Deriving the Ideal Learning Environment For Communal Intermediate Educational Institutions

Larger communal education institutions, such as intermediate, secondary, and middle schools (11-13 year-olds), are faced with the challenge of providing an environment to effectively facilitate the dissemination of educational material(s). To date, it is unknown whether it is beneficial to devise an ideal learning environment by creating an autonomy-supportive domain that centers around providing actual tools, choices while learning, and trust from the mentor(s). This literary review will explore possibilities for altering and improving the education environment to maximize learning potential. The paper will specifically focus on the neuroscience that supports the literature I will include in this review. My goal will be to corroborate the reviewed literature with data acquired by a survey directly administered to middle school students entering the 6th and 7th grades.