Blog 2: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. Stacey LaFountain, Vocabulary/Concept Vitalizer and Essence Extractor.
Vocabulary/Concept Vitalizer:
1) Working memory - is the current contents of a person's consciousness.
2) Long-term memory - is the memory that involves the storage and recall of information over a long period of time (as days, weeks, or years)
3) Procedural knowledge - is the type of knowledge someone has and then demonstrates through the procedure of doing something.
4) Chunking -is the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase.
5) Knowledge - acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general education.
Essence Extractor:
Brain's aren't for thinking and act as a filing cabinet.
I know the book says that we don't like to think and that it is difficult but, as we all know everyone is different and i don't think that everyones brain is really wired the same so would you agree that some people might really enjoy thinking and struggle with "filing" information?
ReplyDeletethe most above was from Natalie Gregorski sorry I forgot :)
ReplyDeleteTo comment on both Natalie's question and Stacey's blog...I agree, Natalie, I think everyone's brain works a little differently. However, I also think that the "filing" aspect of our brains is automatic. I think it is something everyone's brain does, much like breathing. Unless of course the individual suffers from memory loss in which the brain has received some sort of trauma. But I do believe that some individuals enjoy thinking and train their brains to think hard.
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I personally am one that does not like thinking unless I have the ability to take my time. Its like when the teacher asks a question and you have to answer it right away, the pressure fills my brain and everything I learned is now blank.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the way that they explained "chunking.” It made me think of my own classroom and gave me more of a reason to draw connections between items allowing the students to group together information and have to ability to revisit the information as a whole.
^ sorry forgot my name... Melissa
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