Swiss psychologist who was concerned with the way in which children learn. He helped to develop the theory of cognitive development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
100
A synonym for Thorndike's theory of learning, implying that connections are established between stimuli and voluntary behaviors.
What is connectionism?
100
Area of the brain which plays a critical role in speech production.
What is Broca's area?
100
The withdrawal of positive a positive reinforcer or the addition of negative reinforcer to a behavioral situation.
What is punishment?
100
Method of teaching which uses question and answers to elicit "truths" from students.
What is the Socratic method?
200
American psychologist who was concerned with the in which behavior affects learning.
Who is B. F. Skinner?
200
Learning where groups construct knowledge for one another, collaboratively creating a small culture with shared artifacts and shared meanings.
What is social constructivism?
200
Area of the brain which is essential in understanding written and spoken symbols and in speech.
What is Wernicke's area?
200
The increased ease of a particular task that results from the prior learning of a similar task.
What is transfer of learning?
200
Author of the article "Science: A Way of Knowing" which addresses the ways in which humans have come to know their realities through science.
Who is Dr. Michael Wavering?
300
American psychologist who developed conditions for learning. His analysis yielded five categories of learning which include verbal information, intellectual skills, cognitive strategies, attitudes and motor skills.
The term applied to the study of the relationships among environmental conditions, events and behavior.
What is behaviorism?
300
Partner of the Brain in the "Animaniacs" cartoon. We watched a video on the brain performed by the two of them.
Who is Pinky?
300
A synonym used for prior knowledge.
What is schema?
300
A critical literacy project that enabled students that allowed students to learn the ways in which they can use language to take control of their everyday lives; including, what they eat.
What is the Lunch is Gross project?
400
Russian psychologist who described the way in which cultural symbols and interactions with more knowledgeable individuals affect learning. He was responsible for developing the cultural-historical theory.
Who is Lev S. Vygotsky?
400
This theory by Vygotsky focuses on how aspects of culture, such as values, beliefs, customs and skills, are transmitted from one generation to the next.
What is cultural-historical theory?
400
Where learning of new information begins in the brain. Also, involved in spatial learning.
What is the hippocampus?
400
A term used to describe the process of controlling task elements that are initially beyond the learner's capacity.
What is scaffolding?
400
The application of typical elements of game playing (e.g., point scoring, competition with others, rules of play) to other areas of activity; in this case, learning.
What is gamification?
500
American psychologist whose work with animals and their learning process led to the development of connectionism.
Who is Robert Thorndike?
500
Several related perspectives that view knowledge as a human construction.
What is constructivism?
500
Neurons that fire when a subject performs an action or when observing others performing the same action.
What are mirror neurons?
500
The area of maturing intellectual processes which are emerging and form the domain of transitions (to higher levels of thinking) that are accessible to the learner.
What is the zone of proximal development (ZPD)?
500
The tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward very long-term goals.