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teaching students HOW to learn

by CS

Mar 18, 2011

As I sat in one of my college-level educational psychology classes, we began discussing the Information Processing Theory. This is how students acquire new information, store it, and recall it from memory. I began to think back on my years as a young student and easily recalled many mnemonic devices teachers have taught me in order to remember things ("SCOOM" for New York State's Native American Tribes in west to east order; "Never Eat Soggy Worms" for compass directions; etc.). But I could not remember anything I was taught on HOW to actually study and store information in a general sense that could be applied to all subject areas. I can't recall any methods teachers have used to promote higher level learning strategies. In other words, how do we teach children the best ways for them personally to study and acquire new information? How do we teach metacognition? Does anyone have any tips on how to teach study skills to young children that will be as memorable to them years later as th...See More

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PR This is a great post and topic.

We have been working on the very same pulling from Ed. Psych courses and instructional strategies that have worked in other schools.

I don't think teaching meta-cognition is as much teaching that but providing students (any learner) with the skills for meta-cognition to occur. The firing of multiple...See MoreThis is a great post and topic.

We have been working on the very same pulling from Ed. Psych courses and instructional strategies that have worked in other schools.

I don't think teaching meta-cognition is as much teaching that but providing students (any learner) with the skills for meta-cognition to occur. The firing of multiple cylinders/synapses.

The teaching of how to read, understand the textbook set-up, creating the connections, imaging, to form mental images and etc.

Content area instruction mirroring reading comprehension and writing strategies in their classrooms. Providing a guided instructional process for teachers to implement strategies. Finding the crossover skills/strategies and making sure students make the connections. Math is used in science, home economics, industrial arts and such. Coordinating with the math teachers the process in which they teach the concepts and then reinforcing that process in the classrooms.

You have a very good grasp of what is needed in instruction.

On 3/18/11, CS wrote: > As I sat in one of my college-level educational psychology > classes, we began discussing the Information Processing > Theory. This is how students acquire new information, store > it, and recall it from memory. I began to think back on my > years as a young student and easily recalled many mnemonic > devices teachers have taught me in order to remember things > ("SCOOM" for New York State's Native American Tribes in west > to east order; "Never Eat Soggy Worms" for compass > directions; etc.). But I could not remember anything I was > taught on HOW to actually study and store information in a > general sense that could be applied to all subject areas. I > can't recall any methods teachers have used to promote > higher level learning strategies. In other words, how do we > teach children the best ways for them personally to study > and acquire new information? How do we teach metacognition? > Does anyone have any tips on how to teach study skills to > young children that will be as memorable to them years later > as these silly acronyms and acrostics have been for me? > > I will soon be student teaching, so any advice on this > subject would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance > for your help!

Mar 19, 2011

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