gap: Making a case for a bi-directional approach, multidisciplinary partnerships to tighten the nexus between science of learning and education.