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From novice to expert

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The role of stronger, or more knowledgeable learners within a learning community (e.g. a student cohort) can be extended by encouraging them to scaffold weaker, or less expert learners, to encourage and lead, in a kind of cognitive apprenticeship. 1990) Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Unported License.

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Deeper learning

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Craik and Lockhart claimed that the deeper the processing, the stronger will be the trace of that memory, and thus recall will take less cognitive effort. This framework for human memory research is considered by many cognitive psychologists to be a stronger explanation than those of the multi-store memory models. Unported License.

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In two minds

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This is number 32 in my series on learning theories. Psychologists and cognitive scientists have offered a number of useful theories that aid our understanding of learning. My last post explored the work of Seymour Papert and his theory of learning by making , also known as constructionism. Dewey Experiential Learning 8.

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Stage by stage

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This is number 33 in my series on learning theories. 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.

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Learning, making and powerful ideas

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In this post, the work of Seymour Papert will feature, especially his work on learning through making, also known as constructionism. The Theory Not to be confused with constructivism, constructionism is a cognitive theory that relates to learning by making things. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2.

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Conflict resolution

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In my most recent post I examined Leon Festinger''s work on social comparison and its applications to education. In this post, we continue to explore Festinger''s work, this time focusing on his theory of cognitive dissonance. Festinger called this phenomenon cognitive dissonance.

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The shape of minds to come

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As usual, this is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature. 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). Unported License.