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NTCOB "Changing Education One Brain at a TIme"
Academics-Skills-Test Preparation-Test Anxiety
Academic Subjects-Support in all Areas Across the Curriculum
Our academic program is built on the belief that every student learns best when teaching aligns with how the brain actually develops. We offer a complete curriculum delivered through a neuroscience-based instructional model that integrates cognitive science, executive-function coaching, and individualized learning design. Core subjects, literacy, math, science, social studies, and electives are taught through evidence-based strategies that strengthen working memory, attention, processing, and critical-thinking skills. Each lesson is intentionally structured to reduce cognitive load, build neural pathways through repetition and meaningful practice, and promote long-term retention through multisensory, inquiry-driven learning. By combining rigorous academics with brain-informed teaching, we ensure that students not only master content but also develop the mental architecture needed for lifelong learning, confidence, and independence.
Test Preparation-We Focus on the Skills You Need to Address the Test
Test preparation is never a one-size-fits-all program; it is a neuroscience-aligned system designed to strengthen the cognitive skills that drive high-level performance. We begin by identifying each student’s learning profile, processing strengths, executive-function patterns, and areas of cognitive fatigue. Test prep is then delivered through targeted, brain-based strategies that build retrieval strength, pattern recognition, working-memory efficiency, and strategic problem-solving. Instead of rote drilling, students engage in spaced practice, metacognitive reflection, and timed-task simulations that mirror real testing conditions while reducing anxiety and cognitive overload. We integrate reading precision, mathematical reasoning, and analytical writing into structured “micro-skill” lessons, ensuring mastery is built step by step. Through this scientific and personalized approach, SparkSeed students not only improve their scores, but they also develop durable academic habits, confidence, and the mental resilience needed for future high-stakes performance.
Skill-Sets-Giving you the Best of Neuroscientific Methodology
We foster the essential academic and life skills that allow students to thrive across all environments, both inside and outside the classroom. Our instruction in note-taking, writing, reading comprehension, and self-expression is grounded in neuroscience, ensuring that each skill is taught in a way that aligns with how the brain organizes, stores, and communicates information. Students learn structured, brain-friendly note-taking systems that enhance retention; writing frameworks that break complex tasks into clear, manageable parts; and reading strategies that improve processing speed, inference, and comprehension. Through debate, public speaking, and guided discussions, they strengthen expressive language, confidence, and perspective-taking. We also integrate anxiety-reduction practices—such as breathing strategies, cognitive reframing, and executive-function routines—to support emotional regulation during academics and high-pressure situations. Combined with individualized, science-based test preparation, these skills create a powerful foundation for academic performance, personal growth, and long-term success.
Text Anxiety & Sleep
Executive Function FAQs
Test anxiety is an overactive, often unconscious threat-response that is triggered by the act of testing.
It affects about 30% or more of students, with the most severe test anxiety affecting about 15-20% of students. If not addressed, test anxiety can lead to lower test scores and poor grades.
Students will learn techniques to combat test anxiety. Studies have shown that teenagers and young adults do not get the sleep needed to adequately refresh their brain for learning and retaining information.
Our Focus
Executive Function FAQs
Executive Function FAQs
Our Executive Function techniques are aimed at optimizing each students learning experience.
In this way there is the greatest potential for students to improve their learning outcomes, develop into purposeful, creative and autonomous learners, not just for a test, a class, but for lifelong learning.
Executive Function FAQs
Executive Function FAQs
Executive Function FAQs
Executive Function can be thought of as the brain’s CEO. Its job is to orchestrate the smooth and efficient functioning of information processing.
Primary brain connections go through the prefrontal cortex and are important for complex problem solving, planning and organization, time management & prioritizing, self-monitoring & attention shifting, working memory and cognitive flexibility and emotional regulation
(frustration) test-anxiety, maintaining motivation (persistence)
Building new neural connections can take advantage of the brain’s neuro-plasticity to overcome obstacles.
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