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Complex Cognitive Processes - Coggle Diagram
Complex Cognitive Processes
Concept Learning
Concepts: mental representations of categories that allow us to identify examples and nonexamples of those categories
Fundamental building blocks of our thinking
Theories
Rule Driven
characteristics: concept's essenital elements
Exemplar
the most highly typical examples of a concept
how we construct concepts that dont have well-defined characteristics
The Strategic Learner
Strategies: cognitive operations that exceed the normal activities required to carry out a task
Metacognition
The foundation of strategic learning
Knowledge and regulation of our cognition
Study Strategies
Increase understanding of written materials and teacher presentations
Note taking
Using text signals
summarizing
comeprehension monitoring
elaborative questioning
concept mapping
Conceptual hierarchy
Critical Thinking
An individual's ability and inclination to make and assess conclusions based on evidence
Belief preservation
Confirmation Bias
Problem Solving
Problem: exists when people have a goal but dont have an obvious way to reach the goal
Well-defined: problems with a clear goal, one correct solution, and a certain method for finding it
Ill-defined: ambiguous goals, more than one acceptable solution
Process
IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM GOAL
REPRESENT THE PROBLEM
SELECT A STRATEGY
IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGY
EVALUATE RESULTS
Creativity
Ability to produce original works or solutions to problems that are productive and task appropriate
Transfer of Learning
Transfer: ability to take understanding acquired in one context and apply it to a different one
General tranfer
Specific Transfer
Factors Affecting Transfer
meaningfullness
similarity
conceptual knowledge
Real- world Aplications
Diversity
Cultural Differences
attitudes and beliefs
strategic learning
Experiences
Religious Beliefs
Francesca Cano Chapter 8 October 27