Students as learners: student development and the learning process - ANSWER 1. under-
stands the theoretical foundations of how students learn
-how knowledge is constructed
- knows a variety of means by which skills are acquired
-understands a variety of cognitive processes and how they are developed
2. knows the major contributions of foundational theorists to education and relates them to
educational contexts
3. understands the concepts and terms related to a variety of learning theories
4. knows the distinguishing characteristics of the stages in each domain of human dev. (ie
cognitive, physical, social, and moral)
5. understands how learning theory and human development impact the instructional pro-
cess
1. understands the theoretical foundations of how students learn - ANSWER -knows how
knowledge is constructed
-knows a variety of means by which skills are acquired
- understands a variety of cognitive processes and how they are developed
-theories include behaviorism, social cognitive theory, information processing theory, con-
structivism, and sociocultural theory
behaviorism - ANSWER view learning as a process of accessing and changing associations
between stimuli and responses
we see this theory in the classroom through classroom management and est. positive con-
texts for learning (Key theorists- Skinner, Thorndike, and Pavlov)
social cognitive theory - ANSWER focus on the ways people learn from observing one an-
other
1
, (key theorist- albert bandura)
information processing theory - ANSWER focus more on what happens inside the learn-
ers mind, considering the processes of learning, memory, and performance.
think computer: storage, retrieval, working memory, and long-term memory
also building students declarative, procedural, and conditional knowledge
(no key theorists you need to know)
constructivism - ANSWER suggest that people construct or create knowledge (as opposed
to absorb knowledge) based on their experiences and interactions.
individual constructivism- how one person makes meaning
social constructivism- how people gain knowledge by working together
(key theorists- jean piaget and jerome bruner)
sociocultural theory - ANSWER the combination of social, cultural, and historical contexts
in which a learner exists have great influence on the persons knowledge construction and
the ways teachers must organize instruction
(key theorist: vygotsky and ZPD
2. know the major contributions of foundational theorists to education - ANSWER ban-
dura, bruner, dewey, piaget, vygotsky, kohlberg, bloom
bloom - ANSWER 1 knowledge
2 comprehension
3 application
4 analysis
5 synthesis
6 evaluation
2
stands the theoretical foundations of how students learn
-how knowledge is constructed
- knows a variety of means by which skills are acquired
-understands a variety of cognitive processes and how they are developed
2. knows the major contributions of foundational theorists to education and relates them to
educational contexts
3. understands the concepts and terms related to a variety of learning theories
4. knows the distinguishing characteristics of the stages in each domain of human dev. (ie
cognitive, physical, social, and moral)
5. understands how learning theory and human development impact the instructional pro-
cess
1. understands the theoretical foundations of how students learn - ANSWER -knows how
knowledge is constructed
-knows a variety of means by which skills are acquired
- understands a variety of cognitive processes and how they are developed
-theories include behaviorism, social cognitive theory, information processing theory, con-
structivism, and sociocultural theory
behaviorism - ANSWER view learning as a process of accessing and changing associations
between stimuli and responses
we see this theory in the classroom through classroom management and est. positive con-
texts for learning (Key theorists- Skinner, Thorndike, and Pavlov)
social cognitive theory - ANSWER focus on the ways people learn from observing one an-
other
1
, (key theorist- albert bandura)
information processing theory - ANSWER focus more on what happens inside the learn-
ers mind, considering the processes of learning, memory, and performance.
think computer: storage, retrieval, working memory, and long-term memory
also building students declarative, procedural, and conditional knowledge
(no key theorists you need to know)
constructivism - ANSWER suggest that people construct or create knowledge (as opposed
to absorb knowledge) based on their experiences and interactions.
individual constructivism- how one person makes meaning
social constructivism- how people gain knowledge by working together
(key theorists- jean piaget and jerome bruner)
sociocultural theory - ANSWER the combination of social, cultural, and historical contexts
in which a learner exists have great influence on the persons knowledge construction and
the ways teachers must organize instruction
(key theorist: vygotsky and ZPD
2. know the major contributions of foundational theorists to education - ANSWER ban-
dura, bruner, dewey, piaget, vygotsky, kohlberg, bloom
bloom - ANSWER 1 knowledge
2 comprehension
3 application
4 analysis
5 synthesis
6 evaluation
2
