Summarizing and note taking are probable two of the best ways to help students to learn. It helps students to synthesize information and distill it into a concise new form. (Pitler, 2007). In other words, students can use their own words, drawings and their own understanding to help themselves retain information that may be need in the future.
Cues, questions, and advanced organizers focus on enhancing students’ ability to retrieve, use, and organize information about a topic. In other words, students find relationships between what is already known to them and what they are learning. They do this through reminders or hints from the teacher, or as in the case of advance organizers help the student to focus on their learning. (Pitler, 2007).
These instructional strategies help students in Cognitive Learning because Cognitive Learning helps students’ efforts to understand, retain and recall information. (Laureate Education, 2010)
Cognitive Learning has 3 stages of information processing: sensory input information, Short term memory or working memory, and that which is stored into long term memory. Long term memory stores declarative facts and information, procedural functions such as how to do things, and episodic memory or events in your life. (Laureate Education, 2010) When we use summarizing and note taking, cues, questions, and advanced organizers we are attempting to store the information learned in these strategies in our long term memory.
Virtual Field Trips and Concept Mapping also relate to Cognitive learning because both of these learning strategies appeal to the senses. Both are visual and according to Dr Orey, Virtual Field Trips help create episodic memory. (Laureate Education, 2010)
References;
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010). Program five. Cognitive learning theory[Webcast]. Bridging learning theory, instruction and technology. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Pitler,H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., Malenowski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
"When we use summarizing and note taking, cues, questions, and advanced organizers we are attempting to store the information learned in these strategies in our long term memory."
ReplyDeleteI agree with the statement but in order for this to happen a connection between the short and long term memory must be made.
Diane,
ReplyDeleteYes, since virtual fieldtrips are packed with visuals and bring the world to the learner, they help to create episodic memory. So much more powerful than just text and lecture.
Cathy
MarcJ,
ReplyDeleteI think using visuals helps make the connection between short and long term memory.
Diane
Cathy,
ReplyDeleteI cannot imagine a world without visuals. Whenever I get ready to show a video, my students perk up and ask about it before I get a chance to introduce it. Sometimes they are excited to see and sometimes they are disappointed. At least I think they are learning something either way.
Diane
Diane,
ReplyDeleteI like your statement, "Virtual Field Trips help create episodic memory." I couldn't agree more with this statement. I believe when my students can read and see something we are learning about, it does create memories they can refer back to. With visuals such as virtual field trips, it only reinforces those memories they can use later.
nusbaum08,
ReplyDeleteAbsolutly, I also think that virtual field trips provides an opportunity for disadvantaged students to see more of the world outside of their existance and helps them to strive for something more or better in their future.
Diane
I agree Dianne...
ReplyDeleteI guess what I was referring to is that we can't take for granted that this will happen automatically and that even with the visuals we have to make sure that the connections being made are those that we desire.