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Cognitive Bias in Education: the Pygmalion Effect

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These erroneous judgments are called cognitive biases, and some 250 different ones are known to date. According to developmental psychologist and neuroscientist Olivier Houdé, the way to do this is to develop “cognitive resistance” or “learning to think against oneself” (see The 3 speeds of thought ).

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CSU Resources

Kapp Notes

Cognition and Instruction , 5(4), 289-309. Cognitive and affective process analyses (pp. 2013) Retrieval practice is an efficient method of enhancing the retention of anatomy and physiology information. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 14: 215–235, 2000. Snow & M. 00174.2012.

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Digital Learning from the Perspective of Affective and Social Neuroscience

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Among other things, this field of knowledge has led to discoveries that have had a significant impact on our understanding and approach to human cognition and learning. Most importantly, human information processing is driven by subjective and culturally founded values,” say Immordino-Yang and Singh.

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Spaced Retrieval, Retrieval Practice, and Knowledge Guru: What Research Tells Us

Knowledge Guru

Retrieval Practice requires learners to recall information rather than simply re-read or re-listen to it. In fact, “the act of retrieving information from memory actually alters the retrieved memory by elaborating on the existing memory trace and/or creating additional retrieval routes. References cited. [1]

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Articulate Storyline – 9 Practical Ways To Make A Great Course Within Your Budget

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Such as for a basic employee orientation where you are mostly ‘telling’ the person information. These include, Managing Cognitive Load: Cognitive load refers to the number of working memory resources a person is using. Information is only stored in long-term memory after first being attended to and processed by working memory.

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The 8-second attention span; or, I'm fine if goldfish are more patient than millennials

Ontuitive

The report warned us that the average attention span has dropped from 12 to 8 seconds since about the year 2000, and is likely caused by the exponential increase in use of digital media. People are now accustomed to finding information quickly, on their own, when they need it. We'll likely all agree that this is entirely a good thing.

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Interactivity

Kapp Notes

Studies, as well as common sense, indicate that interactivity helps the learner retain information as well as increasing the learner’s willingness to spend time with the material. In The 2000/2001 ASTD Distance Learning Yearbook. 2000) Designing web-based training. References. [1] 1] Moore, M. 2001) Three types of interaction.