CognAssist

A different way of thinking and learning

CognAssist has been designed by Neuroscientists as a different way of thinking and learning.

Neuroscience allows us to explore how the human brain functions. The more we know and understand about how the brain functions- the more it will help us understand how we can help students learn and develop.

Every brain is different it is therefore important we identify how each individual thinks and learns so we can tailor their learning styles to their personal and professional development.

The CognAssist system is designed to help students with their personal and professional development. The system is designed to look at how students think and learn best through 8 cognitive domains. The initial assessment helps us gain a better understanding of how individual students brains function by providing us with a brain profile. This allows us to see where a students strengths as a learner lie and what areas need further development. Understanding how we learn best is as important as the content we learn, if we adopt the right strategies and knowledge it will help us in life long learning. Depending on the results of your initial assessment you may be provided with monthly strategies to support you in your learning. These strategies are essential to your learning journey, they are specifically designed to help with development in areas that you identified in through your initial assessment. The strategies and resources are provided monthly and are designed to help you with your specific apprenticeship but also with your personal life and work life.

These resources and strategies may even serve you beyond your apprenticeship; as we hope your personal and professional development will continue long after you have completed your apprenticeship.

TIP If you have not yet carried out a CognAssist assessment as part of your Enrolment or Induction, please let your tutor know so they can arrange for you to complete this.

The 8 Cognitive Domains

Diagram listing the eight cognitive domains: executive function; numeracy; visual perception; non-verbal memory; visual information processing speed; verbal memory; verbal reasoning and literacy.