It's Only A Theory...
Master of Your Domain
Feeling Judged
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These are the three main instructional design theories.
What are constructivism, cognitivism and behaviourism?
100
This domain speaks to the manner in which we deal with things emotionally, including our feelings, values, appreciation and enthusiasm.
What is the affective domain?
100
The purpose of this evaluation is to determine whether or not individuals meet a certain pre-specified standard.
What is criterion-referenced evaluation?
200
The focus of this instructional design is to enable learners to process, store and retrieve information.
What is cognitivism?
200
This category of the cognitive domain is associated with words like: applies, changes, computes, constructs, demonstrates, discovers, manipulates, modifies, operates, predicts, prepares, produces, relates, shows, solves, uses.
What is application? Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the work place.
200
Entrance examinations, certification examinations and aptitude inventories are examples of this type of evaluation.
What is norm-referenced evaluations?
300
In this theory, the focus is not on the product, but the process of learning and encourages learning in a "real world" setting.
What is constructivism?
300
An employee troubleshooting a defective piece of equipment through logical deduction is an example of this category within the psychomotor domain.
What is anaylsis? Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences.
300
Of the two broad categories of evaluation techniques, this one relies on interpretation and may use short answer questions, essays and oral tests.
What is subjectively rated?
400
This learning theory, linked to Bruner and Vygotsky, encourages exploring, organizing and synthesizing content.
What is cognitivism?
400
This is the highest category within the cognitive domain.
What is evaluation? Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.
400
True/false tests are only appropriate for these levels of the cognitive domain.
What are the knowledge or comprehension levels?
500
Pavlov may salivate at this theory, but Dewey don't.
What is behaviourism?
500
To encourage students to reach this category within the psychomotor domain, learning outcomes might include words like: copies, traces, follows, react, reproduce, responds.
What is Guided Response? The early stages in learning a complex skill that includes imitation and trial and error. Adequacy of performance is achieved by practicing.
500
In multiple choice tests, the most common of the objectively-scored formats, the wrong choice is called this.
What is a distractor?
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