People

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Benjamin Bloom

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Came up with Mastery of Learning - belief that students must master one skill before they can learn the next.
Bloom’s Taxonomy (classification of learning objectives)

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Norman Webb

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Believed in “depths of knowledge”

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Albert Bandura

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Social Learning Theory (observational learning) - Children learn through observing and imitating the behavior of others that is rewarded

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Jerome Bruner

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Stages of Cognitive Development - Children construct knowledge and move from a concrete stage to an abstract stage

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Lev Vygotsky

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Zone of Proximal Development - Children learn in part through the assistance of more capable peers or adults

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Maria Montessori

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Montessori Method - Children have an innate desire to learn from their environment

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John Dewey

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Progressive Education - Children learn by doing and need a hands-on approach

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Arnold Gesell

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Maturational Theory - Children go through the same sequential stages at different rates

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Jean Piaget

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Cognitive Theory - Disciple of Contructivist Theory – Children mature both biologically and through interaction with their environment

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Constructivist Theorists

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Piaget, Dewey, Montessori, Vygotsky, Bruner