1. Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice Chapter 6
Information Processing and
Cognitive Theories of Learning

2. The Memory System
Sensory Register
Short Term (Working)
Long Term ?

3. Information Processing: Sensory Register
Perception
Very Brief
Large Capacity
Remembering: Attention
Forgetting: Decay
Sperling Chart

4. Pause Here for
Sensory Register
Demonstration

5. Information Processing: Sensory Register Demonstration Review
Large Capacity
Very Brief
Decays Quickly

6. Sensory Input
Sensory Memory
Attention
Forgetting: Decay

7. Information Processing: Short-Term or Working Memory
Smaller Capacity (5-9 Items)
Contains What You Are Thinking Now
Remembering: Rehearsal
Forgetting: Displacement (Demonstrate)
Remembering II: Making Better Use of Short-Term Memory

8. Pause Here for
Short-Term Memory Demonstration

9. Information Processing: Short-Term or Working Memory Demonstration Review
Capacity (5-9 Items)
Information That Has Meaning is Easier to Remember
Unfamiliar Information is Easily Displaced
We Can Make Better Use of Short-Term Memory by Utilizing Pre-Existing Schemes

10. Forgetting: Displacement
Rehearsal
Short-Term Memory
Sensory Input
Sensory Memory
Attention
Forgetting: Decay
Forgetting: Displacement

11. Information Processing: Long-Term Memory
Capacity May Be Unlimited
Remembering: Schemes (Connections)
Forgetting: Retrieval Failure

12. Forgetting: Retrieval Failure Forgetting: Displacement
Rehearsal
Short-Term Memory
Retrieval
Long-Term Memory
Sensory Input
Sensory Memory
Attention
Storage
Forgetting: Decay
Forgetting: Retrieval Failure
Forgetting: Displacement

14. Information Processing: Long-Term Memory
Episodic Memory
Semantic Memory
Procedural Memory

16. Information Processing: Factors That Impair Long-Term
Retroactive Inhibition (Interference)
Proactive Inhibition (Interference)

18. Information Processing: Factors That Impact Long-Term Memory
Dual Coding
Retroactive Facilitation
Proactive Facilitation
Serial Position Effects
Primacy Effect
Recency Effect
Connections: Chunking or Categories
Levels of Processing Theory

19. Verbal Learning
Paired Associate
Free Recall
Serial Learning

20. Strategies for Remembering: Mnemonic Devices
Paired Associate Learning
Imagery (See Next Slide)

22. Strategies for Remembering: Mnemonic Devices
Paired Associate Learning
Imagery
Free Recall Learning
Organization
Serial Learning
Loci
Pegword

23. Pegwords One = Bun Two = Shoe Three = Tree Four = Door Five = Hive
Six = Sticks
Seven = Heaven
Eight = Gate
Nine = Vine (Line)
Ten = Hen

24. Other Memory Strategies:
Rhyming
Initial Letter

25. What is Meaningful Learning?
Rote Learning (Memorization of Facts) is Sometimes Necessary.
However, Teachers and Students Can Work to Make Learning More Meaningful.
4x7=28
4x8=32
4x9=?

26. Meaningful Information
Inert Vs. Meaningful Knowledge
Schema Theory – Demonstrate associations of related schema