This article provided a brief analysis of an important human organ and the influences it has on personal and formal learning in the educational field. The specific topics that were investigated are the brain and its importance in learning, characteristics of the hemispheres of the brain learning and the contribution of neuroscience in the teaching-learning process. The first topic mentions how the brain influences learning and the role of memory in that process. The next topic focuses on the characteristics and functions performed by the two brain hemispheres. The latest content deals with the contribution of neuroscience in the educational field, here is detailed on how neural networks combined with the environment where the student performs to make learning possible. The descriptive methodology, based on the review of current bibliographic sources, was used. The purpose of this document is to provide the reader with true and up-to-date sources of information on an organ that integrates complex and necessary ideas for the human being.

Evaluation is a central issue in the educational process because it can define the success or failure of that process. The purpose of this article was to investigate the evaluation approaches that teachers assume in the teaching and learning process in the Educational Unit "Edwin Hernán Mendoza Bravo", of the Colón parish, to learn how the teacher performs the evaluation practices in their daily work The research that was carried out was of exploratory type and with a descriptive and systematic methodology supported in the review of bibliographic sources of the specialized literature. The technique and instrument that was used was the survey to achieve, interpret and reveal the results obtained, according to these, it was possible to reach the following conclusions: Many teachers do not usually apply the educational evaluation in their pedagogical work and focus on the tests or exams to obtain final results. Authentic evaluation and innovative strategies are unimportant elements because traditional techniques and instruments such as the written test and the questionnaire still prevail.

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