A group of teenage students are smiling while leaning against lockers. 

A happy Black teenage girl studying with a laptop and doing online research for a homework assignment.

Findings from this randomized controlled trial (RCT) suggest students can significantly improve gist-reasoning and fact-learning abilities by engaging in SMART™ strategies to support the ability to abstract meaning.

Effects of Higher-Order Cognitive Strategy Training on Gist Reasoning and Fact-Learning in Adolescents

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By measuring a variety of critical skills for higher-order learning, this study examines the effects of SMART™ Brain Training on gist reasoning and fact recall among middle school students.

Enhancing Inferential Abilities in Adolescence: New Hope for Students in Poverty

Jacque Gamino conducting SMART training with a group of Dallas-area teachers.

Using the SMART™ protocol, this study investigated outcomes from providing short-term, intensive training to middle school teachers by measuring evidence of higher-order executive function in their students.

Higher-Order Executive Function in Middle School: Training Teachers to Enhance Cognition in Young Adolescents

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Findings from this study indicate that training higher-order executive functions using SMART™ Brain Training can strengthen inhibitory control among middle school students.

Inhibitory Control Gains From Higher-Order Cognitive Strategy Training

The earliest published evidence for Center for BrainHealth's SMART™ brain training originates from research measuring gist-reasoning abilities of students in typical middle school classrooms.

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