The Effectiveness of Utilizing Brain Based Learning Strategy on the Retention in Science among Grade Eight Female Students of Basic Education

The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using the brain-based learning strategy in the retention of science in the eighth-grade students. The study sample consisted of 62 females eighth grade students in Wilayat Bausher, Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman. The sample was divided into one experimental group of 29 female students, studied according to the principles and characteristics of learning based on the brain, and a group of 33 female students who studied according to the usual teaching methods. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher prepared a teacher's guide and activities booklet for the student to teach the unit "waves and their applications", and was verified the validity by presenting it to a group of arbitrators. The study tools were represented in achievement test of the proposed unit. It was applied in two stages: A direct post-test was carried out to measure the collection variable and was reapplied two weeks later as a delayed post-test for measuring the retention variable, and verified its validity by presenting it to a group of arbitrators and calculating the consistency of its internal consistency using the alpha coefficient of Cronbach. The stability coefficient was 0.75. The results of the study showed that there are statistically significant differences in the retention of learning in the experimental group. The study highlighted and recommended employing a brain-based learning strategy in teaching science subjects, as well as improve learning environments to be compatible with the characteristics and principles of brain learning.