Learning Theories
This theory is teacher based rather than student-centered.
What is Instructivistism?
He formalized the theory that adults learn differently than children.
Who is Malcolm Knowles?
The teachers at school are doing a book study through a Professional Learning Community.
What is an adult learning activity?
This theory is student-centered, based on collaborative activities, in which students construct meaning based on their experiences.
What is constructivistism?
He developed the theory that learning does not have to occur through human interaction, but can happen through digital tools.
Who is George Siemens
The students are listening to a lecture and taking notes.
What is a instructivist activity?
This theory centers around learning taking place through social interactions with peers.
What is the social learning theory?
This psychologist theorized that positive reinforcement and guided practice was the best way for children to learn.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
The students are researching their assigned animal's habitat and creating a Google Slide Show.
What is a connectivist activity?
This theory maintains that children learn much differently than adults and therefore, adult learning needs should be defined.
What is adult learning theory or andragogy?
This theorist believed that children learn mainly through social interactions with their peers and through their family culture.
Who is Albert Bandura?
The students are practicing their multiplication facts using a game-based program where you can earn points.
What is a behaviorism activity?
This theory centers around the belief that learning does not have to be social or take place in traditional classrooms, but rather takes place through digital sources.
What is connectivism?
This psychologist spent his time developing the tenets of the constructivist theory.
Who is Jean Piaget?
The students are working together to solve a multi-step math problem. The students are allowed to correct their mistakes and re-work problems.
What is a situated learning activity?