3 - UNDERSTANDING STUDENT LEARNING Flashcards

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Who: The term “learning” covers every modification in behavior to meet environmental requirements

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Gardner Murphy (1968)

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Who: Learning is the acquisition of new behavior or the strengthening or weakening of old behavior

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Henry Smith (1962)

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  • Provide a basis to understand how people learn and a way to explain, describe, analyze, and predict learning
  • Help educators make more informed decisions around the design, development, and delivery of learning
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Learning Theories

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  • Learning is measured through change in behavior
  • Teaches students to respond appropriately to environmental cues
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Behaviorism

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Conditioning strategies for behaviorism

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positive and negative reinforcement & punishment

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BHV: act of rewarding positive behavior in order to encourage it to happen again in the future

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Positive reinforcement

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BHV: strengthens a response or behavior by stopping, removing, or avoiding a negative outcome or aversive stimulus

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Negative reinforcement

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BHV: add a consequence to unwanted behavior

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Positive punishment

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BHV: involves taking something good or desirable away to reduce the occurrence of a particular behavior

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Negative punishment

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  • Passive and teacher-centric
  • Knowledge is spoon-fed and absolute
  • Programmed instruction
  • Does not account for processes that take place in the learner’s mind
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critiques on behaviorism

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  • Learners focus on acquiring knowledge and concepts rather than new behaviors
  • Focuses on how knowledge is remembered and stored
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Cognitivism

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3 components of memory

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  1. sensory register
  2. short-term store
  3. long-term store
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CG: information is received through the senses

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Sensory register

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CG: information is easily lost

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Short-term store

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CG: the learner makes an effort to remember information and should always keep practicing acquiring knowledge

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Long-term store

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  • Knowledge is absolute and may not account for individuality
  • Little emphasis on affective aspect of learning
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Critiques in cognitivism

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  • Also known as social cognitive theory
  • Learning is through observations and sensorial experiences
  • Blends behaviorism and cognitivism
  • Cognition mediates behavior
  • “Learning is acquired by observing and replicating what others do and through observing behavioral reward and punishment”
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Social Learning Theory

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important personality in social learning theory

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Albert Bandura

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Four processes of observational learning

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  1. Attention
  2. Retention
  3. Reproduction
  4. Motivation
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SLT: process that determines what is the observed experience

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Attention

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SLT: retaining knowledge about the experience or event

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Retention

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SLT: converting memories and relating it to the event

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Reproduction

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SLT: incentive to demonstrate and reproduce the learned behavior

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Motivation

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  • Students become passive receivers of stimuli
  • Emotions and motivations are not considered important / connected to learning
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Critiques on social learning theory

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keyword for social learning theory

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demonstration

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  • Learning is acquired by making sense of new experiences
  • Highly student-centered
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Constructivism

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Foundation of constructivism

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previous learning

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2 processes of constructivism

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  1. Assimilation
  2. Accommodation
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CSV: interpreting an experience using previous knowledge

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assimilation

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CSV: forming new knowledge based on current experience

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Accommodation

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keywords for constructivism

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problem-solving, experimental learning

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  • Learning is achieved through interaction with others
  • Integrates culture into the learning process
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Social Constructivism

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two levels of knowledge in social constructivism

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  1. interpersonal
  2. intrapersonal
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SC: learning through the culture of others (external)

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Interpersonal

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SC: knowledge you make on your own (internal)

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Intrapersonal

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  • Tendency to produce “tyranny of the majority”
  • Ignores individual rights
  • Learners become unguided or minimally guided
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critiques for social constructivism

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keyword for social constructivism

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group work

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  • Considered as one of the best theories in solving problems that human beings encounter in the learning process
  • Based on the perspective that learning dynamics can change according to the nature of the individual
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Multiple Intelligence Theory

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important personality for multiple intelligence theory

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Howard Earl Gardner

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8 multiple intelligences

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  1. visual spatial
  2. visual linguistic
  3. interpersonal
  4. intrapersonal
  5. logical-mathematical
  6. musical rhythmic
  7. body kinesthetic
  8. naturalist
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Provide teachers with an organized system for creating an appropriate learning environment and planning instructional activities

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Learning Style Models

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  • Knowledge is created through the transformation of experience
  • Represented by a 4-stage learning cycle in which the learner touches all the bases
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Kolb’s Learning Model

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who made the Kolb’s Learning Model?

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David Allen Kolb

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4 stages of Kolb’s Learning Model

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  1. concrete experience
  2. reflective observation of the new experience
  3. abstract conceptualization
  4. active experimentation
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KOLB: new experience or situation that is encountered or a reinterpretation of existing experience

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Concrete Experience

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KOLB: specifically its importance is any inconsistencies between experience and understanding

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Reflective Observation of the New Experience

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KOLB: reflection gives rise to a new idea or modification of an existing abstract concept the person has learned from their experience

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Abstract Conceptualization

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KOLB: the learner applies their ideas to the world around them to see what happens

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Active Experimentation

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Formulated by a group of researchers led by Benjamin Bloom in 1956 to 1972

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Bloom’s Learning Model

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Taxonomy of Learning Domains

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  1. Cognitive Domain
  2. Affective Domain
  3. Psychomotor Domain
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who was credited for the cognitive domain?

