Application 3 Blog:
Explain how instructional strategies correlate with the principles of cognitive learning theory.
Discovery leads to meaningful learning, which leads to creative productions (Novak & Cañas, 2008). That is the theory behind the instructional strategies introduced in this week’s readings. These strategies correlate with the cognitive learning theory because they allow students to explore and make connections to what they already know by allowing students to integrate the different senses. Using tools like spreadsheets and concept mapping helps students visualize rather than just read about information. This dual coding is an important aspect to storing information in long-term memory. Creating visualizations gives students a way to retrieve information from the network of information that they have stored. These strategies also allow students to make connections to prior knowledge and elaborate on this knowledge, which is also important to helping students learn and retain information.
Resources:
Novak, J. D. & Cañas, A. J. (2008). The theory underlying concept maps and how to construct and use them, Technical Report IHMC CmapTools 2006-01 Rev 01-2008. Retrieved from the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Web site:
http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/
TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.pdf
I am a visual learner and having tools and resources like concept mapping help me to process and retrieve information. Dr. Orey told us in the resource video that pictures help us to elaborate. When I am learning something new, I tend to make pnemonics or think of something that I can relate back to the information being learned. It is like the game you play trying to connect one thing to another and they almost have nothing in common.
ReplyDeleteConcept mapping is a wonderful thing to help kids process and retrieve the information. This is great for the students and will help them relate back to the information because they have seen it and used it more than once. I believe this surely correlates with the cognitive learning theory.
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Visual connections are a great aid in producing greater levels of learning. I can attest to the fact that I am a visual learner. I also know that the more connections I can make to a new concept, the more likely I will be to remember it later on.
ReplyDeleteThey say that smells can trigger long term memories. When you mentioned that the cognitive learning theory allows students to integrate various senses, it reminded me of the sense of smell and it's connection to long term memories. I know we have been dealing with mostly visuals when it comes to involving "senses" and I know that computers cannot really generate any odors (unless they are self-destructing). What a well rounded lesson we could craft that utilized both technology for visuals and then add aromas that would be associated with the topic of the lesson? It seems to me that that would create an enormous amount of cerebral connections as well.
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