LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL APRENDIZAJE; TEORÍA DE LA CARGA COGNITIVA Y APRENDIZAJE SIGNIFICATIVO

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to analyze an approach to the construction of learning,
through the articulation of two theories that correspond to Cognitive Load and significant
learning. Thus, it is possible to establish a binding association between both proposed
theories, given that both have the objective of obtaining efficient concretion in terms of
relevance, assessment and significance of student learning, as well as considering mental
structures, information scaffolding as common principles. Between previous and new
knowledge, in addition to the use of active methodologies that allow motivating and
promoting student participation in the classroom. In short, the significant learner manages
to be acquired when the teacher raises in a structured and sequenced way the different
concepts that he wants to be learned through the application of active methodologies and
educational strategies contextualized in the realities of the student body.