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Benjamin Bloom

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who was credited for the affective domain?

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David Krathwohl

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who was credited for the psychomotor domain?

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Simpson & Dave

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  • Mental/thinking process
  • Domain which describes progress of students from a beginner to advanced level in knowledge
  • Consists of a hierarchy of skills that are attained through the process (highest to lowest)
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Cognitive Domain

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hierarchy of cognitive domain (highest to lowest)

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  1. Evaluation
  2. Synthesis
  3. Analysis
  4. Application
  5. Comprehension
  6. Knowledge
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  • Domain that focuses on values, attitudes or behavior
  • Ensures gradual growth in emotional areas which helps students to be confident to perform skills
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Affective Domain

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hierarchy of affective domain (highest to lowest)

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  1. Characterizing
  2. Organizing
  3. Valuing
  4. Responding
  5. Receiving
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  • Domain which focuses on physical function and application of practical teaching
  • Last to be described
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Psychomotor Domain

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hierarchy of psychomotor domain (lowest to highest)

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  1. Perception
  2. Set
  3. Guided Response
  4. Mechanism
  5. Complex Overt Response
  6. Adaptation
  7. Origination
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Use of different forms for each stage of the learning styles

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Honey and Mumford Learning Style

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  • More keen to try new things
  • Embrace trial and error
  • Learn more from active discovery than following instructions
  • Examples of activities: brainstorming, problem-solving, group discussion, puzzles, competitions, and role-play
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Activists

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  • Want to make rational sense of things
  • Value conceptual models
  • Value structure, jargon, taxonomies
  • Example of activities: models, statistics, stories, quotes, background information, and applying theories
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Theorists

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  • Prefer what works in the real world
  • Want instructions
  • Value evidence
  • Value experience
  • Examples: time to think about how to apply to learn in reality, case studies, problem-solving, and discussions
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Pragmatists

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  • Observe/record what happens
  • Value debriefing and feedback
  • Value analyzing past experiences and events
  • Examples: paired discussions, self-analysis questionnaires, personality questionnaires
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Reflectors

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four modalities that seemed to reflect the experiences of students and teachers

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VARK Learning Style Model

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who created the VARK Learning Style Model?

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Fleming and Mills

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VARK: prefer the use of images, maps, and graphic organizers to learn and understand new information

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Visual Learners

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VARK: best understand new content through listening and speaking in class, in groups and make use of repetition as a study technique and benefit from the use of mnemonics

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Auditory Learners

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VARK: they learn best by reading and writing the words and are therefore avid readers or copious note-takers; they are good at translating the abstract into words or essays

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Read and Write Learners

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VARK: best acquire information using tactile representations of information; hands-on learners

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Kinesthetic Learners

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Generation of Learners (Oldest to Youngest)

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  1. Traditionalists
  2. Baby Boomers
  3. Generation X
  4. Millenials
  5. Generation Z
  6. Generation Alpha
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  • Born between 1922-1945
  • Value old-time morals, safety, security, and consistency
  • Have more respect for brick-and-mortar educational institutions and traditional lecture formats
  • Favors conventional business models in the legal workplace and a top-down chain of command
  • Prefer structure, lectures, and direction on what is expected of them
  • More formal with their communication style
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Traditionalists

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  • Born between 1946-1964
  • Strong-willed and are not afraid to do a hard day of work
  • Self-assured, independent, competitive, goal-centric, resourceful, mentally focused, team-oriented, and disciplined
  • Used to being taught through lectures
  • Enjoy reading books and are more likely to stay focused on one topic at a time
  • Classified as workaholics
  • Appreciate direct communication
  • Versatile learners
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Baby Boomers

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  • Born between the early-to-mid 1960s to the early 1980s
  • Independent, resourceful, self-sufficient
  • Value freedom and responsibility in the workplace
  • Display a casual disdain for authority and structured work hours
  • Dislike being micro-managed and embrace a hands-off management philosophy
  • Appreciate direct and clear communication
  • Thrive on clear and succinct directions, independent learning, digital resources, and real-world applications
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Generation X

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  • Generation Y
  • Early 1980s to mid-1990s to early 2000s
  • Comfort with technology
  • Digital natives
  • More tech-savvy yet more impatient and easily distracted
  • Successful learning require experiential learning, opportunities to network and interact, and use of digital resources
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Millennials

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  • Mid-1990s to mid-2000s
  • Digital natives
  • Stay engaged in the learning process through multiple learning channels
  • Motivated by experiential learning, yet still need classroom discussion and application that can be facilitated by a teacher to improve critical thinking skills
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Generation Z

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  • 2010-2025
  • First generation entirely born within the 21st century
  • iGeneration
  • Children of Millennials
  • Highly immersed in technologies
  • Born with a tech thumb and can very well navigate a gadget before starting to read
  • Teachers of this generation will have to be more open-minded and ready to understand generation alpha in the new global age
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Generation Alpha