Cognitive patterns in the acquisition of knowledge and the sequencing of activities in the organization of teaching materials

Abstract

The core of this paper is centred on the analysis of knowledge acquisition patterns and the sequencing patterns teaching materials are governed by. Our approach to the problem will proceed in the following steps: after briefly commenting on more traditional and well consolidated theories of knowledge acquisition, we analyse the cognitive model advanced by Anderson (ACT; 1983, 1987, 2005), and establish the procedure in the acquisition of knowledge; Secondly, we will analyse the sequencing patterns in a sample lesson extracted from a well-known contemporary textbook. Such an analysis will illustrate the degree of similarity of this teaching material regarding the general model of knowledge acquisition.