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Effect of Brain Education (Timbuktu_study)
Effect of Brain Education for Enhanced Learning on Emotional Strengths and
Difficulties of Fourth Graders.10/24/2008 Background: Brain Education (BE) for Enhanced Learning is a supplementary educational program designed to develop children’s deep potential for life-long growth and contribution. BE integrates training for physical strength and sensory awareness, emotional self-management, self-efficacy, resilience, concentration, and imagination. Studies in South Korea have shown that the curriculum can improve learning efficiency, increase levels of multiple intelligences, and promote positive stress copies strategies. The present pilot study aimed to nvestigate the effects of Brain Education for Enhanced Learning on fourth graders in an urban charter school in the United States. Methods: In October, 2006, teachers underwent a two-day intensive training program to learn how to provide BE for Enhanced Learning. Within two weeks, a randomly selected fourth grade teacher completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) on a random sample of students in her classroom. The SDQ was also given to a random sample of fourth-grade students from a neighboring school which served as a control population. BE for Enhanced Learning was subsequently taught throughout the school year. In May 2007, students in both study groups were re-administered the questionnaire. Results: Before and After data were collected from sixteen students participating in BE, and six students from the control group school. The results are shown in the figure.  As shown, students from the BE group showed improvements in all domains of the SDQ, including fewer emotional symptoms, fewer conduct problems, less hyperactivity, fewer peer problems, and more pro-sociality. All improvements were statistically significant at the level of p<0.05. In contrast, students from the control school showed an improvement in emotional symptoms, but did more poorly or remained the same in the other domains. Conclusion: Fourth graders who participated in the Brain Education for Enhanced Learning curriculum demonstrated significant improvements in their emotional wellbeing and social behavior. Future studies will attempt to replicate these findings in more diverse educational settings, and examine whether the improvements are also associated with heightened academic achievement. |
