Franklin University SED 201 Cognition, Learning, & Intelligence Fall 2025, Start Date 10/27/25

This course will provide the opportunity for students to dig deeper into how students acquire and retain knowledge as well as the factors that affect student learning. Students will learn the importance of teaching and designing lessons in consideration of the biological functions of the brain. The fundamentals of brain-based learning will be covered as well as how this knowledge can be applied to the classroom environment and instruction. The cause of academic deficits will be explored in light of executive functioning skills and students will learn interventions to address executive functioning difficulties in learners.