Assignment: Educational Implications of Information Processing Theory Worksheet

About this Quiz & Worksheet

Test your ability to understand information processing theory with this quiz and worksheet combo. Quiz questions will assess your knowledge of working memory.

Quiz & Worksheet Goals

In these assessments you’ll be tested on the following:

• Where working memory and long-term memory gets their information from
• Limited and recent memory
• Occurs when working memory is overfilled with too much information
• Putting pieces of information together
• Making something automatic through repetition

Skills Practiced

This worksheet and quiz let you practice the following skills:

• Reading comprehension– ensure that you draw the most important information from the related information processing theory lesson
• Interpreting information– verify that you can read information regarding how information moved from sensory storage to memory and interpret it correctly
• Knowledge application– use your knowledge to answer questions about memory

Additional Learning

To review concepts related to information processing theory, read through the brief lesson Information Processing Theory: Overview & Practical Teaching Examples. This lesson will help you:

• Identify what information processing theory is
• Distinguish differences between working memory and long-term memory
• Learn about the process in which information flows from working memory to long-term memory
• Understand how automaticity occurs when people practice a task many times