EDUC 345 Chp. 9

Cmaps

• Tools for concept mapping developed by the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition that are connected to many knowledge maps and other resources on the Internet.
• Evaluating conclusions by logically and systematically examining the problem, the evidence, and the solution.
• Theory stating that cognitive processes develop from real-time, goal-directed interactions between humans and their environment.

Embodied cognition

• Theory stating that cognitive processes develop from real-time, goal-directed interactions between humans and their environment.
• Heuristic in which one limits the search for solutions to situations that are similar to the one at hand.
• The tendency to hold on to beliefs, even in the face of contradictory evidence.

Belief Perseverance

• The tendency to hold on to beliefs, even in the face of contradictory evidence.
• Any situation in which you are trying to reach some goal and must find a means to do so.
• The process of debating a claim with someone else.

Argumentation

• The process of debating a claim with someone else.
• A strategy that can be used in reading literature; (C) Characters (A) Aim of Story (P) Problem(S) Solution
• Students learn problem-solving strategies, but do not apply them when they could or should.

Production Deficiency

• Students learn problem-solving strategies, but do not apply them when they could or should.
• Recognizing a problem as a "disguised" version of an old problem for which one already has a solution.
• Step-by-step procedure for solving a problem; prescription for solutions.

Algorithm

• Step-by-step procedure for solving a problem; prescription for solutions.
• A drawing that charts the relationships among ideas.
• Seeking information that confirms our choices and beliefs, while disconfirming evidence.

Confirmation Bias

• Seeking information that confirms our choices and beliefs, while disconfirming evidence.
• General strategy used in attempting to solve problems.
• Rigidity; tendency to respond in the most familiar way.

Response Set

• Rigidity; tendency to respond in the most familiar way.
• Step-by-step procedure for solving a problem; prescription for solutions.
• Recognizing a problem as a "disguised" version of an old problem for which one already has a solution.

Schema-Driven Problem Solving

• Recognizing a problem as a "disguised" version of an old problem for which one already has a solution.
• The process of debating a claim with someone else.
• Putting your problem-solving plan and its logic into words.

Verbalization

• Putting your problem-solving plan and its logic into words.
• Theory stating that cognitive processes develop from real-time, goal-directed interactions between humans and their environment.
• Processes such as selective attention, rehearsal, elaboration, and organization that influence encoding storage, and retrieval of information in memory.