The Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers strategy correlate with the principles of cognitive learning theory, in that they can all help to support long-term memory. The advance organizers helps the students to organize information they are to learn, if a students knows what he is to learn he can concentrate on finding that information; this is also true with the questions strategy – students are focused on finding information that answers the question. When the student finds the answer the declarative memory comes into play and the episodic memory becomes active. Summarizing and Note Taking bring in to play the mind’s eye which supports the declarative and episodic memory; and it provides for elaboration where the student builds numerous connections so he or she can place the information into long term memory. I will now have my students create Concept Maps before starting a lesson, began lessons with questions to spark interest in the objective, have students create advanced organizers to get their thoughts together when writing essays. The virtual field trip tool supports the declarative memory because it is for visual learners as well as auditory learners this causes the declarative memory processing to occur, it allows for elaboration processing, as well as dual coding information processing which initially result in long-term memory.
Linda,
ReplyDeleteI noticed in the class cafe that you teach sixth and seventh grade technology classes. What a unique opportunity to be able to work primarily with technology. What kind of lessons do you teach? I found that in Kindergarten the idea of a concept map was great, but the actual implementation of it was a bit above grade level. Did you have each student create a concept map or did you create it as a whole class activity?
Chelsea Blasius Lewis
Yes, I am in a unique situation to work with technology, I teach students touch systems data entry, as well as the the ten keys on the right hand side of the keyboard, I teach the students to investigate information about themselves, and other historical figures using different websites, I teach them to put the informtion they find in a graphic organizer using the inspiration software, I teach lots of things, I teach the students to find the peripherals for the computer and label then, I teach the students to format and type letters, news articles, newsletters, I teach Access, excel and many other things. I chose three students to make the concept map with.
ReplyDelete