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This article connects Brain Cambourne's Conditions of Learning to a constructivist philosophy of education as well as to established brain-based principles. Various classroom conversations between primary-aged children illustrate specific classroom activities that help link the brain principle to each of Cambourne's conditions.
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Rushton, S.P., Eitelgeorge, J. & Zickafoose, R. Connecting Brian Cambourne's Conditions of Learning Theory to Brain/Mind Principles: Implications for Early Childhood Educators. Early Childhood Education Journal 31, 11–21 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025128600850
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