Views of cognitive learning
The interdisciplinary study of thinking, language, intelligence, knowledge creation & the brain.
What is Cognitive Science?
An actual memory of a specific object
Processes such as selective attention and elaboration that influence encoding, storage, and retrieval of information in memory
What are executive control processes?
C.A.P.S.
Reading literature strategy
Characters, Aim of story, Problem, Solution
Knowledge assumed to be the individual's construction- Cannot be judged right or wrong
What is radical constructivism?
Knowledge demonstrated when we perform a task. "Knowing How"
What is Procedural Knowledge?
Rules about what actions to take, given certain conditions
What is production?
Tools for concept mapping developed by the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
What are C-maps?
Putting your problem-solving plan and its logic into words.
What is verbalization?
Emphasizes the active role of the learner in building understanding & making sense of information.
What is the constructivist approach?
Initial Input from the world
What is sensory memory?
Activating a concept in memory or the spread of activation from one concept to another
What is priming?
Students learn problem-solving strategies but do not apply them when they should/could
What is production deficiency?
R.E.A.D.S.
What is a 5-step reading strategy?
Review headings
Examine Boldface words
Ask " What do I expect to learn?"
Do it: Read
Summarize in your own words
A speech sound-related system for holding & rehearsing words & sounds in STM 15-20 seconds
What is a phonological loop?
Technique of associating items with specific places
What is the loci method?
A general strategy used in attempting to solve problems
What is a Heuristic?
The facilitation, in learning or performance, of a new task based on what has been learned during a previous one
What is Positive Transfer?
Possible technology uses in education
VLE, LMS, PLN, IVLE
The process that brings together and integrates information from multiple systems under the supervision of the central executive.
What is an episodic buffer?
Skills that are applied without conscious thought
What are Automated basic skills?
The tendency to hold on to beliefs even in the face of contradictory evidence.
The Standards-> (Must be applied to) The Elements-> (as we learn to develop) Intellectual Traits
What is the Model of critical thinking?
Reciprocal teaching, jigsaw, and constructive structured controversy
What are possible strategies for cooperative learning?