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Information Processing Theory: Classroom Applications.

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Slate, John R.; Charlesworth, John R., Jr. – Reading Improvement, 1989

Utilizes the information processing model of human memory to provide teachers with suggestions for improving the teaching-learning process. Briefly explains and specifies applications of major theoretical concepts: attention, active learning, meaningfulness, organization, advanced organizers, memory aids, overlearning, automatically, and…

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Attention, Elementary Education, Individual Differences

Information Processing Theory: Classroom Applications.

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Slate, John R.; Charlesworth, John R., Jr. – 1988

The information processing model, a theoretical framework of how humans think, reason, and learn, views human cognitive functioning as analogous to the operation of a computer. This paper uses the increased understanding of the information processing model to provide teachers with suggestions for improving the teaching-learning process. Major…

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology