Brain Based Learning

Brain based learning is derived from medical studies which help us understand how the brain 'learns'. Knowing about brain based learning is important to any person in a situation where they must teach something. It helps us understand the best ways and approaches to getting new material across with the best retention and memory.Researchers have found that if you associate new material with previous mental, emotional and physical experiences it strengthens memory. For a teacher, if there was any previous information the student might have or experience they can associate the new material with (applying it to the student in their terms) the previous information, it will hopefully promote long-term memory beyond the test or quiz that information was needed for. Taking a different view of this subject: If the student percieves the information as being relevent it diminishes the potential for the material to be remembered. Meaning that if you can't catch the child's attention, the greater chances there are that they won't remember what was said.The challenge now is to find how to natural learning with the practices we see in the classrooms today to better address the learning process.