There are many different types of learning theories that are practiced in the educational system and classrooms today. The specific learning theory our group chose to research is cognitivism. Cognitivism replaced behaviorism in the 1960s. The main idea behind this particular theory is that the learner has an active role in the learning process and uses various strategies to process information. Cognitivism studies focus on the inner mental activities of the brain and trying to determine how a learner learns. Experts research thinking, memory, knowing, and problem solving to determine how the human mind works (Cognitivism, 2015). After a child learns something new allowing them to review the material frequently is necessary to ensure they truly
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Every student is different, which means no one student will learn in the same way or at the same pace. Based on the research, teachers can better understand why and how diverse students learn. Studies demonstrate that many teachers fail to communicate effectively with students from diverse backgrounds (Cole, 2015). This isn’t always intentional, but there are barriers such as language and culture that prevent effective communication. Because cognitivism promotes various instructional strategies that sometimes makes it easier to connect and communicate with culturally diverse students. Every classroom is diverse in its own way. No classroom or students is the same, by using this learning theory teachers are able to use different methods to reach each individual …show more content…
Michie cannot seem to get the class to calm down and focus the way he wants. The days were unproductive, and any advice that he had gotten from other teachers had been long forgotten. However, occasionally they had productive days. Mr. Michie used cognitivism to help get his class in order. He gave the class a newsletter, and when they looked at it they noticed that it was full of their poems, editorials, and some artwork. They were so intrigued by this that, without being asked, they sat and read silently for 20 minutes. They even wanted to read the stories aloud. Reading aloud could help close the achievement gap just by giving the students the chance to practice reading in front of an audience. When things started going back to normal and the classroom reached an intense level of aggression and frustration, he used the poems to help get his students back on track. They composed a class poem and he had each student contribute one line to it (Michie, 2009, p. 53). Not only did it teach them poetry, but it also made them engage and interact in the activity they were doing using cognitivism. The students eventually got back on track to the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King, which was Mr. Michie’s goal to start with at the beginning of the year. The simplest things, such as Mr. Michie’s poems, boosted his student’s confidence. They did not think of themselves as the “smart and talented group”, they still considered themselves
Every student is different, which means no one student will learn in the same way or at the same pace. Based on the research, teachers can better understand why and how diverse students learn. Studies demonstrate that many teachers fail to communicate effectively with students from diverse backgrounds (Cole, 2015). This isn’t always intentional, but there are barriers such as language and culture that prevent effective communication. Because cognitivism promotes various instructional strategies that sometimes makes it easier to connect and communicate with culturally diverse students. Every classroom is diverse in its own way. No classroom or students is the same, by using this learning theory teachers are able to use different methods to reach each individual …show more content…
Michie cannot seem to get the class to calm down and focus the way he wants. The days were unproductive, and any advice that he had gotten from other teachers had been long forgotten. However, occasionally they had productive days. Mr. Michie used cognitivism to help get his class in order. He gave the class a newsletter, and when they looked at it they noticed that it was full of their poems, editorials, and some artwork. They were so intrigued by this that, without being asked, they sat and read silently for 20 minutes. They even wanted to read the stories aloud. Reading aloud could help close the achievement gap just by giving the students the chance to practice reading in front of an audience. When things started going back to normal and the classroom reached an intense level of aggression and frustration, he used the poems to help get his students back on track. They composed a class poem and he had each student contribute one line to it (Michie, 2009, p. 53). Not only did it teach them poetry, but it also made them engage and interact in the activity they were doing using cognitivism. The students eventually got back on track to the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King, which was Mr. Michie’s goal to start with at the beginning of the year. The simplest things, such as Mr. Michie’s poems, boosted his student’s confidence. They did not think of themselves as the “smart and talented group”, they still considered themselves