EPSY 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Knowledge Forum

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Educational Psychology
• Course: EPSY 3300
• Professor: T O Y A C O N S T O N

Document Summary

Meaningful learning occurs when individuals construct a personal o interpretation of the world by filtering new ideas and experiences through existing knowledge structures (ex: schemes) o. Too much school learning emphasizes rote learning of verbal statements and math formulas that cannot be applied outside of the classroom. An approach that today is called inquiry learning. Children should be helped to figure out how to solve problems. o. Meaningful learning- the active creation of knowledge structures from personal experience of personal experience and from interactions with others who have different ideas. Solving authentic problems contributes to meaningful learning and transfer. Cognitive apprenticeship-teachers model cognitive processes that students eventually take responsibility for as they become more skilled in realistic contexts view ideas and problems from multiple ways. Ill structured problems-complex, few cues to solution procedure, solution evaluated against agreed-upon standard procedures, less definite criteria for measuring solution drive people into opposing camps as to the nature of and solution to the problem.