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We are just beginning to use our knowledge of the brain and how it works in the teaching and learning process. Eric Jensen, an expert on brain-based learning, said it this way:“We are on the verge of a revolution: the application of important new brain research to teaching and learning…. History will likely record that it began in the final two decades of the 20th century.” (Teaching with the Brain in Mind by Eric Jensen, 1998)

So we are at the beginning stages of using what we know about how the brain works to impact teaching and learning in our classrooms. What should we do with this information? This article aims to synthesize some findings about the brain into a fairly simple-to-use formula or equation for teaching in brain-compatible ways or, as Jensen would say,“teaching with the brain in mind.”