Brain-Based Learning Sites
Brain Connection	By far the best collection of articles on brain-based learning I've found.They also send out a weekly e-mail newsletter, The Brain Buzz with updates of trends in the industry.
Funderstanding	Funderstanding's website provides basic overviews of many educational theories.  Their write up on brain-based education is succinct and well done.
Creative Training Ideas
Creative Training Techniques	Bob Pike is the master of creativity in the world of training. This link points to the handouts from the ASTD 2001 conference.  His main site screams marketing, but this page is a good example of the types of things he offers.  Get past the marketing hype.  His stuff is excellent.
Workshops by Thagai	Great collection of training games and activies
Webquests	A technique used in elementary schools, but could be adapted for a self study in a content area.  A great utilization of the resources available online.
Creatology	A paper on the need and rationale for teaching creativity.
About the Brain
User's Guide to the Brain	An audio program about how the brain works
Brain and Behavior	Resource list from the Serendip project at Bryn Mawr College with a good collection of interactive exercises, games and links that demonstrate brain-based learning principles.
The Learning Process
How People Learn	A full online copy of the book How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School by John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors
Conation	Conation is the motivation for learning.  This is a newsletter from Maggie Martinez's The Training Place.  Maggie explores learning styles based on emitions and intentions involved in the learner. The Learning Orientation Questionaireis a Tool developed to measure the learning process in individuals.
4MAT System	Deals with the intersection of perceiving (direct experience vs. abstract concepts) and processing (acting vs reflecting) using four stages of the learning process: Experiencing, Conceptualizing, Applying and Creating.
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional IQ Sites	A listing of websites pertaining emiotional intelligence and multiple intelligence
Six Seconds	A site dedicated to learning about and building emotional intelligence
The Emotional Brain	A discussion on the types of emotions and the brain's role in them
What is Emotional Intelligence?	Article from Brain Connection with a basic discussion of emotional intelligence.
Key Researcher Sites
Caine Learning	Renate and Geoffrey Caine developed the 12 principles of how the brain learns
Eric Jensen	The Brain Store is a marketplace of brain-based learning books and paraphenalia run by Eric Jensen, one of the main leaders in the field
John Bruer	A critic of brain-based learning, Bruer questions the validity of brain-based learning.  It's worth looking at the other side of the discussion.

Sites links are accurate as of 9/28/01
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