Information-Processing Model

The information-processing model is that students recieve information, connect the new knowledge with what they already know, and then apply it. A great example of this model that humans utilize whether they know it or not is by breaking down new information into its simplest terms. For example, you will never hear a grade school soccer coach explain how to shoot a ball by saying something like, "place your plant foot directly adjacent to the ball and strike the ball utilizing the instep of your striking foot." He says' "put your left foot beside the ball, and kick the ball with the top of your right foot." Kids know what "beside the ball" and "top of the foot" is (prior knowledge). When they recieve the correct way to kick the ball, they connect it with their prior knowledge and then apply it accordingly.