Sunday, 3 November 2013

Cognitivism (Activity 4)

Based upon all that I have learned about the brain and learning this week leads me to believe that cognitivism will best inform successful learning approaches. Skinner suggested that by understanding how the brain worked, a better understanding of learning would result. I have learned that with reinforcement and linking new ideas to prior knowledge meaning is constructed and children are able to store information in their long-term memories. This process can be achieved by presenting learning in small chunks by constructing models which assists in acquiring and integrating knowledge (Marzano & Pickering, 1997).

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