One
of the key things for every child to realize is that we all learn in different
ways and just because one person can remember everything, does not mean that we
all have to be able to.
*This chapter
had a lot of good information on the learning process. It is amazing to me that
some people can remember things from years and years ago, while I have a hard
time remember what I wore two days ago. I found myself relating to the young
girl studying for biology test, and then getting to the test and not being able
to remember half of what she needed to know. I do the same thing so many times,
I feel comfortable with a variety of the topics on the test, but then I always
find myself focusing in on a few specific things I think will be on the test
and forget all the other things that I thought I knew. Construction I feel is a
very big part of being able to remember and learn something, however there are
times when I can not even think of something to relate the material to. Therefore,
what do I do in that case? My question as a future teacher, is how can I find a
way to relate materials to specific interests of each child so that they are
able to process and understand the information that I provide them with?
*When reading
about concepts and memory I was somewhat surprised, because I would view
storage as being the place in which we store all the information we have
learned, and memory as the capability to memorize and regurgitate information
when needed. However memory is the ability to save and store, while storage is
the ability to add information to what we already know.
*I personally am
a big fan of visual imagery when it comes to learning, because I am able to use
that picture when trying to regurgitate that information. However, the one big problem would be putting
something in the wrong place when it comes to putting things into an image.
*The biggest
thing is to have a knowledge base, in which a learner can add onto as they
acquire and learn new information. However, as a teacher gaining that sense of
each child’s knowledge base is very important, because you can’t start teaching
division if a child does not know how to add or subtract. Every little piece of
information pieces together in order for a child to understand future
information, therefore without one piece the puzzle is incomplete.
*As a teacher
one of the most difficult things will be discovering which children learn
easiest, and in which way each child learns. However, once a teacher discovers
that two children learn through visuals, while five children learn through
elaboration, and then the other 3 children learn through organization, how does
the teacher implement these types of learning into each learning experience, so
that all children have an equal chance at learning and understanding material?
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