The effectiveness of a brain based learning on everyday memory functioning and academic help seeking of students with learning disability

Abstract

Aim: The aim of present study was to investigate the effectiveness of a brain based learning on everyday memory functioning and academic help seeking of students with learning disability. Method: This study was a research design was quasi experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The statistical population included p students with learning disability in Hamadan city in academic year 2018-2019. 30 students with learning disability were chosen as samples and randomly were divided in 2 groups of individuals as control and experimental. Initially, the pretest was performed on two groups. The experimental groups practiced the brain based learning 8 session and 60 minutes in each session. Then, post-test was performed for them. For data collecting, questionnaire of memory measure of everyday memory functioning of Geurten, Majerus, Lejeune and Catale (2018), academic help seeking scale of Ryan and Pintrich (1997) and Colorado learning difficulties questionnaire Willcutt, Boada, Riddle, Chhabildas, DeFries and Pennington (2011) were used. Data analysis was done by using multivariate analysis of multi covariance. Results: Statistical data analysis illustrated brain based learning that amounts of everyday memory functioning and academic help seeking were significantly improve in experimental than control group (p < 0/05). Conclusion: brain based learning might be an efficient way to improve everyday memory functioning and academic help seeking of students. Also, teachers can use this educational approach for improving problems students with learning disability. Keywords: brain based learning, everyday memory functioning, academic help seeking, learning disability.