Information Processing Approach in Learning Activities
- Gain the student's attention. Use cues to signal when you are starting. Move around the room to involve all. Use voice inflections and eye contact.
- Bring to mind relevant prior knowledge. Review prior day's (week's) teachings. Have discussions about previously taught content.
- Point out important information. Provide handouts, write on board, use online web sites, use an authoring software.
- Present information in an organized manner. Determine the logical sequence required to understand and perform simple to complex concepts and skills.
- Show students how to categorize (chunk) related information. Build on the student's schema. Teach inductive reasoning. Present information in categories yourself.
- Provide opportunities for students to elaborate on new information. Connect new information to old information. Look for similarities and differences among concepts.
- Show students how to use coding to memorize. Teach mnemonic devices.
- Provide for repetition of learning. State important principles several times in different ways. List items of each day's lessons from previous. Schedule reviews of previously learned concepts.
- Provide opportunities for overlearning fundamental concepts and skills. Use daily drills for facts. Play games with content related to the class.
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