The Brain and Learning, Information Processing Theory

The assignment this week was to find a website  and/or online journal and write a blog that cites this week’s topics, the first topic is the brain and learning; and the web site I found is http://www.funderstanding.com/content/brain-based-learning. This website talks about how “the learning theory of brain-based,  is based on the structure and function of the brain; and as long as the brain is not prohibited from fulfilling its normal processes, learning will occur.” This article  talk about how everyone does learn, but how sometimes traditional schooling can inhibits learning by discouraging, ignoring, or punishing the brain’s natural learning processes. This article also talks about the core principles of brain-based learning; such as, each person’s brain is unique, how we understand best when facts are embedded in natural, spatial memory, learning involves both conscious and unconscious processes, and how learning involves both focused attention and peripheral perception, this is just a few of the core principles. I believe that this resource is valuable because, this information is a good way to teach students so that they learn by doing or participating in real events instead of by being lectured to.

The second topic is information processing theory; and problem-solving methods during the learning process the web-sites I choose are http://www.dynamicflight.com/avcfibook/learning_process/Learn is to acquire knowledge or skill. Learning also may involve a change in attitude or behavior. Children learn to identify objects at an early age; teenagers may learn to improve study habits; and adults can learn to solve complex problems. Pilots and aviation maintenance technicians (AMTs) need to acquire the higher levels of knowledge and skill, including the ability to exercise judgment and solve problems. The challenge for the aviation instructor is to understand how people learn, and more importantly, to be able to apply that knowledge to the learning environment. This is designed as a basic guide to educational psychology. This chapter also addresses that branch of psychology directly concerned with how people learn such as    learning problems= behavior problems and cognitive behaviors In the problem-solving methods is simple in this website explain why effective problem-solving skills is the ability to transfer reasoning strategies to new problems. Although research on the influence of PBL on strategy transfer is limited, it does provide some evidence that students in PBL learn problem-solving and reasoning strategies that are transferable to new problems (Hmelo-Silver, 2004)" (Hsiuwei, 2007). http://learningtheoriesandinstruction.blogspot.com/2010/01/problem-solving-methods-during-learning.html

Hsiuwei. (2007, April 22). Problem-based learning. Knowledge Base of Instructional Design Theories and Models.