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Spatial Congruity Principle



• Students learn
better when
words and
pictures are near
to each other on
the page rather
than far from
each other.
Patterns and Learning

• Which of the following
slides is easier to
remember and WHY?
SLIDE ONE

4915802979
Slide Two


(491) 580-
2979
Slide One

 NRAFBINBCUS
AMTV
Slide Two




NRA NBC FBI
USA MTV
Which is easier?
• Counting backwards from 100


 OR

• Reciting the alphabet
backwards
Patterns and Learning
• The brain is a pattern seeking device
that relates whole concepts to one
another and looks for similarities,
differences, or relationships
between them.” (Ratey, 2002, pg.5)

Sociology Psychology
Patterns that Aid Learning--
Mapping

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Reading a textbook

• 90% of the time the 1st


sentence of a paragraph
is the Main Idea of the
paragraph

Reading Patterns
• Lists
• Sequences
• Definitions
• Cause and Effect
• Similarity and
Difference
• Spatial Order
Similarity and Difference
 The most common pattern used in
American schools is similarity and
difference.
Information Learned in a
Complete Pattern
• When information is learned as part
of a whole (a complete pattern) it
becomes easier to recall.

 Stimulating any part of the


pattern can lead to the recall of the
whole pattern.


Baseball Players’ Positions
Patterns and Learning


Patterns and Learning
• However, if all a person did was memorize the names
in order 1-9… trouble!!!
Questions
• 1. What are the most common
patterns found in your course
content?

• 2. What patterns of presenting
information to students have you
found to be most effective?

• 3. Are there information patterns you
find students struggle to recognize
References
 Bjork, R. A. (1994) Memory and Metamemory consideration in the training of human beings. In J.
Metcalfe & A. Shimamura

(Eds) Metacognition: Knowing about Knowing pp. 185-205. Cambridge, MA MIT Press.
 Bloom, Benjamin S. (Ed). (1956). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The
classification of Educational Goals. Handbook I. Cognitive Domain (pp. 201-207). New York: McKay.


 Caine, Renate; Caine, Geoffrey. Education on The Edge of Possibility. Alexandria, VA: Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1997.

 Damasio, A. R. (1994). Descartes' error: Emotion, reason, and the human brain. New York, NY,
Grosset/Putnam

 Diamond, Marion. (1988). Enriching Heredity: The Impact of the Environment on the Brain. New York,
NY: Free Press.

 Damasio AR: Fundamental Feelings. Nature 413:781, 2001.

 .D. O. Hebb,1949 monograph, The Organization of Behavior

 Dweck, Carol. Mindset The New Psychology of Success, 2006 random House, NY




References
Medina, John, Brain Rules, Pear Press, 2008


Sylwester, R. A Celebration of Neurons An Educator’s Guide to the Human Brain, ASCD:1995


Sprenger, M. Learning and Memory The Brain in Action by, ASCD, 1999


.How People Learn by National Research Council editor John Bransford, National Research Council, 2000


Goldberg, E. The Executive Brain Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind ,Oxford University Press: 2001


Ratey, J. MD. Spark: The New Science of Exercise and the Brain, 2008, Little Brown


Ratey, J. MD :A User’s Guide to the Brain, Pantheon Books: New York, 2001


Zull, James. The Art of Changing the Brain.2002, Stylus: Virginia


Weimer, Maryellen. Learner-Centered Teaching. Jossey-Bass, 2002


Sousa, David. How the Brain Learns(Corwin Press, Inc., 1998),

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