TAL 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Embodied Cognition, Procedural Knowledge, Learning Sciences

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Teaching and Learning
• Course: TAL 103
• Professor: Lipsky

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& self- regulatory knowledge to accomplish goals and solve problems. Developing metacognition: differences in metacognitive ability due to development, metacognition may be promoted through asking students self-reflective questions, kwl strategy: L what did i learn (at the end) Theory stating that cognitive processes develop from real-time, goal-directed interactions awareness that the way we think about and represent information reflects the fact that we need. View that emphasizes the active role of the learner in building understanding and making sense of information: learning occurs when knowledge is applied & used through movement of the body, constructivism, first wave constructivism. Learners are active in constructing their own knowledge. Social interactions are important in the knowledge construction process. A focus on the individual and psychological sources of knowing, as in piaget"s theory. less concerned with correct representations and more interested in meaning as it is constructed by the individual.