In the website ThinkQuest, they are adequately breaking down what it means to learn cognitively by saying that:
Students take what they are given in class and form more of an understanding about it by using these methods listed above. The purpose behind this is to better understand that each student has his or her own way of understand and comprehending information. As an educator, you should be able to look at the student's style of learning and mold your teaching practices around that student. By doing so, the student and yourself are both able to build a basis of what are the best ways for the students to learn.
As a teacher, I would like to not only understand my students more but also be able to see what particular learning styles each student needs in order for him or her to excel. At the same time, I need my students to understand their own skills and learning outcomes so that they can be successful in what they do.
To best solidify this, I think Howard Gardner does an amazing job with his Multiple Intelligence theory to show that different students learn differently and are capable of different types of learning. There are many different forms that students may be intelligent in and if a teacher only addresses one form of learning or intelligence then the child may not be able to excel at a greater capacity than if the teacher addressed these learning styles.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26618/en-5.5.3=cognitive%20learning.htm http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/learning/cognitive.htm
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