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=**Summary of Group Discussions** =

Usefulness to Educators:

 * Creates suitable learning environments with the brain in mind.
 * The brain has its own motives that, if used and guided properly, can increase learning.
 * Complex and social behaviors are the most important brain-based learning pieces for education


 * Brain factors are important, but other factors play equally important relations including motivation and environment
 * Emotional factors are directly related to brain based learning and do affect the education process.

**Characteristics of Brain-based Classrooms: **
 * Learner-based experiences
 * Emotional connections to the material are made
 * Challenges are presented without threat
 * Hands-on activities are encouraged
 * Learning is given proper context

Challenges to Teachers:

 * Allow students to learn and discover on their own
 * Plan purposeful contextual lessons
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Continue professional development on understanding how the brain works

=<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">****How is this relevant to our course goals?**** = <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="color: #2c892c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Explore and examine major theories of learning
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Inform our case study and practice through current and relevant research literature
 * <span style="color: #2c892c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Understanding brain-based learning theories
 * <span style="color: #2c892c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Discussing potential uses in the classroom and lesson plans
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Examining students' probable learning gains