Chapter
6
What
are the essential skills and/or learning outcomes you want your
students to know and be able to do that relate to cognitive
learning?
I
really want my students to be able to come away from my class with a
large number of cognitive processes that they can pick and choose
from in order to have the best access to all materials. Good memory
skills will help them build a foundation upon which they can begin
building the structure of their knowledge which they will be able to
place into storage. I would be sure to experiment to see which
different methods would allow for my students to retain the materials
better. Whether using acronyms, mnemonics or basic memorization a
student should be able to find a style that works best for them. I
remember reading an article years ago that had stated what ever type
of environment that you study for an exam in should be the same state
of environment in which you should take the exam. During the
presentation the other day when we were discussing the drivers
ability to access material acquired and produced in a range of
environments it really made me think of this older article. Also I
hope to be able to have my student using some critical thinking
skills. If they can learn to take what they have learned and apply
it in another setting then I think I have done a fair portion of my
job.
How
might your knowledge of the memory processes guide your instructional
decisions?
I
plan on doing my best to keep all of my material presented in a fun
and interesting fashion. As long as I can keep the students interest
in the material and provide them with different methods in order to
remember the processes then we can work toward applying this
processes to real world problems. I will be sure to provide a large
amount of visual aids along with physical interactions. I strongly
believe that any time a student can physical take part in an
experiment or some portion of the material being covered then they
will have a greater chance of retaining that information for access
on another day.
On
a side note lets see how your mind thinks. . .
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