The aspects of cognitive theory I disagree with relate to the separation of working memory and long term memory. I tend to agree more with the idea of activation states. I think that everything we experience is stored in our memory somewhere but it may or may not be active at the moment. I also do not agree with the idea that you must be paying attention to something for it to move to memory. For example, children may be actively attending to their work but will overhear a conversation and remember what was said. I definitely agree with the concepts of rote versus meaningful learning. I believe that connecting what is being learned to something meaningful, be it imagery or past experience, is a much more effective way to learn than simply rehearsing.
As mentioned in my previous post, most Deaf students do not have a wide knowledge base because of their lack of language and experience at an early age. It will be difficult to use previous knowledge to connect what the students are learning to what they already know. However, the use of visual imagery, elaboration, and organization are excellent tools to use with Deaf students. All of these tactics are actually used in American Sign Language (they are just called different things) and would be highly effective in the classroom.
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