Brain Finding
Metacognition (thinking about your own thinking) is fundamental to making successful decisions, and also fundamental to our sense of self: to knowing who we are.
Recent research has shed light on where in the brain metacognition may occur and how to measure whether a person has the ability to reflect on his/her own thinking and actions.
Individuals with greater metacognitive ability and accuracy have been shown to have increased grey matter (the tissue containing the cell bodies of our neurons) in the very front part of their brains. In addition, these individuals also have a strong pathway of white-matter (which allows brain regions to communicate), in the same pre-frontal region of their brains.
Dr. Steve Fleming
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Learning Tip
 Self-awareness is one of the biggest factors of success. It requires reflection on how well you make use of what you know about yourself. Everyone learns differently. Yet, no matter how an individual learns best, the skill of metacognition can be used as a fundamental tool for learning. The concept of metacognition simply means "thinking about one's own thinking." It is a key component of self-awareness and being able to reach one's goals
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CSS Introduces
Video Learning Tips
The Center for School Success has created 6 short (2-3 minute) video Learning Tips on topics that most impact students' school performance. There are also downloadable Learning Tip information sheets with strategies and resources included for each topic. These tips are appropriate for parents, educators, students and clinicians. View Video Learning Tips
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CSS Now Offering Online Course for
High School and College-Aged Students
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CSS is offering a distinctive opportunity for students who want to maximize their ability to understand how they learn best. Making the Most of How You Learn Best will guide students through the process of:
- Exploring their own unique learning strengths and weaknesses (including health-related bridges and barriers) and understanding the scientific reason for why people learn differently;
- Distinguishing successes and breakdown points in their lives, to identify when and why they occur, and what to do about it;
- Initiating changes in their approach to tasks which support school success and life-long learning.
The knowledge students gain through this course will help them to be more adaptive so they can work smarter, not harder, across various learning situations.
CSS successfully piloted this course with 65 high school and college students (January-June 2013), thanks in part to a generous grant from the Byrne Foundation, Dwinell Trust and Kettering Family Foundation along with challenge matching funds. Contact Leslie Williamson at lesliewilliamson11@gmail.com for information on offering this course at your institution. Click here to view a promotional video of the course developed for potential students. Click here to see a partial lesson.
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CSS To Offer Online
Continuing Education Courses
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CSS is excited to announce its professional development packages that will include various topics educators can explore and receive up to 10 hours towards re-certification. The first 10 hour course offered beginning Fall 2013 is The Impact of Attention and Memory on Learning.
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What CSS Professional Development
Opportunities Most Interest You?
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Please take a short (less than five minute) online survey to help CSS better understand what professional development opportunities/topics related to learning that most interest you. Based on your feedback we will develop online and face-to-face courses/symposiums/resources on relevant topics.
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CSS Summer Graduate Course Announced
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CSS is offering three courses in West Lebanon, NH this summer. ND5010 and ND5030 have no prerequisites. - ND5010: Teaching with Talent, Knowledge and Skill, 2 credits, no prerequisite (July 30-31, CSS)
- ND5030: Collaborative Practices, 2 credits, no prerequisite (July 9-13, CSS)
- ND5050: Understanding and Remembering: The Role of Attention and Memory in Learning, 2 credits, must have taken ND5020 (August 12-14, CSS)
These courses are offered as part of CSS' degree program run in partnership with Plymouth State University and Southern New Hampshire's Field-based Graduate Program in Education. Participants can earn credits from either institution or take the courses for professional development hours at a discounted rate.
Visit the CSS website for a full listing of 2013-14 courses.
PSU summer 2013 registration form
For more information, or to register as a SNHU participant,
contact CSS (603) 298-6700
Link to an article that discusses why experts are c
alling for teaching educators about brain science
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Learn More about the Neurodevelopmental Approach to Teaching Degree Program
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CSS has produced a 5 minute video describing the Neurodeveleopmental Approch to Teaching degree program it offers in partnership with Plymouth State University, NH.
Check it out!
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About the Center for School Success
The Center for School Success, located in West Lebanon, NH, is a non-profit organization that helps struggling students achieve measurable success in school and in life. CSS offers learning assessments (grade 2-college), professional development and outreach services. CSS services help students, their parents and teachers apply evidence-based research findings about the brain and learning to link how the student learns best with a plan for success.
Phone: (603) 298-6700
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