Cognitive Information Processing is one school of thought that is associated with cognitivist learning theory. It arose during the time of cognitivist science and computing. Perhaps it is no surprise that learning theorists began to compare the mind to a computer processor. According to this theory, the human mind is processor, just as a computer encodes data and programs using memory.
Below is a quick summary of some of the key aspects of Information Processing Theory, and the mind’s memory process in learning. Click on it to expand the infographic.
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