Organic Outcomes: Connecting Neuroscience to Outcomes-based Education

The past twenty years have brought educators a wealth of research and information on how brains function, including their structure, architecture, development, the biochemistry of cognition and emotion, and how different brain structures share information to produce thought. This research is beginning to allow us to understand how brains translate experiences into leaning and even their motives for doing so. The research has enormous implications for how educators should work with students, and how they might modify their teaching in ways that produce more effective learning. This session will engage participants in making myriad connections between these research areas and the implementation of outcomes-based education and assessment.