Based on his findings, we can summarize that an enriched classroom setting will enhance the student's neurological functions by increasing their cell weight and branching of dendrites within their brain, thus helping to improve ones short term and long term memory. By fostering hands on activities and active participation in the classroom, it has been found that it stimulates various regions of the brain and help children to form strong associations with existing understanding (Rushton, 2001). Rushton also states that the brain is designed to perceive and generate patters and the process helps to strengthen short term memory allowing to be processed into long term thoughts (Rushton, 2001). New teachers, who organize his or her classroom for both low and high order thinking skills, will enhance children's ability to form patterns in their math, language arts, and science curriculum to help students process the information and strengthen their short their memory.
Rapport et. al (2001), author of Internalizing Behavior Problems and Scholastic Achievement in Children: Cognitive and Behavioral Pathways as Mediators of Outcome, states that an increase in cognitive abilities (i.e. intelligence) and selected aspects of cognitive function (i.e. vigilance, memory, and information processing), are directly linked to classroom activities and materials presented. When a child is engaged in a learning experience, a number of areas of the brain are simultaneously activated. Learning should be presented in a real life context so that new information builds upon prior understanding and then generalizes to broader concepts. Such strategies to facilitate better understanding of themselves and their environment include: field trips, guest speakers, interactive technology, and multicultural units of study. In addition, children's learning skills can be enhanced if they are exposed to environments where children can interact with diverse populations (various cultures and generations including grandparents), and use language as well as visual spatial strategies.