Brain-Based Learning and the Educational Setting

Individual differences observed in the acquisition and processing of information during the learning process can result in style differences in learning (Duman, 2010; Felder, 1996). The best way of conceiving individual differences is through understanding learning styles (Duman, 2010; Hall, 2005). Learning theories are cognitive, affective, and physiological traits that serve as relatively stable indicators of how learners perceive, interact with, and respond to the learning environment (Duman, 2010; O'Keefe & Nadel, 1978, p. 32).
             An understanding of learning theories requires some knowledge of how the brain works and learns, and how the brain functions. One example of a learning theory is brain-based learning. Brain-based learning is closely related to cognitive learning. Brain-based learning is one learning theory that several researchers have conducted studies on. Brain-based learning provides educators with many strategies that enhance learning through multi-dimensional teaching models. According to Jensen (2008) Brain Based Learning was related to teaching strategies and principles from an understanding of hoe the brain functions and learning with the brain in mind. The latest research on Brain Based Learning theory drew from multiple discipline such as Chemistry, Biology, Genetics and Neurology (Kaur, 2013; Jensen, 2008). Brain Based Education considered how the brain learns best and encouraged educators to take this information into consideration as they planned teaching strategies with the goal of more effectively motivating of all types of learners (Kaur, 2013). Although there are several researchers and educators who have conducted various studies on brain-based learning, the purpose of this study is to determine if BBL really fully immerses students in an educational setting.
             Brain-Based Learning .
             Beginning in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, thousands of American teachers became extremely interested in learning about the brain-based multiple intelligences and finding multiple methods to reach their increasing numbers of diverse learners.