Learning Theory Foundations

Directed integration models 1

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Directed integration models 2

Behaviorist Theory: B.F. Skinner

Learning shown by change in behaviors

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Behaviors shaped by contingencies of reinforcement

Information-Processing Theory: Atkinson and Shiffrin

Learning is encoding information in memory

3 Memory stores: Sensory registers, short - and long-term

Cognative-Behavioral Theory: Robert Gagne

Learning shaped by optimal conditions

Different skills > different conditions

Nine events of instruction

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Systems Theory and Systematic Instructional Design

Learning is fostered by systems of instruction

Instructional systems: goals/objectives matched to assessment and instruction; field-tested/revised

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Directed technology integration strategies

For mastery learning, clearly-defined skills and content

Unambiguous content

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Individual tutoring/practice

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Specific performance expected

When learning must be efficient

Constructivist integration model 1

John Dewey: Social activism theory

Curriculum arises from student interests

Education is growth, rather than goals

Learning should be hands-on and experience based

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Constructive integration models 2

Albert Bandura: Social cognitive theory

Learning result from behaviors, environment, and personal factors

Students learn by own actions or models

Self-efficacy needed

Lev Vygotsky: Scaffolding Theory

Learning is cognitive development shaped bu experience, culture

Adults help children bridge Zone of Proximal Development through scaffolding

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Jean Piaget: Child Development Theory

Learning requires cognitive growth, maturation

Children go through stages of cognitive development

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Jerome Bruner: Discovery Learning

Learning is cognitive growth through interaction with environment

Children remember better with discovery learning

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Howard Gardner: Multiple Intelligences Theory

Learning shaped by nine types of innate intelligences

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Constructivist technology integration strategies

For inquiry-based learning and abstract, complex concepts

When hands-on visual activities social collaboration, modeling, building self-efficacy are needed

When time permits exploration, discovery