Chapter 7 Activity - Applying Information Processing Theory

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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?

Educational Implications of Information Processing Theory

Childhood Example: Learning to Tell Time

Minimize distractions

Help students automatize essential basic skills

Begin at a level consistent with students’ existing knowledge base

Take students’ cultural background into account when considering what they probably do and do not know

Ask students to apply classroom material to familiar contexts