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**Information Processing**
Information Processing is a theory that seek to explain how the mind works in terms of receiving information and how this information being processed. Information is to be processed by the brain need first to catch the attention of the learner, this process can be divided into three separate parts; Sensory memory, working memory and long-term memory. (Driscoll p.25)

Information processing defines as how the mind operates when involve with receiving or input information from the environment based on different levels of operations that can be referred as stages such as sensory registered, short term memory and long term memory. Generally the shorter the attention to something the more likely it will disappear from the long term memory.

To understand what differentiate between those three phases we need to understand its purpose and duration. All sensory memory considered very short term memory, no longer than 250 Millisecond. In other word this memory is the reflection of the eyes of light, sound or smell. All these senses translate into something meaningful if its been recognized by the brain after a short process whether to pay more attention to the subject or just move on. In case the choice was to pay attention the subject it being moved to short term memory or working memory. According to Information Processing By Michael Orey the long term memory interact very closely with short term memory once the subject moved to be remembered since it can be recalled and categorized similar to long term memory.

Information Processing also consider part of elaboration process, which depend on long term memory, and knowledge of the learner to increase its information pool based on prior knowledge that served from long term memory.

For example, a piano student who learned the basics of notation value grid such as half notes and quarter notes can make rhythms by combining the two or when being introduced to new notation value such as eighth note, can apply the same concept of combining rhythms as earlier. In order to understand and add to the existing information a person must recall from the long term memory.

In practice this theory asserts the basic idea that learning experience must come through curiosity of the learner which will serve the best as a catalyst for students to pay attention which in turn will be processed into their short and long term memory.