I think that cognitive learning is the most important aspect of learning. How to get our students to retain information without memorizing is always our goal in teaching. Dr. Orey discussed the idea of using concept mapping and I think that it is a fantastic way of getting students to retain information. It allows the students to take a key concept and relate it to other items that they can remember more easily. Therefore, when they think of the concept they think of the other ideas and they are able to remember what they needed to know. For example, if the key concept is Cardiovascular, they may put heart in one of their lines. Dr. Orey also discussed the idea of Paivio's dual coding hypothesis. This allows students to correlate images with text so that they can relate information which again allows them to retain the information without memorization. Both of these concepts are extremely important in cognitive learning because students can correlate important information with key concepts being taught which allows for long term learning to take place.
References:
Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Orey, M.(Ed.). (2001). Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology. Retrieved from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Main_Page
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Hi Trisha,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, cognitivism is a very important aspect of learning. It is very interesting to see how the brain works. The dual coding where the image is retained in a diferent part of the brain to the written information is quite fascinating.
Maria