Learning Styles Flashcards
What is learning?
Learning is the lifelong process of transforming information and experience into knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes.
What are the principles of constructivism?
⦿ Search for meaning
⦿ Focuses on primary concepts, not isolated facts; understanding wholes not parts
⦿ Purpose of learning: not about memorization, but construction of own meaning
⦿ Emphasis on students prior knowledge;
hands-on learning
⦿ Making connections
⦿ Self-assessment/reflection
Learning is the acquisition …
of new behavior
based on environmental conditions.
What is classic conditioning in behaviorism?
Stimulus -> response/ natural reflex
What are 3 constructive ways to learn?
◼ Reflection on our experiences
◼ Construction of our own understanding of the world we live in
◼ Generation of our own “rules” and “mental models”
Learning occurs through ________ on ___________.
building on cognitive
structures
What are the stages of Piaget’s development?
Sensorimotor (birth-2)
Preoperational(2-7)
Concrete operations (7-11)
Formal operations (11-15)
What is the sensorimotor phase?
◼ Physical interaction w/environment to figure out
how environment works ◼ No object permanence
What is the preoperational phase?
Needs concrete situations
What is the concrete operations phase?
Abstract problem-solving, conceptualization
What is the formal operations phase?
◼ Cognitive structures are adult-like
◼ Conceptual reasoning
What are the components of NEUROSCIENTIFIC THEORY OF LEARNING?
⦿ Declarative/cognitive memory ⦿ Non-declarative memory/behavioral memory ⦿ The brain’s neuron connections are loose; self-organizing ⦿ The brain changes with use, increasing connections and ease of connection over time → memory
What part of the brain deals with declarative/ cognitive memory?
Hippocampus, parahippocampal area
and areas of cerebral cortex
Which parts of the brain deal with non-declarative memory/ behavioral memory?
amygdala, striatum, and cerebellum
What is brain-based learning?
Learning theory is based on brain structure and function of the brain.
True or false; the brain is a social brain
True
Search for meaning is ______; occurs through __________
innate
patterning
True or false; Emotions are not critical to patterning
False
Complex learning is enhanced by _________ and inhibited by _________
Enhanced challenge
Inhibited threat
Learning is geared to an individual’s
particular learning style based on:
◼ Heredity
◼ Upbringing
◼ Current environmental demands
What are the two types of perceivers? Processors?
◼ Concrete/Abstract perceivers
◼ Active/Reflective processors
What are the types of intelligences?
⦿ Verbal-Linguistic ⦿ Logical-Mathematical ⦿ Visual-Spatial ⦿ Body-Kinesthetic ⦿ Musical-Rhythmic ⦿ Interpersonal ⦿ Intrapersonal
What are the left brain traits?
⦿ Logical Sequential ⦿ Rational ⦿ Analytical ⦿ Objective ⦿ Looks at parts
What are the right brain traits?
⦿ Random ⦿ Intuitive ⦿ Holistic Synthesizing ⦿ Subjective ⦿ Looks at whole
