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Teaching undergraduate neuroscience with brain teaser experiments.

Daniel Goldreich¹

¹Occupational Therapy Department, Duquesne University.

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

|August 16, 2013

Summary

Neuroscience education for health professionals can be challenging. Engaging "brainteaser" activities help undergraduate students learn neuroscience concepts and practice critical thinking skills through sensory and motor phenomena exploration.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience education
Health sciences curriculum

Background:

Neuroscience knowledge is crucial for occupational therapists and other health professionals.
Neuroscience courses are often perceived as difficult within health science programs.

Purpose of the Study:

To enhance student learning in undergraduate neuroscience.
To integrate critical thinking practice with neuroscience content.

Main Methods:

Development of in-class "brainteaser" activities for a semester-long undergraduate neuroscience course.
Integration of activities into each subject module.
Students engage with sensory and motor phenomena and form hypotheses about neural mechanisms.

Main Results:

Students learn neuroscience concepts through experiential activities.

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Students develop inductive reasoning and hypothesis generation skills.

The activities provide a dual benefit of learning and critical thinking practice.

Conclusions:

"Brainteaser" activities are an effective method for improving neuroscience education.
Experiential learning coupled with inductive reasoning enhances understanding of neural mechanisms.
These activities foster essential critical thinking skills in future health professionals.