Cool Brain Research

Judy Willis, a board-certified neurologist and middle school teacher, has done research on how the brain is stimulated when learning. She has found that in today's classroom settings students are becoming increasingly bored and unable to retain information. Combining her knowledge on the brain and that of a school teacher, she has been able to observe students and come up with solutions for creating a more interesting environment for learning. In 2007 after much research she wrote the book titled "Brain Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom". Her studies involve neuroimaging and brain mapping. This process helps researchers actually see how the brain reacts to learning new material and how that material is stored.

The research that Judy Willis has done is very helpful in the field of education. She is focusing her research mainly on how to teach students of all levels and abilities and keep them interested. With the schools focusing on teaching the standardized tests, classrooms are becoming very stale and unstimulating. The whole purpose of Judy Willis's research is to find out how to keep the brain interested so that learning is recorded and stored into the long-term memory.

There is alot of knowledge for a teacher to learn from this research. Her books alone are a must-read for teachers. A classroom needs to be creative and stimulating for the students. They need to find it curious and energy charged. Learning to keep my classroom from getting stale, getting to know each student on an individual level, and making sure that all the needs of the independent learners are met are just a few of the ideas that need to be brought into the classroom.