Oct 7-My take-away

Today, I learned and relearned a lot about the component of true learning. What does real learning look like? That was the question that our class was centered on. There are various answers to that question but it seems that most of us and the behavioral theorists would agree that learning means that there is a change in knowledge and behavior.
   For us to effectively learn anything, we have to use our senses to engage our attention. Next, we encode that learned information into our short term memory. If our long term memory is successful, we can pull up that information whenever we need.
    These theories will be useful in the real word, especially because I will work with special needs children. I mentioned that my student had an intellectual disability that hindered her short term and long term memory. As the years go by and a student goes into the higher grades, they need to recall longer, more complex pieces of information to use on a test, or apply to other situations. In this student's case, I had to take into accounts the theories of learning but also accept her unique conditions; So I would shorten definitions and information so she could remember things better. The classroom teacher hung up many charts around the room for her to reference. These are all tools that can aid memory and learning.