Learning Theories And You!
See which learning theory best matches your views on learning.
- 1.Positive reinforcement is the best way to alter and control a student's actions.
- A.
Absolutely; there is ample research to support this claim.
- B.
As long the learner has enough time to process the event.
- C.
Depends on who is giving the reward and the value the student places on the reward.
- 2.When designing curriculum, acquiring and demonstrating skills are the most important outcome.
- A.
Not necessarily; learning needs to be authentic to be meaningful. The learning environment will have a stronger influence than any focus on acquiring or demonstrating skills.
- B.
Unless there is a focus on strategies to acquire skills and concepts, the learner will forget the information.
- C.
Yes; it's observable, measurable, and goal-oriented.
- 3.Teachers should serve as facilitators of learning rather than try and control learning, because learning outcomes are not always predictable.
- A.
YES! Preaching to the choir!
- B.
Sounds nice on paper, but students need more structure to really learn.
- 4.Designing experiences and giving students flexibility are best practices to ensuring student success.
- A.
Of course; how else are students going to construct meaning and build information?
- B.
Feedback has a greater impact on learning than designed experiences.
- 5.Paying special attention to the learners' self-confidence, attention, and memory strategies is an instructor's primary focus.
- A.
Yes, learning cannot take place without focusing on important internal factors in the student.
- B.
While those factors are important, they are difficult to objectively observe and should only be a secondary focus.
- 6.Focusing on the underlying concept and using metaphors/graphic organizers to help students process content should be the most important focus of a teacher.
- A.
Absolutely; it helps students process and transfer information to other situations.
- B.
The focus should be on the authentic learning environment first.
- C.
Only if the underlying concepts can be measured as quantifiable tasks.
- 7.Which classroom strategy will have the biggest impact on students?
- A.
Learning contracts
- B.
Discussions
- C.
Learning strategies (taking notes, breaking information into smaller chunks, etc.)
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