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RICA PREP BOOK 1
Vocabulary words and concepts from the RICA preparation guide by Chee
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assimilation | A process of storing information that occurs when the new information or meaning is stored in one of the existing knowledge structures in Long Term Memory. |
| Accommodation | A process of storing new information that occurs when a new knowledge category or structure needs to be created in order to store new information. |
| 4 to 6 | The amount of units or chunks of information that your Short Term Memory can handle at any given moment. |
| Piaget talks about these terms | assimilation and accommodation |
| The amount of time most humans can hold information in the STM | 10 seconds |
| Piaget's 4 Stages of Cognitive Development | Sensori-Motor, Pre-Operational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational |
| "Spiral Curriculum" | Developmentally appropriate instruction in which the same or similar concepts, skills, and strategies are re-introduced in later grades, using increasingly more complex modes of representation and thinking. |