SCHEDULE

Friday, November 16

Pre-Conference Workshops

Location:
Marriott Cambridge
Hotel

Creative Thinking
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Part I: 10:00 – 11:45 AM
Thinking-Based Learning: Infusing Instruction in Critical & Creative ThinkingRobert J. Swartz, PhD

Part II:
1:00 – 2:15 PM
Enhancing Intelligence & Creativity in the Classroom
Elena L. Grigorenko, PhD

Part III:
2:30 – 5:00 PM
Cultivating the Critical & Creative Mind
Michael H. Dickmann, PhD

Reading & the Brain
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Integrating “Response To Intervention” with Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach to Reading
Steven G. Feifer, EdD, NCSP

Understanding ADHD
1:30 – 5:00 PM

Part I:
1:30 – 3:30 PM
ADHD as Impaired Executive Function that Worsens in Adolescence
Thomas E. Brown, PhD

Part II:
3:45 – 5:00 PM
Delivered from Distraction: ADHD in Children & Adults
John J. Ratey, MD

Brain 101
1:30 – 5:00 PM

An Introduction to the Brain & Neurosciences for Beginners
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD

Self-Regulation
1:30 – 5:00 PM

Raising a Self-Disciplined Child:
Helping Your Student Become More Responsible, Confident, and Resilient
Sam Goldstein, PhD

Friday, November 16 – Conference Day 1 

Opening Keynote Addresses:
Metacognition & Motivation

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM      Registration and Networking Coffee Hour

   6:30 PM – 7:45 PM

Keynote Part I: Motivating Minds: How Students’ Beliefs About Their Own Intelligence
Impact Learning & Achievement
Jennifer A. Mangels, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom

   7:45 PM – 9:00 PM

Keynote Part II: Mindsets for School Success: Effective Educators and Resilient, Motivated Learners
Robert B. Brooks, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom

   9:00 PM – 9:15 PM

Book Signing Event: Robert B. Brooks, PhD and Sam Goldstein, PhD

Saturday, November 17 – Conference Day 2
Morning Concurrent Sessions A

Morning Sessions
 8:30 AM to
12:00 PM

Coffee Break: (various times)
10:00AM to
11:00AM

Intelligence
& Education

Emotions, Motivation
& Learning

Cognition & Teen Thinking

Executive Skills
& Learning

Meta-Cognition, Math & Reading

Thinking, Lit & Visual Arts

Enhancing Intellectual Processing in Students: Assessment and Intervention
Jack A. Naglieri, PhD & Sam Goldstein, PhD

Cultivating a Passion for Learning Michael H. Dickmann, PhD

Part I:
8:30 – 10:00 AM
“As If:” What’s Wrong with Adolescent Thinking & Decision-Making?
Abigail Baird, PhD

Part II: 10:15 – 11:30 AM
Adolescent Minds: Knowledge of the Internal & External Worlds
Thomas J. Cottle, PhD

11:30AM –
12:00 PM
Panel Discussion

The Role of Executive Function in Learning, Reading & Behavior: Assessment and Intervention George McCloskey, PhD

Part I:
8:30 – 10:00 AM
Beyond IQ: The Role of Executive Function in Emerging Math and Literacy Ability
Clancy Blair, PhD

Part II:
10:15 – 11:30 AM
Brainology: Predictions in Adolescents’ Motivation
and Math Achievement
Lisa Blackwell, PhD

11:30AM –
12:00 PM
Panel Discussion

Part I:
8:30 – 9:45 AM
Connecting Neuroscience to Visual Arts & Literature
Kenneth S. Kosik, MD

Part II:
9:45 – 10:45AM
Habits of Mind: Thinking in the Visual Arts
Ellen Winner, PhD

Part III: 11:00 AM– 12:00 PM
Integrating Literature, Art, Learning & Thinking
Phillip D. Jackson, EdD

12:00 – 1:30 PM    Lunch Break (On Your Own)

Afternoon Keynote Addresses: Enhancing Cognitive Abilities

  1:30 PM – 2:45PM

Keynote Part I: How Exercise Can Enhance Cognitive Abilities, Thinking and Academic Performance
John J. Ratey, MD
Room:  Grand Ballroom

2:45 – 3:00 PM     Afternoon Break

  3:00 PM – 4:00PM

Keynote Part II: Enhancing the Mind: Can Cognitive Intervention Enhance Cognition, Reading & Math?
David A. Stevens, EdD
Room: Grand Ballroom

  4:00 PM - 4:30PM

Panel Discussion: How Can We Use Exercise and Technology to Enhance Cognitive Abilities in Students?
Moderator: Kenneth S. Kosik, MD
 Room:  Grand Ballroom

Sunday, November 18 – Conference Day 3
Morning Keynote Addresses:
Intelligence, Cognition & Achievement

8:30 AM

Opening Remarks: Kurt W. Fischer, PhD

   8:30 –
9:30
AM

Keynote Part I: Developing Brain: How Poverty Shapes Cognition and School Function
Deborah P. Waber, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom

9:30 – 9:45 AM   Networking Coffee Break

   9:45 – 10:45 AM

Keynote Part II: Connecting Cognitive Science to Education: Potential & Pitfalls in Inferring Executive Processes
Kurt W. Fischer, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom

  10:45 – 11:45 AM

Keynote Part III: Creating Intelligence: How (Well-Structured) Talk Builds the Mind
Lauren B. Resnick, EdD
Room: Grand Ballroom

11:45 AM –
12:15 PM

Panel: How Does Brain Dev., Poverty & Executive Process Influence IQ, Academic Performance & Testing?
Moderator: Kurt W. Fischer
Room: Grand Ballroom

12:15 – 1:15 PM    Lunch Break (On Your Own)

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions B

Sessions
 1:15 PM to
4:30 PM

Break:
(various times)
2:45 PM to
3:30 PM

IQ
& Early Experiences

Emotions, & Education

Cognition & Reading

Executive Skills & LD

Cognition, Music & Math Skills

Visual Processing
& Reading

Part I:
1:15 – 2:45 PM
The Role of Experience on the Dev. Brain, Cognition & Intelligence
Charles A. Nelson III, PhD

Part II: 3:00 – 4:15 PM
Bright from the Start: Brain Development in Young Children
Jill Stamm, PhD

4:15 – 4:30 PM Panel Discussion

Connecting
the Brain, Emotions and Cognition to Education: An Interactive Discussion
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD & Alden Blodget, MFA

Part I:
1:15 – 3:15 PM
The Neuro-Psychology of Visual Processes in Reading & Learning
George McCloskey, PhD

Part II:
3:30 – 4:30 PM
Neural Basis of Reading Ability & Disablities
John D.H. Gabrieli, PhD

Smarts in Schools: Promoting Executive Skills in the Classroom
Margaret (Peg) Dawson, EdD, NCSP & Richard Guare, PhD

Part 1: 1:15 – 2:45 PM
Can Music Training Enhance Children’s Brains, Math Skills?
Gottfried Schlaug, MD

Part II:
2:15-3:15 PM
Music & Math Skills
Martin Gardner, PhD

Part III:
3:30-4:30PM
Enhancing Math Skills & Cognitive Abilities
David Stevens, EdD

Part I:
1:15-2:15PM
How to Think About Cognitive Function & Creativity
Jerome Kagan, PhD

Part II:
2:14-3:15PM
Enhancing Creative Cognition in the Classroom
Shelley H. Carson, PhD

Part III:
3:30 – 4:30 PM
Creativity & Gifted Children: Myths & Realities
Ellen Winner, PhD