Brain Learning –
This entry provides an overview of some of what is known about reading, writing, and math brains
This article discusses the importance of teachers understanding how the brain works in connection with learning. That previously learning about the brain and its functioning was not a part of the teacher curriculum as it is in other professions, and that this is an oversight that some are trying to correct.
It is discussed that the responsibility for achievement is not up to just the teacher or the student. “Not all students learn the same way and learning is harder for some than it is for others because of brain differences.”
Much like we discussed briefly in this week’s lesson that learning about how the brain learns and moves it through the stages of encoding, short term memory, long term memory and then retrieving information works.
http://www.education.com/reference/article/brain-and-learning/
Cognitive Design Principles
This site presents evaluation criteria related to instructional design and E-Learning. It also provides a range of information in Cognitive Information Processing. It gives definitions or descriptions of the different designs and principles of learning. The items listed in the site are:
“A CIP model, Nine Events of Instruction, The Science of Instruction, Four Learning Architectures, A Framework of Cognitive Design Principles, Princes of Multimedia Learning, Principles of Interactive Engagement, Principles of Problem-based Instruction.”
It looks like a good resource for a quick review of the different principles.
http://cognitivedesignsolutions.com/DesignProcess/CogDesignPrinciples.htm
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