Cognitive Theory

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Cognitive Theory

Motivation

Drive to obtain information and apply into daily life in order to accomplish goals

Brain

Hippocampus- Memory Encoding center of the brain.

Implications

Technologies

Cognitive Tutors

Artificial Intelligence

Provide advance organizers and cues.

Principle of meaningfulness

to known information and helping learners to understand the uses

Metaphor

Learning by doing; mind "computes" information into memory

Pioneers

Richard Mayer

Jean Piaget

Kurt Van Lehn

Memory

Construction of Schema (mental process)

accommodate to new information and assimilate with old information forming memories in the brain

Sensory Memory

Information encoded for a brief second or two and then forgotten

Long Term

Information encoded for a relatively permanent time frame

Short Term

Information encoded for a small period of time