Online Journals- learning and Problem Solving Methods

A online journal is a electronic journal where someone can post scholarly journals or articles, and intellectual magazines that can be viewed by others through a site. I found two  great articles that provide insight on how the brain functions and retains information. It also talks about different problem solving techniques that can help learners to be more productive.

The first article talks about the learning process that children go through. This online journal is very interesting because, it provides insight to the mind and how think and process information. The article goes into detail on how we register information The article states that there are three different memory areas in the brain  which are called sensory register, working memory , long-term memory. All three of the process work in different times. It also takes about how the environment can affect how someone can learn. The environment influences perception and perception of one's surroundings is essential for survival, the human species has undoubtedly evolved some biologically built in perceptual mechanism (McDevitt and Ormrod, 2004). This article is very informative and insightful to how the brain operates when it comes to how the brain process and retains information. It also goes into detail the major influences that our environment plays in our thinking. It shapes who we are and how we react to certain things in our lives.  
http://voices.yahoo.com/the-information-processing-theory-its-effect-on-633559.html

The Pedagogy In Action- The SERC portals for Educator- which a online journal. It provides different learning techniques for teachers to help there students have better problem solving tools. The technique generates metacognition awareness of ones own learning process. It causes the students to not think of just getting the correct answer but the steps they use in order to find the answer. It also helps students to identify missteps in students thinking and provides feedback for students and instructors. This journal is very interesting because it gives insight to new a innovative ways that teachers are doing to help students think more critically. It also helps teachers and students process information in a different. I feel this journal is very helpful in showing me other ways to help foster new learning techniques for students especially in the instructional design technology field.

http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/dps/index.html

McDevitt, T., & Ormrod, J. (2004). Child Development: Educating and Working with Children and Adolescents (2nd ed.). : Prentice Hall