
Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning: Implications for Education
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - Saturday, September 24, 2011
New discoveries in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience hold great promise for improving current teaching methods. Yet there remains a significant gap between the scientific discoveries that could improve our education system and the application of this knowledge. This meeting will highlight cutting-edge developments in cognitive neuroscience that could improve current teaching methods and will include a careful review of the current obstacles to applying these methods in the classroom as well as the related emotional, sociological, and environmental factors. Keynote lectures will feature Goldie Hawn (The Hawn Foundation) and Carl Wieman (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy).
Registration Pricing
By: 8/05/2011 | After: 8/05/2011 | Onsite: 9/22/2011 | |
Member | $295 | $350 | $395 |
Student / Postdoc / Fellow Member | $200 | $250 | $295 |
Nonmember Corporate | $495 | $595 | $650 |
Nonmember Academia | $395 | $450 | $495 |
Nonmember Not for Profit | $395 | $450 | $495 |
Student / Postdoc / Fellow Nonmember | $200 | $250 | $295 |
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Agenda
* Presentation times are subject to change
Day 1: Thursday, September 22 | |
5:00 PM | Registration |
5:30 PM | Welcome Remarks |
5:45 PM | Keynote Address |
6:30 PM | Networking Reception |
Day 2: Friday, September 23 | |
8:00 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
Session 1: Early Learning and Development | |
9:00 AM | Developing Self Regulation in Prekindergarten Classrooms |
9:20 AM | Development of Executive Function |
9:40 AM | Executive Function and School Readiness |
10:00 AM | Defining Developmental Disorders |
10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
Session 2: Reading and Language | |
11:00 AM | Language Learning, Plasticity and the 'Achievement Gap' |
11:20 AM | How Instructors Direct a Learner’s Attention Impacts Neural Changes During Reading Acquisition |
11:40 AM | Neuroimaging Studies of Reading and Language Development: An Update on Recent Findings Kenneth R. Pugh, PhD, Haskins Laboratories |
12:00 PM | Neural Oscillations, Phonology and Dyslexia: A Temporal Sampling Framework Usha Claire Goswami, PhD, University of Cambridge |
12:30 PM | Lunch |
Session 3: Mathematical Reasoning | |
2:00 PM | Evolutionary and Developmental Origins of the Approximate Number System: Foundations of Mathematical Thinking |
2:20 PM | Predicting Math Achievement |
2:40 PM | Education Dependent Brain Plasticity: Linking Quantities and Symbols during the Early Elementary School Years |
3:00 PM | Coffee Break |
Session 3 (cont'd): Mathematical Reasoning | |
3:30 PM | Does Number Sense Matter? Evidence from Brain and Behavior Daniel Ansari, PhD, The University of Western Ontario |
3:50 PM | Conceptual Development in Mathematics |
4:10 PM | The Myth of Ability: Nurturing Mathematical Talent in Every Child John Mighton, PhD, JUMP Math |
4:30 PM | Panel Discussion |
5:30 PM | Day 2 Concludes |
Day 3: Saturday, September 24 | |
8:00 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
9:00 AM | Keynote Address The Torturous Path from Cognitive Science to Educational Improvement Carl E. Wieman, PhD, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
Session 4: Executive Functioning and Attention | |
9:50 AM | Applying What We Know From Scientific Research in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience to How Schools Can Enhance Executive Function Development in Young Children |
10:10 AM | Learning to Learn: Lessons from Action Video Game Play |
10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
Session 4 (cont'd): Executive Functioning and Attention | |
11:00 AM | Training of Working Memory and Its Potential Role in Education Torkel Klingberg, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institute |
11:20 AM | Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest Silvia A. Bunge, PhD, University of California at Berkeley |
11:40 AM | How Attention and Working Memory Processes are Modified by Training Amishi P. Jha, PhD, University of Miami |
12:00 PM | Lunch Break |
1:00 PM | Presentation of Aspen Brain Forum Prize in NeuroEducation |
Session 5: Poverty, Brain Development, and Education | |
1:30 PM | Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Attention |
1:50 PM | Exploring the Role of Community and Neighborhood Environment on Early School Readiness |
2:10 PM | Poverty: A Critical Barrier to Outstanding Academic Performance |
2:30 PM | TBD |
Session 6: Translating Research into the Classroom | |
2:50 PM | Getting and Keeping the Brain’s Attention |
3:10 PM | The Science of Learning in Action: The Learning Resource Network and the Ultimate Block Party |
3:30 PM | What's Really Hard About Reading: Preparing Students for Deep Comprehension |
4:00 PM | Panel Discussion |
5:00 PM | Meeting Adjourns |
Speakers
Organizers
Daphne Bavelier, PhD
University of Rochester and University of Geneva
Adele Diamond, PhD
University of British Columbia
Bruce D. McCandliss, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Kenneth R. Pugh, PhD
Haskins Laboratories
Keynote Speakers
Goldie Hawn
The Hawn Foundation
Carl E. Wieman, PhD
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Speakers
Daniel Ansari, PhD
The University of Western Ontario
Clancy Blair, PhD
New York University
Elizabeth M. Brannon, PhD
Duke University
Silvia A. Bunge, PhD
University of California at Berkeley
Stephanie M. Carlson, PhD
University of Minnesota
Dale C. Farran, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Lisa Feigenson, PhD
John Hopkins University
Laurie Ford, PhD
University of British Columbia
Usha Claire Goswami, PhD
University of Cambridge
Edward M. Hubbard, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Amishi Jha, PhD
University of Miami
Torkel Klingberg, MD, PhD
Karolinska Institute
Susan H. Magsamen
John Hopkins University
John Mighton, PhD
JUMP Math
Eric Pakulak, PhD
University of Oregon
Bruce Pennington, PhD
University of Denver
Daniel L. Schwartz, PhD
Stanford University
Mark S. Seidenberg, PhD
University of Wisconsin
Catherine E. Snow, PhD
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Judy Willis, MD
University of California, Santa Barbara
Frank C. Worrell, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Sponsors
For sponsorship opportunities please contact Sonya Dougal at sdougal@nyas.org or 212.298.8682.
Presented by
Silver Sponsor
Bronze Sponsor
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
Academy Friend
Great Leaps Reading and Math Fluency
Scientific Learning Corporation
Grant Support
Promotional Partner
American Psychological Association
Abstracts
Day 1: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Keynote Address
The Brain and The Optimistic Classroom: Mindful Learning, Resilient Students
Goldie Hawn, The Hawn Foundation
Conference Location:
Aspen Meadows Resort - Home of The Aspen Institute
845 Meadows Road
Aspen, CO 81611
Directions to the Aspen Meadows Resort/Aspen Institute.
Other Suggested Hotel Accommodations in Aspen
Hotel Aspen
110 W. Main Street
Aspen, CO 81611
Phone: 800.527.7369
Molly Gibson Lodge
101 W. Main Street
Aspen, CO 81611
Phone: 888.649.5982
The Annabelle Inn
232 W. Main Street
Aspen, CO 81611
Phone: 970.925.3822
The Limelight Lodge
355 S. Monarch Street
Aspen, CO 81611
Phone: 800.433.0832
St. Moritz Lodge
334 W. Hyman Ave
Aspen, CO 81611
Phone: 800.817.2069
Special Needs and Additional Information
For any additional information and for special needs, including child/family care resources available to conference attendees, please email Crystal Ocampo.