Question

Models in the 'Information Processing Family' are primarily concerned with:

• A. Personal growth and self-awareness.
• B. Social cooperation and democratic settings.
• C. Intellectual development, reasoning, and information organization.
• D. Behavioral modification and specific skill acquisition.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Intellectual development, reasoning, and information organization.

Families of Models of Teaching

• Bruce Joyce and Marsha Weil (1980) classified models into four families. They are: -

1. Personal family

2. Social Interaction family

3. Information Processing family

4. The Behavioural Systems family

The Information processing Family

• The largest grouping of approaches aimed at emphasizing ways of learning specific information and of acquiring and organizing data, solving problems, and developing concepts and language.

• As the categorical title obviously implies, models confined to this category deal with intellectual development, powers of reasoning and logic, aiding students in organizing and retaining information, and in enhancing their metacognitive functions.

• The primary goals are :-

  a. Help individual to acquire knowledge through the analysis of data

  b. Helps to develop general intellectual skills

  c. Fostering the ability to think logically

• The Models which belong to this family are :-

1. Concept Attainment Model - Jerome S. Bruner

2. Inquiry Training Model - J. Richard Suchman

3. Advance Organiser Model - David Ausubel

4. Inductive Thinking model - Hilda taba

5. Cognitive growth model - Jean piaget

6. Memory Model - Jerry Lucas

7. Biological Science Inquiry Model - Joseph Schwab

1. Concept Attainment Model : This model designed primarily to develop inductive reasoning but also for concept development analysis Jerome S.Bruner is the exponent of this model.

2. Inquiry Training model : This model to teach students the art of independent inquiry in disciplined deway

3. Advance Organiser Model : This model is designed to increase efficiency or information processing capacities to absorb related body of knowledge. David Ausubel is the exponent of this model.

4. Inductive Thinking model : This model designed primarily for development of inductive mental processes and academic reasoning. Hilda taba is the exponent of this model.

5. Cognitive growth model : This model designed to increase the general intellectual development especially logical reasoning. Jean piaget is the exponent of this model.

6. Memory model : Jerry Lucas

7. Biological science inquiry model : Joseph Schwab