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Author Supplied AbstractThe old notion that brains are fixed, with learning potential already wired in the brain, is being replaced with the theory that the brain is flexible. This article presents information on the con-cept of Brain-Based Learning. Recent technological advances have allowed researchers to identify actual physical changes in the brain when learning occurs. This research has come to be known as brain-based learning, or neuroplasiticity. Understand-ing what is happening in the brain during the learning process can help educators to tailor classroom instruction to facilitate increased learning.
OverviewIn the past few decades, learning has most often been studied using a social cognition frame. This frame has three specific dynamics (i.e., Environmental factors, Behavioral factors, and
Personal perceptions) which have been believed to interrelate with each other in ways that create the context in which learning takes place (see Figure 1).
Figure 1 Triadic Interplay in Reciprocal Determinism
(Pajares, 2002)
Although social cognition theory has been instrumental in describing the social construction of knowledge and the very individualized task of learning, it did not seem to go far enough in examining the role of the personal perception dynamic. Learning is not just about the perceptions and attentiveness of each person: it is also affected by physiological changes in the person. The majority of this physiological activity is happen-ing in the brain - learning actually creates physical changes to the brain. Recent technological gains have allowed scientists to examine the changes that occur in the brain during the learn-ing process and to speculate on improved methods of teaching (Zull, 2004).
Physiological Activity in the BrainTechnology has provided the means for researchers to learn what is happening in the brain during the learning process and sup-ports the theories that:
When a person practices something, the neurons in the • related area of the brain fire more frequently and dendrite growth increases – in fact the dendrites may grow enough to begin to interconnect (creating new potential paths for cognitive connections);
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