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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The Theory Not to be confused with constructivism, constructionism is a cognitive theory that relates to learning by making things. They represent the essence of rational thinking, developing cognitive skills that will prepare the child to deal with a multitude of challenges and problems they may encounter later in life.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Psychologists and cognitive scientists have offered a number of useful theories that aid our understanding of learning. In this post we examine one of the most influential theories of the 20th Century - the stages of cognitive development model proposed by Jean Piaget. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2.

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APRIL 26, 2019

The first is cognitive load - i.e. the amount of information we can process and absorb through our primary senses; in this case, our audio and visual channels. A closer look at cognitive load theory (Sweller, 1988 ) reveals that human processing relies predominantly on visual and auditory stimuli, but this is limited. Unported License.

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JUNE 18, 2014

She made some important contributions to his stages of cognitive development theory (which will be featured in greater depth in some upcoming articles on this blog). It could be argued that these decisions were made because of Inhelder and Piaget''s cognitive stages theory. Unported License. Unported License.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Most people learn best by being "with it," yet school makes them identify their personal, cognitive growth with elaborate planning and manipulation.' Some of the most effective learning methods involve students doing and making, problem solving, and playing games, all of which comply with the notion of being in a meaningful setting.

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AUGUST 31, 2014

Teachers should therefore develop schemes of work and lessons that have elements of doubt and ill-structured problems for students to solve. Transformative learning is found in the struggle to make sense of chaos, in the churn of the unfamiliar, and in the cognitive dissonance of doubt. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2.

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JUNE 26, 2014

Students will have an innate need to make sense of what they see or hear, so teachers could provide them with puzzles, challenges and problems to solve that require them to ''close'' or make sense of. One example would be ill-structured problems, which have several possible solutions. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Conversely, presenting a problem to students places them in an unfamiliar context where they are compelled to expend mental energy to solve it. In such a case, using a great deal of mental effort can result in learning the structure and space of the problem. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Further Reading Norman, D.

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JUNE 28, 2014

He observed how apes, when presented with problems, would solve them through means which they could not have learnt previously. Köhler also noticed that there was a period of time between being presented with the problem to finding the solution. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Festinger Cognitive Dissonance Theory 12.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

And that''s a problem with final exams and high stakes assessment. Shouldn''t curricula and assessment (especially the high stakes kind) now focus more on the kinds of knowledge and cognitive skills students need to survive and thrive in an information rich world? Photo from Wikimedia Commons by Hariadhi Who put the ass in assessment?

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JANUARY 16, 2014

We start off with some useful ideas around proposed cognitive architectures - how we image human memory is organised. Dual Coding Model Canadian cognitive psychologist Allan Paivio will probably be remember most for his work on Dual Coding Theory. There are also problems with these models of memory. Unported License.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

I believe that if we are to fully apprehend the many issues and nuances of our relationship with future technologies, we first need to begin to appreciate the complexity of human intelligence(s) and the problems associated with trying to model these digitally. and Wilson, B. 1999) Learning with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective.

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MAY 26, 2014

This approach led later to a number of other similar approaches such as problem based learning and inquiry based learning. education experiential learning functional psychology inquiry based learning John Dewey learning problem based learning theory' Unported License. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Bruner placed great emphasis on prior learning, cognitive mapping and the formation of schemas in learning. He says of the child who is learning: "Although from the earliest months of life, he is a natural problem solver in his own right, it is often the case that his efforts are assisted and fostered others who are more skilful than he is.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

CoPs typically take part in sustained activities such as problem solving, discussion, creation and sharing of resources, requesting and sending of information and experiential components. Teachers can encourage students to participate in online and face to face discussions around problems and challenges specific to their study domains.

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JULY 2, 2014

When Malcolm Knowles first proposed his model, he argued that the greater experience of adults makes a difference, and that problem centred learning dominates adult learning, when compared to the content centred learning of school age children. Take one of the key tenets of andragogy - problem based learning. Unported License.

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JUNE 17, 2014

There is no room in Hull''s theory for example, to explain how humans can continue to explore their environment, solve problems and generate creative work even though they may be cold, hungry or thirsty. Hull''s theory fails to explain complex human behaviours with simple stimulus-response chains that characterise behaviourism.

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JUNE 18, 2014

She made some important contributions to his stages of cognitive development theory (which will be featured in greater depth in some upcoming articles on this blog). It could be argued that these decisions were made because of Inhelder and Piaget's cognitive stages theory. Unported License. Unported License.

