Module 1: Introduction

• Compare and contrast behavioral and cognitive theories of learning.
• Identify modern tools used to study the brain including fMRI scanning and NIRS imaging.

Module 2: We Only Use About 10% of Our Brains

• List groups who have believed and/or propagated this myth.
• List several evidences that debunk this myth.
• List several evidences that explain why we use more than 10% of our brains.
• Offer an explanation regarding how we can increase the capacity of our brain for learning.

Module 3: Some People are Left-Brained While Others are Right-Brained

• Explain how the misuse of Roger Sperry's research propagated this myth.
• Explain why teaching materials designed for left or right-brained students are not legitimate.
• List several cognitive functions that seem to occur more in one hemisphere than the other.
• Explain how this myth was spread through the educational community.
• Critique instruments that claim to be able to measure one's hemisphericity.

Module 4: Brains of Males and Females Differ in Ways that Affect Learning

• Compare and contrast structural features of male and female brains.
• Compare and contrast how male and female brains process information when performing tasks.
• Describe the influence of gender on personal performance.
• Define neuroplasticity and the factor(s) that influence it.
• Compare male/female brain differences within and between gender populations.
• Explain why a given brain cannot be classified as male or female.
• Define a connectome and explain how it is influenced by life changes and experiences.
• Explain why there is no justification for teaching males and females differently.

Module 5: Students Learn Better When We Cater to Their Learning Styles

• Identify four types of models and two factors that can make a model useful.
• Compare and contrast intuitive (qualitative) and experimental models.
• Explore Gardner's seven (multiple) intelligences.
• Describe the components of Kolb's experience-based learning model.
• Explain the significance of the very large number of different models for learning styles.

Module 6: The Learning Cone

• Explain why Dale described his Cone of Experience as an intuitive model.
• Explain how various authors misrepresented Dale's cone with reference to retention of learning.
• Define the five variables that can affect how well students retain what they learn.
• Identify two reasons why the percentages that are often assigned to the Cone are problematic.
• Describe how reinforcement can best be used to help students retain more of what they learn.
• Describe how the use of a variety of teaching modes and materials can foster cognitive outcomes.