Learning Theorists
Developmental Learning Theory (Sensorimotor - Pre-Operational - Formal Operations - Concrete)
Piaget
Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation
Cognitive
Byrne's 4-stage model
Modeling, Scaffolding, Coaching, Fading
Active learning is more effective than...
Pairing a neutral stimulus with a meaningful stimulus
Classical Conditioning
Humanistic and Person-Centered
Carl Rogers
Receiving, responding, valuing, organization, characterization by a value
Affective
Dewey's contribution
Reflective Thinking
We learn best when learning is...
pleasurable
learning that is internal and personal and cannot be shared from one person to another
intrinsic learning
Constructivism & Zone of Proximal Development
Vygotsky
Perception, set, guided responses, mechanism, adaptation, origination
Psychomotor
Audiation is to music what thought is to language
Gordon
reinforcement (mirror neurons)
Objects are real only when they are physically present.
object-permanence
Theory of Instruction & Discovery Learning
Bruner
Grasping the meaning of material
Comprehension
...takes place when we hear and understand in our minds music that we have just heard performed or have heard performed sometime in the past
Audiation
The most effective learning is...
multisensory
A concept developed by Jerome Bruner in which basic elements of a subject matter are taught in sequential fashion at ever-higher levels of sophistication.
Spiral Curriculum
Life Space Theory
Lewin
Origination
repetition, variety, silence
The brain is especially good at detecting...
patterns
Learning activity in which the person engages in self-observation and introspection
Reflective Learning