Chapter 7
Applying Information Processing Theory to Second Grade
Ms. Reloj is teaching second grade. One of her responsibilities is to teach her students how to tell time. She is concerned that her students will think that learning how to tell time is boring. What recommendations do you have for Ms. Reloj?
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Educational Implications of Information Processing Theory |
Childhood Example: Learning to Tell Time |
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Minimize distractions
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Help students automatize essential basic skills
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Begin at a level consistent with students’ existing knowledge base
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Take students’ cultural background into account when considering what they probably do and do not know
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Ask students to apply classroom material to familiar contexts
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