Information Processing Theory

We utilize the concepts of information processing theory every day, for example if I were to give you my phone number I wouldn’t say my number is 5553450213 and just rattle it off with no breaks. I would say my number is 555-345-0213 this is an example of the chucking approach to the encoding process. “Chunking is breaking the information up into manageable chunks” http://hsc.csu.edu.au/pro_dev/teaching_online/how_we_learn/information.html

We utilize the same approach when trying to memorize account numbers and credit card numbers; it’s helpful to breakdown the information into manageable bit because it aids in the retrieval process (trying to recall the information at a later date).

Over the past week I have been digging into to different websites trying to narrow down the sites that explain information processing theory, in a plain English way. 

The first site that I found on information processing 

theory was: http://www.istheory.yorku.ca/informationprocessingtheory.htm, which is a York 

Univeristy 

website, for Theories used in IS Research.

Overall, It’s a simple site that has a direct overview of the theory listed in a sections titled, “Concise description of theory”. The second useful portion of the site is the “Diagram/schematic of theory” which shows a flow chart of the theory.

 Lastly, the site has a links to other websites which I found very helpful to my research this week.

 The second site I found on Information Processing Theory was: http://hsc.csu.edu.au/pro_dev/teaching_online/how_we_learn/information.html, which is a Charles Sturt University website.

Overall, it has a lot of the same content was the other site, but it’s a little more detailed.

It breaks down the theory and explains in detail different types of encoding and retrieval processes. The part of the site that really caught my eye was section titled “USING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPROACH IN THE CLASSROOM”, which is a breakdown of different principals in the theory, and then a real 

world example on how it could be implemented/utilized in a classroom.

There are a lot of other sites out there with information on this theory; feel free to post comments with links to sites you find helpful!

 -Rob