Cognitiveness

When I taught in elementary school, we used content maps all the time. Only now do I fully grasp how awesome these tools are for the students. The content maps are a great example of cognitive learning making visual representations of ideas. Dr. Orey suggests this visual to allow integration of several senses. Using the content maps along with power points with awesome pictures or the virtual field trip will help make those "episode" memories that Dr. Orey talked about. Similarly with note taking, summarizing, etc., providing students with several ways to remember things so to not "forget" the information makes it easier for them to make connections and store the information into long-term memory. After all, that is what cognitive learning focuses on: getting things into long-term memory.

Until next time...