Brain-Based Learning Theory

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Journal of Education and Human Development March 2017, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 27-43 ISSN: 2334-296X (Print), 2334-2978 (Online) Copyright The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. Published by American Research Institute for Policy Development DOI: URL: 27 Brain-Based Learning Theory Virginia Bonomo Ed. D. Department of Teaching and Learning College of Education Bloomsburg University 2214 McCormick United States Abstract The purpose for this quantitative study was to examine whether or not gender-specific strategies improve boys reading achievement.

of brain-based learning. Brain-based learning accommodates the learning style of individual students. It is learning with the brain in mind (Jensen, 2005). In his text, Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Eric Jensen (2005) explains that “brain learning is a reality check” (p. 77). Thirty years ago, good teaching was defined as lecture,

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