Lindell And Kidd Article Review

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Thank you, Laura, for sharing your point of view on the Lindell and Kidd article! You bring up some excellent details. I like your approach to reviewing this report. You do outstanding work. I found this article thought-provoking because of my own experience as an educator and working in schools that attempted to use a brain-based curriculum. As I explored your assessment and the article over the previous days, a couple of questions came to mind. I would like to pose the questions below:

On page 125, Lindell and Kidd state educators must become more analytical consumers and deduce brain-based statements carefully. Why do you think school administrators and curriculum designers are not more diligent in their research of curriculum?

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