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    The document discusses principles for meaningful learning and their implications for the classroom. Specifically, it notes that meaningful learning leads to better retention by integrating new information with prior knowledge. To promote meaningful learning, teachers should appeal to students' interests, connect new concepts to existing understanding, and avoid overly focusing on grammar rules, abstract ideas, or memorization alone.

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    The document discusses principles for meaningful learning and their implications for the classroom. Specifically, it notes that meaningful learning leads to better retention by integrating new information with prior knowledge. To promote meaningful learning, teachers should appeal to students' interests, connect new concepts to existing understanding, and avoid overly focusing on grammar rules, abstract ideas, or memorization alone.

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    Teaching by Principles #2

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    Cris Tina
    The document discusses principles for meaningful learning and their implications for the classroom. Specifically, it notes that meaningful learning leads to better retention by integrating new information with prior knowledge. To promote meaningful learning, teachers should appeal to students' interests, connect new concepts to existing understanding, and avoid overly focusing on grammar rules, abstract ideas, or memorization alone.

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    TEACHING BY PRINCIPLES
    Cognitive principles:
    Principle #1

    Principle #2 Meaningful Learning

    Principle #2
    Meaningful learning will lead toward better long-term retention
    New information is included into existing structures and memory creating a stronger retention of what is learned. Children acquire language by associating sounds, words, structure and discourse with what they find relevant and important IN THEIR DAILY QUEST.

    Principle #2
    Classroom implications
    1. Appeal to students interests, goals, likes

    2. Anchor new information to existing knowledge

    3. Avoid pitfalls; a. overload on grammar explanation b. being too abstract c. focus on drilling/memorization

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