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MARCH 9, 2014

Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. But that is the problem. Design issues are not the only problems. There is nothing wrong with any of these approaches, provided they don''t get in the way of good pedagogy.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2014

He bemoaned the problems that have arisen when speech and thought have been studied as though they had no influence on each other. constructivism Culture early childhood education higher order cognitive skills language learning memory Technology tool use Vygotsky ZPD' But how much do our memories depend on the development of language?

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MAY 31, 2014

The theory explains how we acquire regional accents, why we become slaves to fashion, how we adopt new ideas and even the way a group can reach a consensus of opinion over seemingly insoluble problems. There is a sense of solidarity that we are ''all in this together'', and that we are not alone in our doubts or anxieties. Unported License.

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JUNE 3, 2014

If this is true, then teachers have a huge opportunity to promote better learning through creativity. They could for example bring objects into the classroom as a part of a lesson to promote creative thinking and better problem solving skills. And we would still like to know. do media influence learning? Unported License.

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JUNE 13, 2015

Research in cognitive science reveals to us a great deal about the problem of constrained thinking. In one experiment in problem solving, psychologists showed the image below: The problem was how to connect all nine dots with just 4 straight lines. Most participants couldn't complete the problem in the time allocated.

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JUNE 4, 2014

Providing them with challenges, problems and questions, or better still - encouraging them to question - will help to support deeper learning through active engagement. According to Gregory, we actively construct our reality. Students should therefore be given as many chances as possible during lessons to do just that. Unported License.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The act of making and archiving such artefacts supports learning through doing, encourages students to develop skills such as problem solving, and enables the presentation of this content to peers and experts to elicit constructive feedback. 2013) Digital reflection: Using digital technologies to enhance and embed creative processes.

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MAY 13, 2014

Working the two in powerful combination - that is using technology as a mind tool to extend cognitive abilities - is a better approach. The problem lies in relying on one or the other while ignoring the most important aspect of education - how children actually learn and how they become engaged in that learning. Unported License.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Even Festinger''s theory of cognitive dissonance was deemed to be an explanatory theory to explain why the guards behaved so aggressively to their prisoners, even though they realised their actions were unethical. There may also be some useful insight into problems such as bullying and truancy. Unported License.

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

The problem with the current school system is that far too many demands are placed on teachers, and there is little time left to spend on exploration and discovery. Children need to ask questions, because it's a natural part of their cognitive development. it has to be the school. Unported License.

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MARCH 13, 2017

Now, SMART seems to have solved this problem with their new object recognition system - the black pen writes in black no matter where you store it. Photo from Pixabay eXSpace exploration by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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AUGUST 2, 2016

He also encouraged meta-cognition as an important pedagogical method. That 'something' was clearly the object that could be created through thinking about thinking, about problems, about knowledge. In his own words: "You cannot think about thinking, without thinking about thinking about something." Unported License.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

Seymour Papert ''s work on constructionism outlines the cognitive gain that occurs when we create something new rather than simply repeat knowledge that has already been acquired. My own students become familiar with researching, problem solving, decision making, team working and expressing their creativity. Unported License.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2011

learning-styles theory has succeeded in becoming “common knowledge.” This is accompanied by a well-known cognitive phenomenon called the confirmation bias. Result - the learner fails to gain a holistic learning experience, and misses out on the many rich opportunities to expand and develop their other sensory or cognitive skills.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

The exam itself tells us nothing about how children will cope with the messy, complex problems they will face in real life, or how good they are for example, at working in a team. Exams tell us next to nothing about their creative abilities or their cognitive agility. I think in it's current format, it is broken beyond repair.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

I countered that the students were, in fact, engaged in a very high level of cognitive activity where they were engaged in learning by making. The very act of constructing something tangible allows students to test out hypotheses, learn from each other and solve problems as they progress. Unported License.

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JULY 2, 2011

That way, they would be more likely to resolve their own cognitive dissonance by going off and doing some personal research to see if they could resolve their own confusion. For a long time problem based learning has been a mainstay of the training of medical students. There are many possible solutions to ill-structured problems.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Most kept to the familiar pathway and submitted standard essays, which was not a problem. Modelling best practice is a very powerful approach and offers cognitive apprenticeship to learners if managed appropriately. Photo from Wikimedia Commons Digital assignments: How shall we grade them? It''s a trend that will grow in pace.

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MAY 15, 2012

The participants would comment on how each coach managed the fictitious problem and everyone would learn in the process. In addition, there is evidence that explanatory feedback reduces cognitive load. Worked-out examples are step-by-step demonstrations of how to solve a problem. Moreno, 2004). Self-Directed Feedback.

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