EFFECT OF BRAIN BASED LEARNING ON PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS

Today"s need is to make educational process effective, child cantered and activity based. So the teachers have to get acquainted with new techniques of teaching and learning process. Teachers" efforts of creating conducive environment help students achieve complex learning goals. Teachers are responsible for creating learning environment in the classroom. Brain plays a significant role in thinking, memory, emotions and learning. These play significant role in human development and performance. Advancement in these aspects impact human learning and education. Brain research contributes to human learning to a great extent. This helps in keeping abreast with the latest developments in the world of knowledge. Educationists use these research findings to advance their knowledge of teaching learning. Teaching techniques and strategies are based on theories about how brain learns. These theories are known as Brain Based Learning (BBL). According to Caine and Caine, (1995) and Jensen (2005) these set of strategies is called as Brain Based Learning (BBL) or Brain Compatible Learning (BCL) teaching methods