Cognitive theory

Abstract

There are many psychological theories that have been used to improve various areas of education. One such theory is the cognitive theory of learning. This theory has vast application in the real world. Its most important application has been in the area of education. Various teachers and instructors use this theory to improve themselves or guide the students so that their educational performance improves. It also enables the students to become responsible for their educational performance.

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Introduction1

Discussion1

General Assumptions of Cognitive Theories2

Branches of Cognitive Theory2

How does Learning Occur?3

Factors that Influence Learning3

Educational Factor that Influence Learning3

Implications for Cognitive Theories in Education3

How to Promote Effective Learning?4

Social Learning or Cognitive Theory with Real Life Examples4

Applications of Social Learning Theory6

Cognitive Theory and Middle School Student's Literacy Scores6

Summarized Articles7

Accuracy of the Theory in the Application9

Recommendations10

Conclusion11

References12

Cognitive theories

Introduction

The education plays a very crucial role in developing a nation. Therefore, good education is important at all levels from nursery to college and universities. It helps to develop a student into a person who will become a responsible citizen of the county. In order to do so, the students should be guided and assisted at all levels of education. The problems that they face should be resolved by the teachers and instructors to ensure proper learning. It can only be achieved when the teachers use proper theories to help the students. One such theory is the cognitive theory, which has large application base in the real life. By using these theories, the teachers can help their students to become responsible of their actions regarding the educational outcome. The students if provided proper assistance and guidance will achieve better results in terms of their academics. The application of the theory in education is most important in the middle school students as they go through a number of changes in this adolescents' age.

Discussion

In order to understand the cognitive theory of learning, it is important to have knowledge of what cognitive is. It is the process of acquiring and understanding knowledge, forming attitudes and beliefs, problem solving and decision making (www.businessdictionary.com). Cognition is the process of knowing. It includes thinking, imagining, reasoning, judgment, perception and speech.

General Assumptions of Cognitive Theories

There are some learning processes that may be unique and different humans. The learning process involves forming the mental representation that might not be shown in the behavior of human beings. Human beings are involved in the process of learning actively. The knowledge that the humans gain is organized. Learning is assumed to be a process of linking and relating new information that has been received with the already learned information. The observation of people's behavior should by the focal point of scientific inquiry and the inferencing regarding the mental process of can also be withdrawn from this process (Ormrod, 2008).

Branches of Cognitive Theory

There are two main branches of cognitive theory which are:

Contextual Theories

These cognitive theories emphasize on the environment or the context in which learning takes place. The contextual theories assume that the people think and act more properly and intelligently when ...