Incorporating Cognitive Psychology Principles in Designing School Curricula

Running head: PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology
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PSYCHOLOGY 2
Question one
Barsalou, (2014) argues that, many teachers apply expensive methods for improving
learning. In most cases, one could find that the teachers attend seminars, organize team meetings
and divert to social media with the aim of looking for the best strategies for satisfying the
students. However, all these strategies do not bear fruit at the end of the day in reference to
Cabeza, Nyberg & Park, (2016). The best approach is to incorporate cognitive psychology
principles in designing the school curricula. In this solution, it is going to elaborate on the
reasons why it is imperative to utilize the cognitive principles to optimize learning in the
classrooms. Besides that, the paper is going to elaborate on recommendations that would assist in
improving the classroom education from the research.
There are several advantages of incorporating cognitive principle while teaching students
in classrooms. The first advantage is that the cognitive principles focus on practice rather than
depending on theory only in reference to Kruglanski & Gigerenzer, (2018). Most students
understand the concept better if they put whatever they have learned in practice. For example, if
it is a mathematics class, after teaching a given topic the teacher should provide the student few
tests to check whether they have grasped the knowledge. After the student would have solved the
problem, the teacher would check and correct where the student has gone wrong. Consistent
practice gives the student confidence that they are going to pass the same question by any chance
it comes in the main examination. Secondly, the cognitive principles stress timely feedback
according to Neisser, (2014). For example, in class, the teachers should give a well explained
and timely feedback to the student. The strategy assists the student to avoid doubting any concept
from the teacher.