Cognitive Theory and Digital Technology Connection
This is Anasuya Chowdhury, a high school math teacher in HISD. I have been teaching in HISD for 13 years. Currently, I am teaching AP Precalculus, and serving as a Math Department Chair as well. I have a Bachelor's and Master's degree from India. I also have completed Post Baccalaureate in C&I Math and am in the process of getting a Master’s Degree in Educational Technology. My objective is to integrate technology in instruction to enhance learning and my goal is to become Curriculum Specialist at the district level. My other passion is music; I am a mom of a 23-year-old daughter and a wife of an awesome husband. What is the focus of cognitive learning theory in technology education? Educational technology came of age as a discipline at a time when relevant psychological theory was based almost entirely on behavioral principles. In later half of the twentieth century, cognitivists made a new contribution to learning theory by creating models of how le...