Questions and CORRECT Answers
cognition the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through
thought, experience, and the senses.
research the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to
establish facts and reach new conclusions.
Theories scientifically accepted general principal offer to explain something
learning theories scientific ideas how human obtain knowledge or skills
strategy a plan of action to achieve a defined goal
learning strategy a plan or tool that you use to achieve a learning goal
strategic learner a learner who has a plan for learning and follow through with that plan
annotate add notes to a text giving explanation or comment
information processing theory explains how our mind receive, process, and store information so we can all learn
sensory memory the first stage of our memory that receives input from our five senses constantly
short term memory the second stage of memory where all the information is processed
working memory the second stage of memory were all information is processed also called short
term memory
long term memory the final stage of memory where the information from short term or working
memory is stored for long term use
encode the process of revising information to fit into the long term memory structure
multitasking dealing with more than one task at a time
switch-tasking preforming various tasks that are not directly related to the same item
retrieval practice the metacognition strategy of recalling what you know from memory
recognition matching outside information with whatis stored inside your brain like learning
material for a multiple choice exam
rote learning recognizing or memorizing the information