Determining and Explaining the Principles of Learning Based on Cognitive Processes in the Brain

The purpose of this study is to systematically determine and explain the principles of learning based on cognitive processes in the brain. It was also attempted to infer new principles in addition to refining the pervious principles. Also, by focusing on three educational strategies of coordinated immersion, active processing, relaxed consciousness, it was tried to find adaptation of determined principles with these strategies. The present study is a combination method (qualitative-quantitative). The present study is a combination method (qualitative-quantitative). First, by examining the content of relevant and valid scientific texts as well as semi-structured interviews by thematic content analysis method, the initial framework of the project including 17 learning principles was prepared. Lawshes method was used to determine the content validity ratio (CVR) and the Waltz and Basel methods were used to adapt the principles to the strategies and to determine the content validity index (CVI). The research community in this section is 13 professors and experts. Based on CVR, 15 principles were approved. According to CVI, 9 principles related to coordinated immersion, 4 principles related to active processing and 2 principles in coordination with relaxed awareness strategy were classified. Progress in Neuroscience findings and the importance of using this finding in education requires further review and study of these findings in inferring the principles of learning based on cognitive processes in the brain. On the other hand, it is suggested to consider learning principles based on brain cognitive processes in curriculum planning and its application.