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What is Cognitivism? How does Cognitivism look at the brain? What are the characteristics of long and short term memories? How cognitivism works in education? What are some aspects that cognitivism ignores in learning? This presentation addresses all these questions. Enjoy watching and reading ! -Asma D.
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Asma DhaifTheoretical Foundations of Instructional Technologies By Dr. Donohue
Reference: Learning and Cognition (Martinez,2009)
- Long Duration and big Capacity.
- Dual coding images and words.
- It makes knowledge in our mind encyclopedic.
- It links ideas with meaning.- Multimedia, Information store
in different forms.- Hypermedia, one idea links to
related information.
- Small Capacity- Short Duration
Long Term
Memory
ShortTerm
Memory
Reference: Learning and Cognition (Martinez,2009)
Our memory does not have theability to remember all kinds
of information accurately and for a long time.
However, there is a uniqueand different memory which
could remember details accurately.It is called
Eidetic/ Photographic memory
This is Solomon,
a newspaper
reporter who
could remember
all information
perfectly.
Dr. Alex decided to
test his memory.
Dr. Alex found that
Solomon’s memory has
no limit. It can recite all
information no matter
how much they are.
This nonselective
memory proved a lack in
understanding abstract
meanings.
So the ability to
remember details was
offset by a disability in
making sense of his
experiences.
Ref
ere
nce
: Lea
rnin
g an
d C
ogn
itio
n (M
arti
nez
,20
09
)
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What about Cognitivism
in Education?
For learners: Learners have innate and inner
cognitive abilities. Learners think in different models.
For instructors: Instructors have to consider using
different techniques that will encourage students to learn. Instructors have to evaluate
students with gradually starting from recalling basic knowledge to challenging their cognitive capacities.
Did cognitivismreceive
any criticism?
Well.. Let us first see this example together.
Dr. Alex wanted to
teach Sam about
What is a planet
and how many
planets in the
spaces.
He used all
cognitive processes
in his teaching.
At the end of
class, Sam was
able to understand
and define what
planet means and
identifies all
planets with their
names in the chart.
Dr. Alex now is
happy even if he
does not smile.
Next class..
Dr. Alex wants to
teach Sam about
What is earth
made of.
He used the same
cognitive
processes in his
teaching.
Unexpectedly,
Sam was not able
to understand the
lesson effectively
Dr. Alex now is
really mad.
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