Definitions
As students start to understand an idea, the teacher begins to slowly withdraw support
What is Fading?
How individuals use information, resources, and help others to build understanding
What is Cognitive Constructivism?
"Plants need soil to grow. Humans eat food to grow. Therefore, plants eat soil." This is an example of this theory
What is Cognitive Constructivism?
Zoom, TedEd, and Kahoot are all examples of these
What are Virtual Learning Environments?
Virtual worlds, educational games, and multimedia programs are all examples of these
What are technology rich environments?
Using the student’s interests to engage with learning
What is Motivational Scaffolding?
Views learning as increasing our abilities to participate with others in activities that are meaningful in the culture
What is Social Constructivism?
"Improving your algebra allows you to participate more in the math club activities" is an example of this
What is Enculturation?
Use of first language, visuals, connecting to background knowledge, and reading aloud are all examples of this teaching technique
What is Scaffolding?
Canvas and Blackboard are examples of this type of Virtual Learning Environment
What are Learning Management Systems?
A relationship in which a less-experienced learner acquires knowledge and skills under the guidance of an expert
What is Cognitive Apprenticeship?
Each of us constructs meaning (knowledge) from our own experiences, but what we have no way of understanding the knowledge constructed by others or even whether our knowledge is “correct”
What is Radical Constructivism?
Teaching phonetics, then teaching new skills such as full words and sentences, while still circling back to phonetics is an example of this teaching method
What is Spiral Curriculum?
Linguistic, Visual-Spatial, and Interpersonal are all examples of this
What are Learning Styles?
Tools that connect students to one another when students are virtual or learning in PLEs.
What are Personal Learning Networks?
A situation in which learning in the real world is not like learning in school
What is situated learning?
Psychologist headed the field of cognitive constructivism
Who is Piaget?
What is reciprocal learning?
"Teachers teach some values above others" is a drawback of this theory
What is Radical Constructivism?
A skill pertaining to one's ability to “decode”, evaluate, find, and communicate through technology
What is Digital Literacy?
Students are confronted with a problem that launches their inquiry. They collaborate to find solutions and learn valuable information and skills in the process
What is problem-based learning?
Psychologist headed the field of social constructivism
Who is Vygotsky?
"Watering the yard makes the grass grow. Therefore, rain makes the grass grow too," is an example of this type of knowledge
What is transferable knowledge?
Education, psychology, computer science, philosophy, sociology, and neuroscience are all examples of this discipline
What are the Learning Sciences?
78% of teachers have used this method of teaching at least once and 45% have used this method 1-2 times a week
What is the flipped classroom?