The teachers and leaders of South Bay Consortium of Adult Education learned about the Science of Learning with Dr. Uncapher in a half-day professional development session. The consortium serves 30,000 adult ed learners throughout the Bay Area. Learn more about them here.

Learn more about our Science of Learning teacher training programs here.

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Dr. Uncapher contributed an article to Deans for Impact's blog Prepped, busting the neuromyth that we only use 10% of our brain. Read the article here.

Dr. Uncapher gave a final workshop on the Science of Learning to leadership of Santa Clara Unified School District, serving 16,000 students in the Bay Area. This session covered practical tools and practices that teachers and students can use to deepen learning.

Find out more about Science of Learning teacher training and curriculum design here or email education@appliedneuro.org 

Dr. Uncapher leads the educational neuroscience efforts of UCSF's cognitive neuroscience division. She directs a multi-institutional edneuro network, sponsored by a grant from National Science Foundation (NSF), to bring together researchers at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSF to investigate how executive functioning (e.g., attention, cognitive control, working memory) contributes to academic achievement in middle childhood (ages 7-12). Her co-principal investigators are Dr. Adam Gazzaley (UCSF), Dr. Silvia Bunge (UC Berkeley), Dr. Bruce McCandless (Stanford), Dr. Fumiko Hoeft (UCSF), Dr. Jyoti Mishra (UCSF), Dr. Joaquin Anguerra (UCSF), and Dr. Miriam Rosenberg-Lee (Stanford and IAN advisory board member). 

The network's research program was launched today in a pilot study of 80 children (3rd, 5th, and 7th graders) at Seacrest School in Half Moon Bay. The team thanks Laurie Schoeffler for her leadership in setting up the pilot program.

To learn more about the NSF research program on executive function and academic achievement, see the UCSF edneuro website here or email Dr. Uncapher at melina.uncapher@ucsf.edu.

Dr. Uncapher continued the conversation about Science of Learning with leadership of Santa Clara Unified School District, serving 16,000 students in the Bay Area. This session covered evidence-based practices in teaching and learning.

Find out more about Science of Learning teacher training and curriculum design here or email education@appliedneuro.org ​

Dr Uncapher spoke with leadership at the George Lucas Education Foundationn--including their research staff and their outreach staff for Edutopia--about the Science of Learning. Keep an eye out for future Ask the Neuroscientist columns on Edutopia by Dr. Uncapher, coming in the summer. 

Edutopia is one of the top go-to resources for understanding what works in education. They hold over 24 million conversations per month via their website and social media presence. Find out more about the organization at edutopia.org.

Find out more about Science of Learning teacher training and curriculum design here or email education@appliedneuro.org ​

IAN's Dr Uncapher met with the Santa Clara Unified School District's school principals and vice principals, as well as key teacher leaders, to discuss the Science of Learning. 

Find out more about Science of Learning teacher training and curriculum design here or email education@appliedneuro.org ​

Dr Uncapher (Assistant Professor of Neurology, UCSF) joins Ben Riley (ED of Deans for Impact), Dr Dan Willingham (Professor of Psychology, U of Virginia) and dean Greg Anderson (Temple University) for the national launch of the Science of Learning report from Deans for Impact at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. 

The report summarizes insights from the Science of Learning into practical implications for teaching and learning in the classroom. 

Watch video here. More information on the Science of Learning report here.