Questions for the midterm...
-One question I have is determining what kind of teaching techniques to use in similiar situations. I understand conditional and operant theories, but I get confused with Piagets and Vyogtsky's theories if someone could clear those up for me
- Second question I have is on the information processing theory. If someone could just describe the stages that the mind goes through in a situation, and how each step plays a part when trying to remember something. And also an example of informaiton that is important enough to be kept in the short term memory or on to the long term memory.
-Third question I have has to deal with is how is higher-order thinking different then critical thining? Or is criticla thinking just an example of higher order thinking?
2. For your information processing theory question, we start with our sensory memory. This is the random little things that go on all around you all the time, like the feeling of clothes on your skin, or the smell of a classroom. These really have no importance, so the brain kind of blocks them out. In order for something to work its way into the next step, we need it to grab our attention. Some big, loud or just different can do that. Once we actually notice and focus on it, it is in our working memory. Working memory is our short term memory, and can hold about 5-7 pieces of data for a very short amount of time. The way to actually remember this information later on, is to encode it in your long term memory. This can be through rehearsal and repetition or mnemonics and other strategies. Once it's encoded, then its in your long term memory. An example may be, someones phone number. Just said once, you aren't likely to remember it, that would be in working memory. But if someone says it a lot and you work on repeating it in your head, or chunking numbers together, it can stick in your long term memory!
ReplyDeleteTo clear up your first question, Piaget believes that you can only learn to the stage you are in. Vygotsky believes the opposite - that how much you have learned denotes what stage you are in
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