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​ Welcome to my Wiki Page, my name is Amanda O'Connell.

I am currently finishing my Masters Degree through Eastern Washington University. By the end of this summer I hope to have my Masters in Elementary Education. I'm hoping to find a job for next fall. Given that I don't currently have a classroom of my own, I am unable to directly apply what I have learned to actual students, but I feel strongly about incorporating technology into the everyday classroom. I can't wait to be able to apply what I know to a classroom of my own.

Learning Model For the purpose of reading comprehension a learning model was chosen that best suits common strategies used for reading comprehension. The learning model chosen was the Schema theory of learning. The idea of this model is that all of the knowledge is contained within an elaborate network of cognitive structures that create one understanding of the world. The guiding principles of the schema theory are: one must be taught general knowledge and generic concepts, teachers must help students build this general knowledge, also known as schemata, and make connections between different ideas, teachers need to help build students preexisting knowledge or remind them of what their preexisting knowledge is, ones schema grows as new learning takes place, once one has a preexisting idea of a concept, tension occurs when new learning contradicts what has already been learned, it is the teachers role to understand and be sympathetic to this tension, along with this idea is the realization that deep-seated schemata are incredibly hard if not impossible to change, most would prefer to live with inconsistencies rather than change their values or beliefs. 

Framework for Analyzing & Evaluating Media