Well a growing amount evidence suggests they might, capably augmented by recent research by second year undergraduate Emma Cowie-Smith. She carried out a small study of how 'real world learning' impacted upon the teaching of year 1 primary school children - to learn more about what she found take a look.......
She will be presenting this work at a conference at the University tomorrow!
It would be interesting to know what is happening from a neurological and biochemical point of view. For example the additional sensory information and the release of various hormones into the blood stream.
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