Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Memory and Cognition

PLE #4: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 want students to be able to problem solve, either by themselves or learn a way that can help them problem solve (ask a peer).  I would like them to not just recall because of memorization techniques, but because of a meaningful connection to something else in their world.   I want them to be able to successfully organize their thinking and ideas to help them learn.  Overall, I want them to be able to apply the knowledge and ideas we go explore through many different avenues.  I think that if children can learn to explain things in their own words or terms, they are more likely to store the knowledge long-term.

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