Audience Quote by John Medina

Don't start with the details. Start with the key ideas, and in a hierarchical fashion, form the details around these larger notions.

— John Medina

“The more handles one creates at the moment of learning, the more likely the information is to be assessed at a later date. The…

— John Medina

If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design…

— John Medina

“Every time I lectured to a group of parents-to-be about baby brain development,”

— John Medina

We must do a better job of encouraging lifelong curiosity.

— John Medina

“reasoning is a uniquely human talent. It may have arisen from our need to understand one another’s intentions and motivations. This allowed us to…

— John Medina

If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would probably design…

— John Medina

“Emotionally arousing events tend to be better remembered than neutral events. While”

— John Medina

“attention Brain Rule #6 We don’t pay attention to boring things.”

— John Medina

Most brain scientists have not taught 4th grade, and don't know very much about the classroom, even though they might study learning in some…

— John Medina

“The more parents talk to their children, even in the earliest moments of life, the better their kids’ linguistic abilities become”

— John Medina

Even though we don't know squat about how the brain works, the little we do know suggests that if you wanted to design a…

— John Medina