Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Cognitive learning processes
Learning starts as soon as a child is born.Once the child starts walking their expectations of a whole new world will astound them and make them want to explore everything that is around them. Cognitive learning has three perspectives that enable the brain to mold itself. Behaviorism,social cognitive theory, and cognitive psychology. When learn a new idea or problem when we associate it with something else that we understood. A teacher can inspire her students by adding new material and use methods used in her class earlier that helped students to learn it. Ask questions such as How do you relate to this problem or how would you solve it? A teacher can also use visual aids and student interaction to retain the material learned. What cognitive processes seem to hamper students learning at an early age?
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Ernie you really explained that really well. As I was reading the chapter and research the topic I read that we are always learning. We begin to learn at a really young age and we never stop learning no matter how old we get. I think something that can hamper a student's learning at a young age is perhaps having a bad experience. I was once taught that child will learn as long as they have a postive learning environment. Sometimes as parents and teacher we may lose our patience because a child can't learn something in particular. The minute we begin to lose our patience, the child's ability to learn is hampered.
ReplyDeleteErnie, great explanation! As a second grade teacher, I am always looking for fun ways to motivate my students in their learning. My students love learning new vocabulary! I introduce vocabulary by trying to relate them to their personal experiences or experiences we've had in the classroom. For example, last week we had the word "disappointed". I told them that that's the way I feel when a substitute tells me they misbehave. So a student asks me, "Oh, so it's when you get a little sad or maybe mad about something that happens?" So the students were able to understand that word because I actually had been "disappointed" in them a few weeks ago when I was out one day and they had behaved terribly =(. So, definitely connecting new words to prior knowledge works! =)
ReplyDeleteErnie, on page 188 of chapter 5 it discussed the 3 variables that affect metacognition which somewhat relates to your questions on what causes the cognitive process to be hampered in young children. Children at a very young age are just learning or memorizing but are not quite thinking about the "why" it is important or the "when" they will use it again. But as they continue to mature with the developmental stages they will begin to make the connections and improve their cognitive processes.
ReplyDeleteErnie, I think that one thing that hampers children, is when adults, show that they have no faith in them. When a child feels unsuccessful, they no longer try to explore, because they do not want to feel defeat. Everyone even adults need positive reinforcement, even when we fail.
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