Applying information processing theory to teaching/learning
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
October 21, 2008
I found it very interesting to learn about how our brain breaks down information in an effort to remember it. Whether is be determined through our sensory register, our short term memory, or the ability to transfer information to our long term memory.
It is so interesting that we can only remember very superficial information in our sensory register up to 3 seconds and that we can only remember in intervals of 7. This is why it is so important to pay attention when learning because it is the only way we are able to retain information. Otherwise we will just forget it and it will not be moved into our short term memory. We have to be able to take a quick scan of what is truly important and know that this is worth remembering.
Being able to relate information to knowledge that we already have is a great way to remember new information. We can all create an internal encoding and organization system that works best for us as individuals. Once we are able to understand how we best retain and retrieve information, we will become better learners, as well as, be able to hopefully send the information from our short term memory into our long term memory for future use.
I find as a visual learner, using the dual coding theory would help me most effectively. I need something more concrete with visual aids in order for the information to sink in fully. Breaking information down from attention, recognition, encoding, organization, and rehearsal are really the best way to retain information and send it to our long term memory.
Elaborative rehearsal seems like a great way help in this case. Being able to relate new information to prior information makes it easier to make sense of it. Reinforcing material with images, audio, videos, hands on learning and applying it to real life will help create a stronger understanding and produce a more vivid association to what we are learning about.
Being able to reflect on the information we just learned also helps us remember. I think that this is something that does not always get done. It is important to reflect in the classroom and not just on our own. Breaking information down and taking it in piece by piece will only aid to our remembering of the material.
And of course practice makes perfect, we have to create our own learning strategies that work best for us, as we know everyone learns differently and we need to figure out what works best and try to encompass as many of these aspects into our teaching as possible.
I wish that we had more time in class to have created a lesson plan in our groups for the PBS Show activity. I think it would have been great to hear what other groups had done and what everyone's thought's were on the subject. I always enjoy our class discussions, I felt like we missed out a little this week. But class was enjoyable as always.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
October 21, 2008
In this week's class we learned about information processing theory. I always enjoy the way that we have multiple activities in class that discuss or create examples to reinforce the material that we are going over. The learning Chinese exercise was helpful in the way we break down information in order to process it better, in order to retain it as fully as possible. Being able to relate the sounds of the Chinese syllables to English words, made it much easier to understand and pronounce. Breaking the words down aided in the remembering of the information. I might even remember these phrases for the future.
I found it very interesting to learn about how our brain breaks down information in an effort to remember it. Whether is be determined through our sensory register, our short term memory, or the ability to transfer information to our long term memory.
It is so interesting that we can only remember very superficial information in our sensory register up to 3 seconds and that we can only remember in intervals of 7. This is why it is so important to pay attention when learning because it is the only way we are able to retain information. Otherwise we will just forget it and it will not be moved into our short term memory. We have to be able to take a quick scan of what is truly important and know that this is worth remembering.
Being able to relate information to knowledge that we already have is a great way to remember new information. We can all create an internal encoding and organization system that works best for us as individuals. Once we are able to understand how we best retain and retrieve information, we will become better learners, as well as, be able to hopefully send the information from our short term memory into our long term memory for future use.
I find as a visual learner, using the dual coding theory would help me most effectively. I need something more concrete with visual aids in order for the information to sink in fully. Breaking information down from attention, recognition, encoding, organization, and rehearsal are really the best way to retain information and send it to our long term memory.
Elaborative rehearsal seems like a great way help in this case. Being able to relate new information to prior information makes it easier to make sense of it. Reinforcing material with images, audio, videos, hands on learning and applying it to real life will help create a stronger understanding and produce a more vivid association to what we are learning about.
Being able to reflect on the information we just learned also helps us remember. I think that this is something that does not always get done. It is important to reflect in the classroom and not just on our own. Breaking information down and taking it in piece by piece will only aid to our remembering of the material.
And of course practice makes perfect, we have to create our own learning strategies that work best for us, as we know everyone learns differently and we need to figure out what works best and try to encompass as many of these aspects into our teaching as possible.
I wish that we had more time in class to have created a lesson plan in our groups for the PBS Show activity. I think it would have been great to hear what other groups had done and what everyone's thought's were on the subject. I always enjoy our class discussions, I felt like we missed out a little this week. But class was enjoyable as always.
0 comments:
Post a Comment