MindPrint Learning is a unique and powerful assessment tool that uses objective cognitive data to help students understand how they learn best. By offering personalized strategies tailored to each student’s learning strengths and needs, MindPrint empowers educators, parents, and students to enhance learning outcomes. The platform is used by hundreds of schools and tutoring organizations worldwide to improve grades, test scores, social and emotional skills, and overall student engagement.
In today’s episode, we are joined by Nancy Weinstein, the founder of MindPrint Learning. Nancy discusses the latest research into post-pandemic brain changes and shares surprising findings about memory and executive functions in students. She also talks about how MindPrint’s data can be paired with data from standardized testing to indicate grade-level, school-level, and district level strengths and needs. Nancy provides valuable insights into how understanding these cognitive shifts can help educators and parents better support students in their learning journeys.
Timestamps
[02:15] About MindPrint
[02:55] State of Current Research into Post-Pandemic Brain Changes
[03:22] Nancy discusses MindPrint’s Data & Research
[04:45] Unexpected Results! Educators Observations
[06:11] Unexpected Results! The Data Reveals
[07:40] Trends: Helping Students with Memory
[08:40] Strategy Explained: Repetition
[11:00] Strengths Based Approaches
[11:53] NWEA & Individual Education Plans
[16:17] Family & Student Strategies & Support
[19:32] ISS Course Information
[20:30] Physical Changes to the Brain
[25:30] Final Comments from Nancy
Notable Quotes
“[...] and if you don’t know the why it’s really hard to know what to do about it. That’s why we started to delve deeper into our own research, into our own data.”
“What’s the goal of education? It is to create adults who can learn for themselves and that all starts in school. So the best way to learn for yourself is to understand and appreciate your own learning strengths and needs.”
“[…] great sense of caution in any data set, which is we should absolutely look at the trends to figure out how to support students, but whenever possible we should look at our own data, in our own students, and make sure that where possible we can individualise for each student’s specific circumstances or each class’ specific circumstances.”
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Connect With Nancy Weinstein
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-weinstein-8733466/
Website: https://www.mindprintlearning.com/
Email: nancy@mindprintlearning.com
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LinkedIn: Celiah Bunsie
Connect With Katlyn Darling
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katlyn-darling-7019558a/
Connect With Dana Specker Watts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaspeckerwatts/
Twitter: https://x.com/teachwatts
Connect With Mike
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-pierre/
More Resources
Learn more about how cognitive assessments have helped students at MindPrint Learning.
Explore the neuroscience behind the claim that the pandemic “prematurely aged” students’ brains.
Watch, “Understanding your Mindprint”, a video explanation for students.
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