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MIND, BRAIN AND EDUCATION

EDPSYCH 326
Course Description

Provides an overview of methods and findings at the interface between education and neuroscience. Findings on brain development from birth to adolescence, brain changes in response to learning and how individual differences in brains relate to individual differences in learning. Educationally relevant domains including language acquisition and bilingualism, the brain basis of reading and mathematics and executive functions like memory, attention and emotion will be highlighted.

Prerequisties

Sophomore standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average
3.47

-1.39% from Historical

Completion Rate
99.32%

1.05% from Historical

A Rate
37.41%

-24.25% from Historical

Class Size
147

45.35% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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