1st Edition
Learning Under the Lens Applying Findings from the Science of Learning to the Classroom
Prologue
The ‘Science of Learning’: Birth or Renaissance
John Hattie and Annita Nugent
Part 1: Science of Learning: A Policy Perspective
1. Science of Learning: An International Perspective
Barry McGaw
2. National Efforts in the Science of Learning: Case Reports from United States, Australia and Brazil
Annita Nugent, Soo-Siang Lim and Roberto Lent
3. Creating an Impact, Leaving an Impression: Learnings from the Australian Science of Learning Research Centre
Annita Nugent, Annemaree Carroll, John Hattie and Uwe Dulleck
Part 2: Self Regulation of Learning
4. Neuroplasticity: From Cells to Circuits and Brains Towards the Classroom
Roberto Lent, Sidarta Ribeiro and João Ricardo Sato
5. Foreign Language Anxiety: Translating Cognitive Neuroscience to the Classroom
Brendan Weekes
6. Addressing Mathematics Anxiety in Primary Teaching
Sarah Buckley, Kate Reid, Ottmar Lipp, Merrilyn Goos, Narelle Bethune and Sue Thomson
7. Innovative Approaches to Measure and Promote Emotion Regulation in the Classroom from a Science of Learning Perspective
Annemaree Carroll and Julie Bower
8. Building a Secure Learning Environment Through Social Connectedness
Ross Cunnington, Stephanie McMahon, Chase Sherwell and Robyn Gillies
9. The Master™ Focus Program: A Theoretically Informed Meta-Attention Intervention for Early Adolescence
Deberea Sherlock and Aisling Mulvihill
Part 3: Technology and Learning
10. Design for Learning in An Age of Rapidly Evolving Technology
Nancy Law
11. Digital Learning Environments, the Science of Learning and the Relationship Between the Teacher and the Learner
Jason Lodge, Gregor Kennedy and Lori Lockyer
Part 4: Research Translation
12. Research to Reality: Feedback Coaching – Building Teacher Capability to Improve Learning Outcomes
Cameron Brooks and Rochelle Burton
13. Translating the Science of Learning Through Co-Design: Working with Teachers to Prioritise Executive Functioning Skills in Mathematics Education
Simon Leonard and Martin Westwell
14. Developing a Model for the Translation of Science of Learning Research to the Classroom
Stephanie McMahon, Annita Nugent and Annemaree Carroll
Discussant
Chartering New Waters in the Science of Learning: Reflections on the Emergence of the Science of Learning in Australia and Its Place on the International Landscape by An Outside Insider
Sean Kang
Biography
Annemaree Carroll is Professor in Educational Psychology at The University of Queensland and Chief Investigator and Co-ordinator of Translational Outcomes within the Australian Research Council – Special Research Initiative, Science of Learning Research Centre.
Ross Cunnington is Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at The University of Queensland and Deputy Director of the Science of Learning Research Centre. In 2016 Ross was appointed as an Honorary Senior Neuroscience Fellow by the International Bureau of Education, UNESCO.
Annita Nugent is the Manager of Research Translation with the Science of Learning Research Centre.
