Week 5 Cognition-Krysta

1-Two most helpful instructional strategies explained in Module 11:
-wait time. This will be useful because it will allow the students to have time to reflect, recollect and gather information. This helps them think critically. I feel many teachers do not use wait time because of the 'awkward silence', but it actually is beneficial for the students to think.
-for verbal responses, have all students write their responses and then have them respond. I want to incorporate this when I teach because not all students participate-maybe because they are shy- and this allows me to observe everyone's insights and participation in writing.


2. Low-road transfer: transferring one skill to another without having to think or reflect much-it becomes automatic based on 'highly practiced' skills.
Example 1- cooking, after learning to cook and cooking everyday, it becomes automatic, without needed to think of how stir, boil, cut, etc.
Example 2- answering the phone

High-road transfer: applying general knowledge, principles, strategies from one situation to another one.
Example 1- After learning how to drive, you learn how to drive stick shift
Example 2- A student uses a lesson learned in school about percents when shopping, to see what is 20% off the ticketed price.

3.Personally, I use backward-reaching transfer most of the times. For example, when I want to let my catholic friends that God, Christ, and the Holy Ghost are not one being i refer back to my scripture study in 1 Timothy 2:5 which specifically states that there is one God, and one Christ. On a different note, when I bake I refer back to what I know about fractions and measuring cups to figure out my measurements. Also, for other activities, such as the dropping the egg without cracking it, I use what I know about basic physical properties and critical thinking skills to help me make the best 'coverage' for the egg.

4. In what situations have you used an algorithm to solve a problem?
When I want to find the perimeter of something I just apply the formula P = 2L + 2W. When I think of algorithms I mostly think of math, but I know that I use it in science as well-experiment and more.

When have you used a heuristic?
I use it when I use decimals- I usually guess or round to nearest whole number. I also use it when posing a hypothesis- If I study for this test for this test 2 hours, I will pass. In addition, when writing a paper, I outline what I need-make bullet points- and then get started on test.