EDP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Reinforcement, Lev Vygotsky, Sensory Memory
25 Oct 2016
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Permanent changes in behavior that we can observe. Positive reinforcement: adding something to increase a desired behavior. Negative reinforcement: taking away something to decrease a behavior. Ratio: after a certain number of times it is reinforced. Interval: after a set period of time it is reinforced. Ratio: after varying lengths of time it is reinforced. Focused on how students actively create/construct knowledge out of experiences. Social interactions are important in the knowledge constructive process. Individuals make sense of the world based on individual knowledge, beliefs, and self-concept(piaget) Social interaction, cultural tools, and activity shape individual development and learning(vygotsky) Provide social negotiation and shared responsibility for learning. Nurture self-awareness and an understanding that knowledge is constructed. A general approach that views learning as an active mental process of acquiring, remembering, and using knowledge. Compare human thinking to the way computer process information. Sensory memory: initial processing that transforms stimuli into information. Auditory memory(in one ear and out the other)
