Effective educational measures to improve learning based on educational neuroscience studies: a review

 Educational neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field that seeks research findings in the field of understanding the effects of education on the brain. This field of science endeavors to determine and develop methods that teachers and learners can use to improve learning. This review study sought to identify some effective educational measures to improve learning, based on educational neuroscience studies.

 In this study, the texts on educational neuroscience studies, from the years 1995 to 2021 through databases such as: Google scholar, ERIC, Knowledge E, SID, Sciencedirect, Wiley, Springer and keywords such as: teaching method, Brain-based learning, educational neuroscience were reviewed, in the initial search, 156 articles and books were obtained, of which, texts that somehow explain the educational measures before the start of teaching and before/and while the teaching practice was selected based on learning compatible with the brain.

 The information obtained from the review of educational neuroscience studies based on the steps: before the teaching process and before and during the teaching process was summarized and provided solutions for teachers and learners in these stages. The solutions derived from the studies of educational neuroscience in the three stages as follows: 1- selecting and formulating educational goals, 2- determining the input characteristics of learners, 3- referring to the psychology of learning and motivation and using it to improve the teaching and learning process, they were presented in 12 educational actions that used by teachers and learners to increase the learner's brain function and the effectiveness of teaching.

 It seems that the use of the measures obtained from educational neuroscience studies in the stages before the training, and before and during the training can be effective in improving the of learners’ brain function and increasing their learning.