GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LEARNING THEORIES
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Question
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Learning is cumulative
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The teacher must incorporate appropriate teaching strategies in order to aid cognitive development effectively.
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The teacher must connect his/her lesson to students’ past experiences for meaning and understanding.
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Drill and review are important in the teaching-learning process.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Activating prior knowledge helps students see the connections between previous learning and new instruction, builds on what students already know, provides a framework for learners to better understand new information, and gives instructors formative assessment information to adapt instruction.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prior procedural knowledge was found to be most significantly linked to student achievement, leading researchers to conclude that individual students’ prior knowledge should be considered during instructional design and curriculum planning for the best odds of student success.
Detailed explanation-3: -It will help them be prepared in understanding new content, because they will be thinking about how to use their prior knowledge to understand new information (Miller Veatch, 2011). Activating prior knowledge not only helps students make connections, but it helps them become engaged as well!
Detailed explanation-4: -Some commonly used strategies to activate prior knowledge are: Graphic organisers; Concept maps; KWL Chart; Anticipatory guides; Hot potato; Finding out tables; Learning grids; and Brainstorming. Students learn a second language best when they are able to draw on their prior knowledge of their first language.