week 10 class note

Ausubel

meaningful learning: understand rather than memorize it
mnemonic is one type of advance organizer (but still a rote learnin), unless can relate

memorize multipllication table is rote learning, unless u relate to ....

expositiory--- triangles....show example &non-exaple.....ask to clasify nd give defi od triangles
comparison tye...symbol of abselon with e

phase two....presentation must be meaningful to the students

http://www.scribd.com/doc/27043905/Ausubel-Theory
http://www.scribd.com/doc/27846629/Bruner-Theory-of-Learning
http://www.lifecircles-inc.com/Learningtheories/constructivism/bruner.html
http://tip.psychology.org/bruner.html

jerome bruner....related and trying to make constructivism more understandable

notation....the dot for multiplication and decimal must be written correctly

contrast and variation.....intersection set with ''and'' set....differentiate with integration
connectivity...dydx to graph increase or devrease

richard skemp: talk about math understanding

intrumental vs relational UNDERSTANDING

http://www.scribd.com/doc/46489435/Skemp-Theories
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50402712/Shemp-Teories

math as reasoning...use vein diagram

encourahe balance between computational skills (KNOW HOW) and reasoning skilss (KNOW WHY)

http://www.davidairey.com/how-not-to-use-powerpoint/

Zoltan ....CONCRETE EXAMPLE....propose using games in teaching math

free play: example try and error...play without giving any rules....no rules!!!
games...have rules that st have to follow to play....start seeing the pattern
while playing games....they look for sommunalities like differences.....eg....suduko have rules that each number can appear in .....
representation/.....draw diagram
symbolisation.....formula....

ZOLTAN for children to actually play with concrete things, easy for them to grasp the concept
Dienes blocks....helps st to learn numbers
cuisenaire rods...to teach fraction


http://www.zoltandienes.com/?page_id=226
http://www.zoltandienes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Six_stages_integers.pdf
http://google-chrome-browser.com/prevent-google-chrome-closing-when-you-close-last-tab

Bruner.....encourage socratic learning
4 major principles, a perchant (motivated) toward learning
how a body of knowledge is able to be constructed best to be understood by the leaner
effective manners or sequence for the teacher to present said material to the learner
the natural pacing rewards as well as punishment

good method for stucturing knowledge shoulf result in simpllifying, generatin gnew propositions, and incresing th emanipulation of info

bruner is passionate about language and how this affects cognition withiun this theory of llearning development
if language skills is not develop, cannot communicate....with others and within the mind
teacher should be given the languages skills too....example when PSMPI is introduced....

when a questions is big to be undertan, break it into 2, and the merge them togehther


Ausubel theory is not particularly in vogue today, perhaps because he seems to advocate a fairly passive role for the learner, who receives mainly (active recepting learning) verbal instruction that has been arranged so as to require a minimal amount of 'struggle'.
streesed on meaming ful learning is betterh than discovery learnin
ask them a lot of question...

summarize 1 paraghaph...4-5 sentense about any one of the theory