Paraphrasing One of Our Research Sources

Middendorf (1996) and Kalish (1996) stated that many scientific researches had already been done regarding the method or the type of processing that our brains have. In these researches, it is concluded that our brain does not record all sorts of idea chronologically, but instead it divides it into "chunks" or a more formal term called, "categories". These "chunks" can form new "categories" or sort unprocessed information into existing categories. "Categories determines how a concept is acquired, how it is retrieved from memory, and how it is put to work in abstracting or generating inferences." "Examples" are major ways of connecting new and old information, due to its concreteness, it allows the individual to create a bond between "new abstract idea" and their old knowledge. These are just mere explanations that prove to us that traditional lectures in school doesn't match the "current cognitive science research".

Middendorf, J. , & Kalish, A. (1996). The "Change-Up" in Lectures. The National Teaching &Learning Forum. 5(2). Retrieved from http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9601/article1.htm