Ch. 6 Learning Log

What?
I learned through chapter 6 the cognitive process and how it relates with learning and gaining knowledge. There are so many different forms of learning, and so many different perspectives. Learning is a long-term change in mental representation or associations as a result of experience, which is looked at in cognitive psychology. It is said that there can be no learning without thought and behavior, and there are many assumptions given such as active involvement, increasing capacity, prior knowledge, construction of meaning, selectivity about topic, and influence of cognitive influence. Along with those we were given many educational implications and examples which are very helpful. Also with learning there is memory, our short-term and long-term. It is how the information is taught or learning that puts it either in short-term storage or long-term storage. I learned about many teaching techniques to teach and get the students interested and willing to take the information in and use it. We also learned about A of Human Memory, which works just as our brain would while gaining and storing knowledge.

So What?
These different topics I have learned in chapter 6 are important because it is so important we teach our children in the most affective way so they can learn and gain the correct knowledge that is given. It is our responsibility to present the material in a learnable way for not only one or two students but for each and every student. We must first know how the brain works and its key compenents in gathering and storing information. Learning and the cognitive process is so important because it helps me better understand the memory and how it works according to learning. Because I now know the different perspectives I can also see the behavior side of learning also, which affects so much.

Now What?
I will use this information to obviously help me be a better teacher, and to also help me better understand my students. I will use these strategies and teaching to help me teach more effective lessons, so help them gain a better knowledge. I also have gained a lot of good techniques to know how to teach my students long-term storage usage and not just short-term memory storage. I will also take the processes needed to teach so my students can learn declarative knowledge, and make it meaningful. I will help my students use their memory and learn in cognitive processes.