Stimulus Stimulus -> -> -> -> Response Response Behaviorism Behaviorism
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Stimulus ->Stimulus -> -> Response-> Response
BehaviorismBehaviorism
Stimulus ->Stimulus -> -> Response-> Response
What’s inside the black box?What’s inside the black box?
BehaviorismBehaviorism
Simple Associations:Simple Associations:
Push gas (stimulus), car goes (response)Push gas (stimulus), car goes (response)
Information ProcessingInformation Processing
Let’s build a model of what goes on under Let’s build a model of what goes on under the hood when you push the gas.the hood when you push the gas.
Cognitive Revolution!Cognitive Revolution!
Assumptions of CognitivismAssumptions of CognitivismAssumptions of CognitivismAssumptions of Cognitivism
Learning involves changes in your mental representations - doesn’t have to be a change in behavior.
Observable behavior is still important for studying learning in a scientific way. But now we are going to make inferences about the hidden mental process that may be affecting the behavior. I.e., we’ll make theoretical models about what’s “under the
hood,” propose theories based on the models, and then put the theories to the test.
Let’s Be Cognitive Theorists!Let’s Be Cognitive Theorists!Let’s Be Cognitive Theorists!Let’s Be Cognitive Theorists!
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What Are Effective Ways of Learning?What Are Effective Ways of Learning?
Advanced ideas
Factors Influencing MemoryFactors Influencing Memory
Model of Information ProcessingModel of Information Processing
Sensory Register
Working Memory
Long-term MemoryAttentionAttention
Control Processes
Association,Meaning
Association,Meaning
Recall
Internet as a metaphor for Long Term Memory
Internet as a metaphor for Long Term Memory
UT site
My web page
Sid’s web page
Internet as a metaphor for Long Term Memory
Internet as a metaphor for Long Term Memory
Information A
Information B
MemorizationDeep understanding/
Personalized knowledge
Elaborate, organized network of knowledge
What would I. P. Theory have to say about this situation?
What would I. P. Theory have to say about this situation?
Advantages of a Rich NetworkAdvantages of a Rich Network
Information will be stored more effectively in long-term memory so that it will be able to be retrieved in the future.
You won’t forget it immediately after the exam!
You will create a flexible knowledge structure that will allow you to apply what you learn in complex, real-world situations (i.e. “transfer”).
Imagine that! Being able to actually apply what you learn!
What Metaphor Can You Come Up with to Represent
Effective Learning?
What Metaphor Can You Come Up with to Represent
Effective Learning?
My Examples:Effective learning is like a website with lots of links.
Effective learning is like seeing the picture instead of the individual dots.
ImplicationsImplications
“It’s all about the network”“It’s all about the network”
The network can include the following:Prior knowledgeOther new ideas Personal experienceEmotionsSensory representations (auditory, visual, kinesthetic)
The network needs to be:Integrated
Connected ideas/experience; cross-cutting themes
ElaborateMany connections; crisscrossing the landscape
OrganizedBig ideas; patterns
MeaningfulPersonalized connections
“It’s all about the network”“It’s all about the network”
Bad Studying:Bad Studying:
Psychologize = blah, blah, blah
Transformative Experience = blah, blah, blah
Ideas = blah, blah, blah
Good Studying (brace yourself):Good Studying (brace yourself):
Newton, Mozart, etc.
Dewey
Map Analogy
Explorers
The Map
Teacher
Student
The curriculumGuide to
Experience
Experience
Instruction
Dead Poets
Society
Trans-formative
Exp.
Art“Classics”
Enrich Exp.
“Ideas”
Model & Scaffold
Metaphor
Re-seeing Psychologize
Sugar Coat
Motivated Use
Expansion of Perception
Expansion of Value Your
Experience
C.P. Context
Past Classes
Concepts
Building Integrated Knowledge StructuresBuilding Integrated Knowledge Structures
“Crisscrossing the landscape”To really get to know a city, you should crisscross it
from multiple directions, modes of transportation, etc.Applied to learning, study the same content from
multiple:PerspectivesRepresentationsDirections
Learn content in an integrated way with crosscutting themes.
Building Integrated Knowledge Structures
Building Integrated Knowledge Structures
Dewey
Goals
Prior Kg.
Role of Individual
Instruction
Behaviorism
Information
Processing
Let’s revisit our initial ideas about effective learning. Have they changed?
Make an updated list of effective and ineffective study strategies.
The True Power of Learning is Unlocked When We Teach
Students to Monitor Their Learning and Use Effective Strategies
The True Power of Learning is Unlocked When We Teach
Students to Monitor Their Learning and Use Effective Strategies
This is know as fostering metacognition.