What Theory Am I?
What Theory Am I (Cont)?
Founding Theorists
Founding Theorists (Cont.)
100

Learnings are based on constructing new ideas based on prior knowledge and experiences. 

Constructivism

100

Behavior can be controlled or learned through positive and negative reinforcements

Behaviorism

100

Name one founder of the Constructivism Learning Theory?

Jean Piaget, John Dewey or Jerome Bruner

100

Who founded the Behaviorism Learning Theory?

John B. Watson

200

Adults learn differently than children and therefore must be taught differently

Adult Learning Theory

200

Learning occurs by observing peers which leads to imitation and modeling

Social Learning Theory

200

Who was the founder of the Social Learning Theory?

Albert Bandura

200

Who founded the Adult Learning Theory?

Malcolm Knowles

300

Learning should occur through direct transfer of knowledge into the mind of the learner

Instructivism Learning Theory

300

Teaching students how to connect to the learning sets is more important than the memorization of knowledge

Connectivism Learning Theory

300

Name one of the founders of the Situated Learning Theory

Jean Lave or Etienne Wegner

300

Name one of the founders of the Connectivism Learning Theory

George Siemens or Stephen Downes

400

Learning can and should be acquired in the same community

Situated Learning Theory

400

People learn from their actions as well as the repercussions of other's actions

Social Cognition Learning Theory 

400

Who founded the Social Cognition Learning Theory?

Albert Bandura

400

Who founded the Distributed Cognition Learning Theory?

Edwin Hutchins
500

All information learned stems from connections with ones environment

Associationism

500

Learning is not limited to what occurs inside one's head, but also includes social members of a group and one's environment

Distributed Cognition Theory

500

Name one of the founders of the Associationism Learning Theory

John Locke or David Hartley

500

Name one of the founders of Instructivism

B.F. Skinner, John B. Carroll or David M. Merrill

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