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BrainWare Science of Learning Exchange
The most effective educational practices start with knowing how the brain learns.
The BrainWare Science of Learning Exchange bridges the gap between research and classroom practice — with the essential neuroscience knowledge that teacher preparation programs often miss. It’s not just professional development — it’s a new foundation for learning and teaching.
Courses
Introduction to the Science of Learning
In this course, we introduce the science of learning by examining the Five Most Important Contributions that neuroscience has made to education. We explore what those contributions mean for educators and parents. We start with what happens in the brain when learning takes place, and we end with investigating two different types of memory that require two opposite instructional approaches.
Basics of Brain Structure and Function
A review of key structures in the brain, what they do and how those functions relate to learning. This course provides you with the foundational knowledge of how our brains work. The course includes lessons on the cortex, on the structures underneath the cortex, on neurons, and on the brain's blood system.
Brain Facts and Myths
In research study after research study, including one in 2025, teachers continue to believe information that simply isn't true about the brain. In this course, we discuss various neuromyths and why they likely came to be. We dispel them and explain what the science actually says.
Brain-Compatible Lesson Design
One thing that just about all teachers
have in common is the need to plan lessons. We distinguish between lesson
planning and lesson design for reasons that we hope will quickly become clear in this course. If you have ever wondered what it takes to create a learning experience that results in deep and enduring learning, this course will provide you with the foundation you need.
Your Child Learns Differently, Now What?
In this course, you can access a digital copy of the the book Your Child Learns Differently, Now What? by Roger Stark and Betsy Hill. We provide a discussion guide for each chapter that can be used for discussion within a professional learning community.
Neuroscience in Education Presentation Archive
This course contains presentations on a variety of topics related to the practical application of neuroscience in education. These are our favorites, the most memorable or what we think are the most important from 20 years of presentations. All ready for your neuron-sparking binge-watching.
BrainWare Science of Learning LIVE
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BrainWare Science of Learning Glossary
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Why the Science of Learning Matters Now
This isn’t just professional development. It’s a new foundation — one that empowers educators to make every lesson, every strategy, and every decision more effective, because they’re rooted in the science of how learning happens.
There’s a gap at the heart of education. We see the symptoms every day — low test scores, poor behavioral control, learning that doesn’t stick — but too often we don’t understand why they happen or how to change them. The answers aren’t a mystery; they’re in decades of neuroscience research that most teacher preparation programs never cover.
The BrainWare Science of Learning Exchange bridges that gap, giving educators, universities, and district leaders the essential science of how the brain learns — and the tools to turn that knowledge into more effective teaching, stronger learning, and better outcomes for every student.
The BrainWare Science of Learning Exchange bridges that gap, giving educators, universities, and district leaders the essential science of how the brain learns — and the tools to turn that knowledge into more effective teaching, stronger learning, and better outcomes for every student.
Meet the instructor
Betsy Hill
Betsy Hill is President of BrainWare Learning Company, a company that builds learning capacity through the practical application of neuroscience. She is an experienced educator and has studied the connection between neuroscience and education with Dr. Patricia Wolfe (author of Brain Matters) and other experts. She is a former chair of the board of trustees at Chicago State University and teaches strategic thinking in the MBA program at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management where she received a Contribution to Learning Excellence Award. She received a Nepris Trailblazer Award for sharing her knowledge, skills and passion for the neuroscience of learning in classrooms around the country. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and an MBA from Northwestern University. Betsy is co-author of the book, Your Child Learns Differently, Now What?
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Betsy has transformed our school's approach to instruction
by equipping teachers with a deeper understanding of learning. This shift has
resulted in greater efficiency for educators and improved academic outcomes for
students.
-- Thomas Hughes, Middle School Principal
I very much enjoyed and learned from your course. You're the BEST!
— Janet Hadnott, Teacher
The staff and parents and Glenwood Academy have found Betsy Hill's presentations on the science of learning meaningful and applicable to student learning both inside and outside the classroom. Each fall we look forward to the energy and passion for learning Betsy shares with our team. Ware are better educators as a result.
— Anne Budicin, Principal, Glenwood Academy
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