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What is Neuromyth

Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Strategies in Global Higher Education
A false statement about nervous system functioning, derived from a scientific source.
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Re-Thinking Evaluation in the Era of Neuroscience
Adriana V. Braescu (Asociatia Re-Design, Romania)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2314-8.ch015
Abstract
The main goal of any form of life is survival, by any means. All the processes happening in any life form obey this only rule of survival. Humans are the most sophisticated – not necessarily in the good sense of the word – in making this survival as complicated as possible. Authors developed intricate systems of evaluation, quotients – of intelligence, of emotion, of consciousness, etc. – and tried to fix in little boxes, like a skilled worker that deals with any machinery – each component of life, without even understanding what life is. It is a time when evaluation has to be reconsidered - in the context of a failed world.
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The Ecosystem of Human Learning: The Neuroscience of Education
A false statement about nervous system functioning, derived from a scientific source.
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Mind, Brain, and Education: Using Neuroscience to Teach Students Living in Poverty
The overgeneralization and misunderstanding of neuroscience research findings to the field of education.
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