Erguvan Uras

Cognitive Information Processing and Self regulated Learning Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) CIP theory refers to information processing, applied to various theoretical perspectives dealing with the sequence and execution of cognitive events. It is the human mind’s activity of taking in, storing, and using information. The whole system is guided by control processes that determine how and when information will flow through the system.  Stimuli from the environment (sights, sounds, smell, etc.) constantly bombard our body’s mechanisms for seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and feeling. Sensory memory is the initial processing that transforms these incoming stimuli into information so we can make sense of them. Short-term memory: a limited-capacity memory system which is relatively longer. SS can keep track of 7 +/- items without external help. There are several ways of holding more bits of information. For example ' Chunking'  of information can lea...

  Motivation is a piviotal concept in most theories of learning. In most forms of behaviorial theory, motivation was strictly a function of primary drives such as hunger, sex, sleep, or comfort. According to Hull's drive reduction theory, learning reduces drives and therefore motivation is essential to learning. The degree of the learning achieved can be manipulated by the strength of the drive and its underlying motivation. It can be said that the fundamental aim of  motivation is to stimulate and to facilitate learning activity. Learning is an active process that needs to be motivated and guided toward desirable ends. Origins and determinants of motivation is different according to the behaviorists and cognitivists. Behaviorists sees physiological needs such as food, sleep as the determinants of motivation, whereas according to the  cognitivists, cognitive processes are mediators of motivation such as not just any food b...

Brain based learning (BBL) Brain based learning (BBL) is a holistic approach for learning and basically refers to  teaching  methods, lesson designs, and school programs that are  based  on the latest scientific research about how the  brain  learns, including such factors as cognitive development. There are several principles of BBL. Below twelve principles are given in relation to teaching.        The brain is a parallel processor, meaning it can perform several activities at once, like tasting and smelling. Teaching should include several methods for learning at the same time. Learning engages the entire physiology, whole body hence hands on activities are important. The search for meaning is innate therefore learning environment should satisfy curiosity.   The search for meaning comes through patterning.This means teaching should present information in a way that allows brain to extract patterns. Emotions are criti...