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Rabindra Bajracharya
February 20, 2010
have evolved from lower order animal instinct to higher order human
single theory has yet been able to elucidate the cognition mechanism
until today tried only to explain the learning process from narrow
aspects. No theory has yet seen to plunge into the depths of the
cognitive process.
hence the theories are not universal and constant. For example, up
until 1954, the scientific and athletic communities thought that it was
and 59.4 seconds. The 'four minute barrier' has since been broken by
many male athletes, and is now the standard of all professional middle
distance runners. It will not be offensive to say that no theory has yet
been able to reveal the true human cognition capacity and hence its
true mechanism.
As already mentioned, the ‘piece model theory’ and the ‘p-prim theory’
piece model. Those pieces could form p-prims which may help a leaner
conception. The third letter is also same as the second one with more
quanta missing. When there are only few missing pieces in the letter
one can still make sense of what exactly the letter represents.
However, when either more pieces are missing or even only few
important pieces are missing, the letter does not give any sense or
absolutely wrong. Piece model could give important clues about the
idea.
should also pursue the trend to employ the digital concept in studying
Teachers can dig up clues about which pieces of the students’ ideas
represents a big idea, say an idea ‘A’. Idea ‘A’ comprises of different
say idea ‘B’, by rearranging all the pieces that comprised the previous
idea ‘A’. Since all the micro-ideas are already present in the mind, the
big idea ‘B’ will easily be assimilated by the learner. However, if the big
idea ‘B’ lacks either partially or fully one or more pieces of micro-ideas,
then one cannot make sense of the big idea. In that case, one has to
accommodate the new idea first at microscopic level. The learner first
accommodating all the micro-ideas, one can accommodate the new big
idea:
“Since we know that earth rotates in its fixed axis, we do not need to
fly an airplane all the way from one place to another place. We can
simply fly an airplane vertically up for couple hundred miles and then
we can stop the plane until the new place comes just below it. Once
In the above example, although the student has good knowledge about
the rotation of earth, he is missing the big idea of gravity. So, he needs
accommodate all the micro-ideas that comprise the big idea of gravity.
skeptics caution about the risk that could arise from fallaciously
constructed ideas. When one tries to generate a big idea from
approach, a teacher can use the piece model. This could be done by
that could generate the big new ideas. Teachers should actively
with new correct micro-ideas. Hence, piece model could enhance the