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All courses are still available for registration. Small modifications have been made to courses due to school closures in consequence of COVID-19. Click here for further information.
Using Brain Research to Improve Learning
This course offers many different brain research-based strategies to help educators improve student learning. The course also provides an understanding of the brain and how it works, especially while the brain is learning. The basis of the course is developing an understanding of how the workings of the brain can help educators better their teaching. The strategies offered help improve student memory as well as memory retrieval which therefore helps them learn.
Students will be able to:
Relevancy to Practice: This course provides educators with the following relevant information to help improve their practice:
This is an online course. Please use course materials emailed to you upon your original registration.
This course addresses the following student learning outcomes to the degree shown in the table. Degree Addressed is rated according to the following scale:
1=Basic, 2=Developing, 3=Proficient, 4=Advanced
| Student Learning Outcome | Degree Addressed |
|---|---|
| 1. Demonstrate growth in content knowledge related to teaching assignment and the application of content knowledge to classroom instruction and assessment. | 3 |
| 2. Understand scientifically-based practices in teaching and learning, including strategies in literacy education, instructional technology, differentiation of instruction, and apply them to raise student achievement. | 2 |
| 3. Demonstrate multiple means of assessing and evaluating student learning and use them to change teaching and learning. | 2 |
| 4. Locate, interpret, synthesize, and apply educational research in best practices in teaching. | 2 |
| 5. Understand models for professional change, including teacher collaboration, professional learning communities, strategies for mentoring and coaching to facilitate change, and effective professional development. | 1 |
| 6. Demonstrate understanding of reflective practice that results in improved classroom teaching and learning, including teacher reflection, use of technology in self-assessment, collaboration for change, and self-management of change. | 2 |
| 7. Demonstrate understanding of system and organizational change in education, including models for school change and current research and trends in school change. | 1 |
| 8. Demonstrate responsibility for student learning at high levels. | 3 |
| 9. Demonstrate responsibility for school reform and leadership in school change. | 1 |
Readings
Video
Implementation
*NOTE: The example is meant to act as a reference for what different entries could look like in the hour log assignment. Although this example relates to the Growth Mindset course, it is meant to be used as a model for what to include in the hour log assignment. Students are expected to include their own entries.
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No-Risk Guarantee: You can cancel a course registration within 30-days and receive a 100% refund, no questions asked.
Registration Now Open: Register now and receive your course materials within 24 hours. Course materials are due within 6 months of registering for the course.
Price:
Starting at $189.00
Credits:
3
Graduate Credits
*Pricing may not include University Fees. Select option to include fees.
University Fee
Course fee may or may not include the university’s registration fee depending on the university partner. University fees are not included in the registration fee for Adam’s State University and University of Massachusetts Global.
Those additional fees are:
University of Massachusetts Global: $70/credit
Adam’s State University: $55/credit
Instructions for how to register with your selected University Partner and pay additional fees will be provided after registering with Credits for Teachers.
University fees for Colorado State University Pueblo are included in the course fees.
Please note that we cannot grant refunds for students who have already turned in work for a course, even if it is within the 30-day window.
Refunds Policy
Students are able to request a full refund of any Credits for Teachers course within 30 days of registration. In order to do so, please fill out the “Contact Us” form including your full name and the course you registered for and we will complete the refund.
Exchange Policy
Students are able to exchange one course for another within 30 days of registration as long as the course price is the same and the student does not change the university Partner. In order to exchange a course, please fill out the “Contact Us” form including your full name, course you have registered for and the course you would like to switch to.
Please note that we cannot exchange a course once for students who have already submitted their course for grading, even if it is within the 30-day window.
Transfer Policy
Students that would like to transfer their course from one university partner to another may have the opportunity to do so within the first 30 days of registering for a course. In order to transfer your course to a different University Partner, please fill out the “Contact Us” form including your full name, the course you are currently registered for and the new University Partner you’d like to switch to.
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