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Innovations With Schema Theory: Modern Implications For Learning, Memory, And Academic Achievement

Author(s) Rusen Meylani
Country Turkey
Abstract Schema theory, a cognitive framework, has significantly influenced our understanding of learning, memory, and academic achievement. Originating from a foundation that underscores cognitive structures and processes, schema theory elaborates on how individuals organize, interpret, and store information. This research paper delves into schema theory's core components and processes: schema construction, activation, assimilation, and accommodation. Furthermore, the paper examines the pivotal role of schemas in guiding attention, facilitating comprehension, and influencing memory processes. With academic achievement in focus, the findings suggest that schema activation aids comprehension, knowledge integration, critical thinking, and problem-solving, affecting academic performance. Schema theory also offers insights into memory, revealing encoding strategies that align with existing schemas, biases that might occur during retrieval, and the influence of schemas on memory consolidation. Despite its profound contributions, schema theory still needs critiques, with challenges such as oversimplification and contextual influences highlighted. However, its practical implications are vast, encompassing areas from education and curriculum development to advertising and cross-cultural communication. The research concludes by underscoring the contributions of schema theory to learning and memory while also charting potential directions for future research, emphasizing areas like individual differences, neurocognitive mechanisms, and the integration of technology and other theoretical frameworks.
Keywords Schema theory, cognitive processes, learning, memory, academic achievement
Field Sociology > Education
Published In Volume 6, Issue 1, January-February 2024
Published On 2024-02-22
Cite This Innovations With Schema Theory: Modern Implications For Learning, Memory, And Academic Achievement - Rusen Meylani - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 1, January-February 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i01.13785
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i01.13785
Short DOI https://doi.org/gtjtvw

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