ANDERSON’S INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL

The role of LS in the acquisition of information can be understood by reference to the information
processing framework for learning. The purpose of this framework is to explain how information is
stored in the memory and how new information is acquired.In its simplest form, the framework
suggests that information is stored in two distinct ways, either in

THE SHORT-TERM THE LONG-TERM

MEMORY (STM) MEMORY (LTM)

The information pass into LTM, but unless it is

STM refers to that part where information which
is received is stored for short periods of time
while it is being analyzed and interpreted. The
information must first be processed and
structured before pass into de LTM. The process
demanding time.
subsequently used or recalled in some other way,
it is again eventually forgotten. Forgetting and
remembering, are automatic (no conscious). The
way to ensure the information is the repetition
and practice. Watson (1914) the father of the
behaviorist, admitted that remembering
depended on “frequency and occurrence”.

REPRESENTING
KNOWLEDGE IN MEMORY

The Anderson´s Theory makes a distinction between: Declarative

knowledge and Procedural knowledge:

Declarative knowledge (“static” information of

knowing about something): is stored in LTM in
the cognitive units of meaning such as:

Propositional networks: are associations of meaning

between important elements in a sentence. The basic
unit is the node (ideas)

Schema: a larger unit of interconnected features

which defines a concept. The principal value is that
they facilitate making interferences about concepts.

Procedural knowledge: “dynamic”

information or knowing how to do
something