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Psychology Applied to Teaching
, Tenth Edition
Jack Snowman, Southern Illinois University
Robert Biehler
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Chapter 8: Information-Processing Theory
- Thinking back on my elementary, middle school, and high school education, what are some pieces of specific information that I have learned and am still able to retrieve (for example, the Pledge of Allegiance, the state capitals, mathematical formulas)? How did I learn this information? Why am I still able to retrieve this information? How do my responses to these questions relate to information-processing theory?
- Based on my experiences, what do I see as the strengths and weaknesses of information-processing theory? What changes would I suggest for this theory?
- How can I help my students make use of some or all of the strategies discussed in this chapter? Which strategies have I used the most? Which strategies do I think would be most useful for my students? Why?
- Looking back on the suggestions for teaching presented in this chapter, how many of these have I been exposed to at some point in my career as a student? What are my reactions to these methods? Which of these methods are most useful to teachers? What are some specific ways that I could incorporate these methods into my own teaching?
- Based on my experiences, what are some instances in which technology was used to facilitate my learning of new information? Why was technology effective or ineffective in these situations?
- What are some forms of technology available to me as a future teacher that I could incorporate into my teaching? How would I take advantage of these technologies to help my students learn class content?
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