The effectiveness of a program based on brain-based learning in developing habits of the mind, analytical thinking and achievement among students of the Master "

     The study aimed  at  measuring  the effectiveness of a program based on brain-based learning in developing  analytical thinking and achievement through  teaching the course of  “ Talented with learning difficulties”  for the students of  Master program in the Department of Special Education  who are major in Learning Disabilities / College of Science and Humanities - Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University.
The research sample consisted of (27) female students and it was divided into two groups: the first was experimental and included (15) female students who were taught using the program of brain-based learning, and the second examined (12) female students who were taught via the traditional way.
 The researcher designed a measure for the habits of mind and an analytical test for the course of “talented students with special needs” the researcher conducted the analytical thinking scale of Adnan Mahmoud Al Mahdawi and Saad Saleh Kazem (2105). The research tools were applied pre and post to the two research groups, and the program was applied to the experimental group only.
The research came up with the following results:
1- There were statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) between the mean scores of female students of the experimental and control groups in the post application on the scale of mind habits and the scale of analytical thinking and achievement test for the benefit of the experimental group.
2- There were statistically significant differences at the level (0.05) between the mean scores of students of the experimental group in the pre/ post applications on the scale of mind habits and the scale of analytical thinking and achievement test for the benefit of post-application. Also,  there was  a weak positive correlation that was  statistically significant at the level (0.05) between the  scores of female students in the experimental group at the dimensional application on the scale of mind habits and their scores on the scale of analytical thinking.
3- There was a weak positive correlational relationship statistically significant at the level (0.05) between the scores of students of the experimental group in the post application on the scale of mind habits and their scores on the achievement test.