THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTIVIST WEB-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS TO ENHANCE LEARNERS’ INFORMATION PROCESSING AND REDUCTION OF COGNITIVE LOAD ON THE TOPIC OF ILLNESS VOCABULARY FOR FIFTH – GRADE STUDENTS INTEGRETION BETWEEN PEDAGOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to design and develop Constructivist learning environment model to enhance Learners Information Processing, to examine the students’ Learners Information Processing, to study the student’ learning achievement and the opinion of the students toward the Constructivist learning environment model Learners Information Processing and to study brain waves of the students while they were performing the Learners Information Processing tasks. Model Research (Richey & Klein, 2007) was employed in this study. There were three phases: 1) Model Development 2) Model Validation and 3) Model Use. The result revealed that 1) The design and development of the Constructivist learning environment model, based on Designing framework consisted of 7 components: (1) Problem Bases, 2) Vocabulary center 3) Cognitive tools center 4) Collaboration center 5) Scaffolding center 6) Cognitive apprenticeship center and 7) Enhance information processing and reduction of cognitive load center.  2) The learners’ information processing learning with cognitive innovation to enhance knowledge construction and memory process base on Klausmeier (1985) consist of 3 processes: 1) sensory register, 2) short-term memory, and 3) long-term memory. 3) The student's COGNITIVE LOAD while performing the information processing task of the learners who studied with the Learning Environment Model found that the students had the ability to reduce the COGNITIVE LOAD. 4) The learning achievement scores of students found that the mean of the achievement scores ( )) accounted for 84.00% of the full score, indicating that they had an achievement score of 70 percent of the full score, and students 86.67% of the total number of students. Passed 80 percent of the total number of students. 5) Learner’s opinions toward Learning Environment Model found that: the design and development of learning environment model were appropriated in all aspects such as learning contents, wed-based learning environments, and supporting and encouraging them to enhancing knowledge construction, information processing and Reductive of Cognitive load. 6) The brain wave of students in the specified position of the brain areas specific to Learners Information Processing while they were performing the Learners Information Processing task in the Constructivist learning environment model showed that Alpha waves were found associated with intellectual as Learners Information Processing activity in the scalp area in position AF3, AF4, F3, F4, F7, and F8.