Neuroscientist explains how to stimulate young brains

A person who learns by discovery has not just the information activated in a little network circuit when they remember it, while we're scanning their brains we see connections all over their brains. 


And what's wonderful, these are the time multi-hemisphere connections that light up during the "aha!" moment in a child and an adult when they've gone beyond, when they've improvised, when they've innovated, when they've taken what they know and applied it to something they never applied to it before. 


And you can't do that with learning rote facts that are on a test. You only do that building understandings and concepts. They will be the creative and innovative kids now who will be the 21st century leaders.


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