Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Learning Theory Blog Post 1


Information processing is about memory and how we learn things. Teachers need to know how people can memorize things in order to learn that way they are able to teach in effective ways. There are a three stages of memories listed. One is sensory memory which picks up on what is around us. It is taking in everything around you, like the walls, decorations on the walls, and furniture. Another one is working memory where we use things such as repetition to remember stuff. In the working memory we have to use information we got from the sensory memory. This goes to your long term memory.

Do most people have the same strategies? Can people use more than one strategy successfully?

Learning is when you can remember what you were taught and also storing it for future use.
Repetition is not the best way to learn something because you are not connecting it with anything, so you will not be able to store it in your long term memory.

4 comments:

  1. In regards to your question about learning strategies, I think people from different fields of thought would have different answers. In my experience, people can learn using different strategies, but there are some things that help all people learn. For example, engaging more senses helps to learn information.

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  2. I think that many of the strategies can be successful, but it's the way in which you use the strategy that matters. Different strategies will work for different age groups and types of classroom settings. It's always important to understand the type of students and classroom environment you want to have to use a successful learning strategy. In regards to your summarization of the chapter, it's important to remember that teachers aren't trying to teach students to memorize things in the information processing theory, but instead teaching them how to use internal processes to understand what they are learning and make connections with prior knowledge so that they can store it into their long term memory and have an easier time retrieving the information.

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  3. Each unique person, learns and understands differently and some strategies work better for them than others. As a teacher, it is important to expose the kids to different tools to discover. I feel that people use many of the same strategies expand their knowledge. With exposing different senses simultaneously, such as hearing and visual, there is more of a chance a child will retain the information.

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  4. You don't go into much detail of what happens after working memory. Do you 'learn' something once it's in your working memory? Repetition keeps something in WM, but remember that it does not push it to long term memory (this requires encoding).

    The things we go over in class are generally true of everyone, so typically, these strategies should work for anyone.

    Where is something within the model once you've 'learned' it?

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