Theories of Learning
This term means “thinking about your own thinking” and helps you monitor how you learn.
What is metacognition?
This step includes exploring possibilities and root causes and gathering details and examples before making a choice.
What is Define the Problem?
This theory by Howard Gardner suggests people have many different types of abilities, not just one kind of intelligence.
What is the theory of multiple intelligences?
The three basic functions of memory are encoding, storage, and this.
What is retrieval?
This part of the model focuses on the learning strategies and tools students use to learn effectively.
What is the Skill component?
This learning theory includes 6 levels that build on each other, beginning with Remembering.
What is Bloom's Taxonomy?
This type of thinking involves analyzing, evaluating, and improving one’s own thought processes.
What is critical thinking?
According to Gardner, someone skilled in understanding others’ feelings and motivations likely has this intelligence.
What is interpersonal intelligence?
This type of memory lasts only a few seconds and captures sensory input from your environment.
What is sensory memory?
A student who adjusts their study habits based on what worked last time is practicing this kind of learning.
What is strategic learning?
Angela has a test where she will have to match all of the Amendments to the Constitution to
their designated numbers. This requires which skill from Bloom's Taxonomy.
What is Remembering.
Analyzing, evaluating, and creating are considered what kind of thinking?
What is higher-order/critical thinking?
The ability to recognize and manage your own emotions is part of this type of intelligence.
What is emotional intelligence?
Short-term memory can usually hold about this many bits of information.
What is 7 (plus or minus 2)?
The Model of Strategic Learning helps students connect their skills, will, and this to improve outcomes.
What is self-regulation?
After spending a few weeks studying the stars and staring at the night sky, you have started
to be able to identify the big dipper and other major constellations though you still have to refer
to a star map to be certain. You are in this stage of the learning process.
What is conscious competence?
This kind of thinking helps generate new ideas by exploring different perspectives and options.
What is creative thinking?
Three types of thinking contribute to successful intelligence, according to Robert
Sternberg's theory.
What is Analytical, Creative and Practical.
This curve shows that people forget information quickly without review or reinforcement.
What is the forgetting curve?
Emotional intelligence supports learning by improving this self-control process.
What is self-regulation?
This learning model connects skill, will, and self-regulation to help students become intentional learners.
What is the Model of Strategic Learning?
This method includes 4 steps to evaluate a source for credibility.
What is the SIFT method?
Anthony likes to come up with silly songs that include important information he needs to
remember. This suggests he is strong in this kind of intelligence.
What is musical intelligence?
"Dumb Kids Playing Cards on Freeway Get Smashed" is a type of this memory-strengthening strategy?
What is Mnemonics?
The Model of Strategic Learning ultimately helps students become more aware of how they learn, also known as this.
What is metacognition?