{"id":9842,"date":"2025-08-21T14:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/?page_id=9842"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:45:21","slug":"august-cognitive-kit-goal-setting-for-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/august-cognitive-kit-goal-setting-for-back-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"August Cognitive Kit: Goal-Setting for Back to School\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our August Cognitive Kit! As kids head back to school,<\/span> we are sharing more information about goal-setting and safety in sports, including a book recommendation, coloring page, journal page, word search, and some additional resources and further reading.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click on the files below to download and print any of the exercises and if you\u2019d like to, please tag us on<\/span> social media<\/span><\/a> when you\u2019re finished. We\u2019d love to see your completed activities!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Book Recommendation:<\/span>
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How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now<\/span><\/i> by Stanislas Dehaene (2020)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cAn illuminating dive into the latest science on our brain’s remarkable learning abilities and the potential of the machines we program to imitate them.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The human brain is an extraordinary learning machine. Its ability to reprogram itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. But how do we learn? What innate biological foundations underlie our ability to acquire new information, and what principles modulate their efficiency?<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain\u2019s learning algorithms in our schools and universities, as well as in everyday life and at any age.\u201d (Summary from <\/span>Amazon<\/span><\/a>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can find <\/span>How We Learn<\/span><\/i> at your local library, or on <\/span>Amazon<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Barnes & Noble<\/span><\/a> and more.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coloring Page:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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You can download this month\u2019s coloring page here: August 2025 Cognitive Kit Coloring Page<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Journal Page:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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You can download this month\u2019s journal page here: August 2025 Cognitive Kit Journal Page<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Word Search:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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You can download this month\u2019s word search puzzle here: August 2025 Cognitive Kit Word Search Puzzle<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Featured Research Studies:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

As back to school time signifies the beginning of fall sports, learn more about our research on repetitive head impacts and young contact sport athletes:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First Author: Ann McKee, MD
\n<\/span>Senior Author: Michael Alosco, PhD<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Resources:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Resources for Families<\/span><\/a> \u2013 Boston University CTE Center<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Publication Database<\/span><\/a> \u2013 Boston University CTE Center<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a Concussion?<\/span><\/a> – Concussion Legacy Foundation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nonconcussive Impacts<\/span><\/a> \u2013 Concussion Legacy Foundation\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you for completing August\u2019s Cognitive Kit activities. If you\u2019d like to see kits from other months, please click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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