Learners are viewed as information processors. Background knowledge is vital.
What is cognitivism?
100
Learning focuses on affective and cognitive needs of the student. Teacher acts as a facilitator. Goal is to develop self-actualization within a cooperative environment.
What is humanism?
100
Learning is produced by stimulation and reinforcement. Main assumptions: change in behavior, environment, reinforcement
What is behaviorism?
100
Learners actively create their own meaning from objective elements. New information is linked to prior knowledge.
What is constructivism?
100
Place the four theories just discussed in order chronologically
What is behaviorism, cognitivism, humanism, constructivism?
200
Principle of cognitivism which supports DGBL. Developed by Weiner in 1974. Learners attempt to explain the world around them and determine the cause of an event or behavior
What is attribution theory?
200
Learning relates to the meaning making a student derives by continually gaining knowledge from personal or environmental experiences
What is experiential learning?
200
Principle proposed by Zig Engelmann in 1964. Teaching which takes place where the teacher explicitly and verbally shares information with students rather than using exploratory models such as inquiry-based learning
What is direct instruction?
200
Social development theory, problem-based learning, cognitive apprenticeship, and discovery learning have this in common
What are representative principles of constructivism?
200
Dr Marfo used this technique to illustrate the complex reasoning often involved in the adventurous mishaps he encountered as he grew up
What is narrative-based learning (i.e. storytelling)?