Memory
A four Stage Model of Memory
Working memory
Must use active learning, students lack this. Organizes the information, associates new info with old
Short Term memory
Long term memory
Sensory Register
Reception of stimuli, register perceptions, information is quickly lost
Comes from sensory input, without constant use, it is easily lost
From short term memory and created through the use of long term memory. Stores information and gives it meaning.
Listening
Listening does not always= hearing. You must concentrate on what is being said. It will be processed in the brain. Hearing= little concentration
Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Domain
Multi-sensory learning
Presenting brain with stimulus, combining all 3 senses (tactile, auditory, and visual). Better way of memorizing. Form of active learning
Apply
Understand
Analyze
Know/ Remember
Evaluate
Create
Compile information in a different way
Recalling facts, terms, basic concepts
Organizing, comparing, translating
Solve problems by using new knowledge
Examine and break information into parts, inference
Judge, critique, validate ideas based on criteria
Learning
Active learning
Passive learning (least effective)
Memorizing is not the same as understanding
Learning styles
Auditory
Visual
Tactile