Article Review for Class

1. Chapter 5 InformationProcessing Paired Article Presentation/Critique Thursday, June 23, 2011 Dr. BinyaoZheng Kathy D. Shields with Sherri Booker Learning Theories

2. MEMORY “…premised on the belief that memory is a multi-faceted, if not multi-staged, system of connections and representations that encompass a lifetime accumulation of perceptions.”

3. Purpose – Study Learning Encode Structure Store Retrieve

4. Research

5. Stage Theories Discontinuous and multi-staged Three stages, sensory, short and long-term memory Visual ½ second transfer Auditory 3 second transfer Attention Automaticity Holistic versus individual characteristics Short-term 15-30 second unrehearsed Limitations on working memory Encoding is critical Elaboration can transfer from short to long-term

6. Network Theories “To perceive is to categorize, to conceptualize is to categorize, to learn is to form categories, to make decisions is to categorize.” (Bruner, 1998, pg. 3). Categorizing Memories (pg. 6) Episodic Semantic Declarative Procedural

8. Simultaneous processing

9. Characteristics

10. Meaningfulness

11. Attention

13. Memory stored throughout the brain

14. No serial processing

16. Experience

17. Processing Speed, Efficiency

18. Modified Connections

19. New Concepts, Reorganization