Written by leading education experts, this book situates cognition and learning within the broader context of educational psychology research and brings it to a wider audience.
Written by leading education experts, this book situates cognition and learning within the broader context of educational psychology research and brings it to a wider audience.
Matthew T. McCrudden is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Danielle S. McNamara is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COGNITION Introduction and Overview Information Processing Model of Human Cognition Consciousness or Working Memory Long-term Memory * Declarative Memory * Procedural Memory Summary of Key Ideas CHAPTER 2: ATTENTION AND PREPARING TO LEARN Attention * Our attention is limited Attention and Learning * People focus their attention on things that are novel, emotional, or physically distinct * People focus their attention on relevant stimuli Using Knowledge of Attention: Student perspective Using Knowledge of Attention: Teacher perspective * Ensuring students pay attention to information helps them learn * Ensuring students avoid attending to distracting information Summary of Key Ideas CHAPTER 3: IMPROVING MEMORY Distributed Practice * Distributed practice is more beneficial when there is a time gap between study episodes * The distributed practice effect is more pronounced when there is a time gap between the last study episode and the final test Using Distributed Practice: Student perspective Using Distributed Practice: Teacher perspective Retrieval practice * Retrieving information from memory is beneficial for learning * When using retrieval practice, attempting to recall is more beneficial than attempting to recognize * How much time should pass between initial study and retrieval practice? Using Retrieval Practice: Student perspective Using Retrieval Practice: Teacher perspective Summary of Key Ideas CHAPTER 4: IMPROVING COMPREHENSION Comprehension Generating Questions * Generating high quality questions is beneficial for comprehension Elaborating and Explaining Text * Generating explanations is beneficial for learning * When encoding information, making information meaningful facilitates memory Graphic Organizers * Completing a graphic organizer is beneficial for learning Improving Comprehension: Student perspective Improving Comprehension: Teacher perspective Summary of Key Ideas Conclusions GLOSSARY REFERENCES
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COGNITION Introduction and Overview Information Processing Model of Human Cognition Consciousness or Working Memory Long-term Memory * Declarative Memory * Procedural Memory Summary of Key Ideas CHAPTER 2: ATTENTION AND PREPARING TO LEARN Attention * Our attention is limited Attention and Learning * People focus their attention on things that are novel, emotional, or physically distinct * People focus their attention on relevant stimuli Using Knowledge of Attention: Student perspective Using Knowledge of Attention: Teacher perspective * Ensuring students pay attention to information helps them learn * Ensuring students avoid attending to distracting information Summary of Key Ideas CHAPTER 3: IMPROVING MEMORY Distributed Practice * Distributed practice is more beneficial when there is a time gap between study episodes * The distributed practice effect is more pronounced when there is a time gap between the last study episode and the final test Using Distributed Practice: Student perspective Using Distributed Practice: Teacher perspective Retrieval practice * Retrieving information from memory is beneficial for learning * When using retrieval practice, attempting to recall is more beneficial than attempting to recognize * How much time should pass between initial study and retrieval practice? Using Retrieval Practice: Student perspective Using Retrieval Practice: Teacher perspective Summary of Key Ideas CHAPTER 4: IMPROVING COMPREHENSION Comprehension Generating Questions * Generating high quality questions is beneficial for comprehension Elaborating and Explaining Text * Generating explanations is beneficial for learning * When encoding information, making information meaningful facilitates memory Graphic Organizers * Completing a graphic organizer is beneficial for learning Improving Comprehension: Student perspective Improving Comprehension: Teacher perspective Summary of Key Ideas Conclusions GLOSSARY REFERENCES
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