EDPE 300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Long-Term Memory, Distributed Cognition, Cognitive Psychology
13 Nov 2012
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Distributed cognition: a process whereby people think about an issue or problem together, sharing ideas and working collaboratively to draw conclusions or develop solutions. Positive instance: a specific example of a concept. When knowledge construction goes awry: origins and effects of misconceptions children tend to have misconceptions about the world and how it works. Elementary grades = assumption living creates & nonliving natural objects exist for a particular purpose. Misconceptions have variety of sources result from how things appear to be: encouraged by common expressions in language, own well-intended efforts to make sense of what they see infer incorrect cause-effect relationships fairy tales & cartoon shows. Meaningful learning & elaboration mean students may spend a lot of time learning the wrong thing. Providing opportunities for experimentation let kids work hands on to discover characteristics & principles: may not be effective to teach clearly delineated, step by step procedures.
