Activity 4.1

According to Cognitive information processing perspective, meaningful learning occurs when the learner has met the following conditions; learner must have selected relevant information, organize that information into a coherent whole by making connections and integrate the information into the appropriate existing knowledge.

The critical characteristics of processing information are outlined in the Dual Memory Model. According to this model, learners receive an input from the external environment, process this input through their sensory registers, then move input to the short term memory, into the long term memory and finally retrieve the input from the long term memory and push it to the control executive process and short term memory. The control executive process is the least understood component of the memory. However, input passes back through this area in the brain in order to be retrieved for specific purposes.

The sensory registers influence how input is perceived and processed because it is the modality through which all input is received. If one part of the sensory registers aren’t working accurately then the input is distorted. The sensory registers include attention, perception, sensory, duration/intensity, and imagery, the role of the context, physical environment, physiological environment, and meaningfulness.