Cognitive Psychology in Education
By Jayden Minton
From a young age we are conditioned to learn new information in creative ways. As we grow older we slowly start to fade and grow out of the ways in which we were taught would help us. The most important information is taught to us while we are young so that we know the basics to build off of for newer and more complex information. Learning information in creative ways that are out of the ordinary tend to stick with us. Why does this not appear more in high school and college?
By Katie Van Dettum
Freshman year of college. The times of adjusting to college, figuring out where your life is headed, and overall attempting to stay sane even with all of the changes in your life happening. One of those changes happens to be trying to figure out how to solve problems now that you’ve taken your first steps into the scary world of being an adult. As a junior, I have learned a few things when it comes to solving problems that I can pass on to incoming freshman. Specifically, when it comes to studying and doing homework. College has caused me to readjust my strategies in order to become a more productive studier and a better student as a whole.
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