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RESEARCH GUIDES

TLA Teaching to the Brain: Module 1: How Students Learn

Austin Community College Teaching and Learning Academy Course Resources

How Students Learn

Faculty Module Developer

Richard Griffiths

Adjunct Professor

Psychology

rgriffit@austincc.edu

Todd Zakrajsek - UNC

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Eisenberg, D., Goldrick-Rab, S., Lipson, S.K., and Broton, K. (2016). Too distressed to learn? Mental health among community college students. Wisconsin Hope Lab.
Flory, E.S. 2019. Student stress surges. Community College Daily.
Harvard Medical School Sleep Division. (2007). Sleep, learning and memory. Healthy Sleep.
Hunt, C. 2016. Modeling resilience: Meet Charles Hunt, the "UNBREAKABLE" TEDxCharlotte speaker. Groove Management blog.
Keeping Stress from Evolving into Distress - Vanderbilt University Center of Teaching
Miller, E.K., Erickson, C.A., and Desimone, R. (1996). Neural mechanisms of visual working memory in prefrontal cortex of the macque. Journal of Neuroscience 16(16): 5154-5167.
Postsecondary Value Commission. (2021). Equitable value : Promoting economic mobility and social justice through postsecondary education.
Raichlin, R. A., and Alexander, G. E. (2020). Why your brain needs exercise: The evolutionary history of humans explains why physical activity is important for brain health. Scientific American.
Whissemore, T. 2021. Positive marks from students, but stress. Community College Daily.

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