Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Learning
Becoming
Knowledgeable
Cognitive Views
Of Learning
Metacognition,
Information
Regulation,
Processing
& Individual
Model
Differences
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Comparing
Perspectives
Behavioral Psych Cognitive Psych
Behaviors Knowledge
General
Domain
specific
Declarative
Procedural
Conditional or
structural
De clar at iv e : Wh o, Hist or y d at e s
w h at , w h e r e ? Nam e s of
p r e sid e n t s
Pr oce d ur al: How ? Rid in g a b ike
learn
(save)
Sensory Perception Working Long-term
Memory Memory memory
Retrieve
(activate memory)
Large capacity
Short duration
Contents
Roles of attention
and perception
Automaticity
Wholeness
Or
pattern
Duration: 5 to 20 seconds
Unlimited duration
Contains visual or
verbal or a
combination of codes
Retrieval may be
troublesome
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Comparison of Short- &
Long Term Memory
Short Term Long Term
Very fast input Relatively slow input
Limited capacity Practically unlimited
5 – 20 seconds capacity
duration Practically unlimited
Contains words, duration
images, ideas, Contains networks,
sentences schemata
Immediate retrieval Retrieval depends on
connections
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Contents of Memory
Semantic Memory
– Propositions & propositional networks
– Images
– Story grammar
– Event schema / script
Images
Schemas (schemata)
Story grammar
Script
Episodic memory
Procedural memory
Procedural How to
give a
presentation
Elaboration
Organization
Context
Levels of
processing
Spread of activation
Reconstruction
Decay
Interference
Evaluation
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Differences in
Metacognition
Developmental
differences
– Capacity
– Strategy
– Organization
Individual differences
– Efficiency
– Differences in ability
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Differences in Long-
Term Memory
Domain-specific
declarative
knowledge
Procedural
knowledge
Personal interest
Part learning
Distributed practice
Massed practice
Locimethod
Peg type: keyword, peg word,
acronyms
Chaining
Metacognition
Becoming Knowledgeable