Learning+Theories

 ===**Learning Theories** === 
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> It's important that the students understand that there are situations where each of these learning theories is appropriate. The questions should not be - which is better. The correct question is - which learning theory is appropriate in this particular situation. >
 * 1) **  The focus this week should be on behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, learning/cognitive styles, and multiple intelligences. I really enjoy teaching this. In addition to actually explaining the principles of each theory, I've tried to make this content more relevant to students by showing them examples of behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism from popular movies and TV shows. For example:    **
 * Behaviorism: __ [] __ (Big Bang Theory, conditioning)
 * Behaviorism: __ [] __ (Skinner's student describes his experiments with the pigeons etc.)
 * Cognitivism: __ [] __ (The King of Queens, phone number rhythm - good to discuss mnemonics and limitations of short-term memory. There's a reason why we chunk phone numbers).
 * Cognitivism: Good demo/exercise of the chunking principle: __ [] __
 * Constructivism and learning styles: Dead Poets Society like this one: __ [] __

**Resources**

> Know who your students are. One size does not fit all! A lesson that works great with one set of students this year may crash and burn next year with a different group.


 * Learning Styles Assessment at: __ [|http://www.learning-styles-online.com/] __
 * Different Personality Types (Myers-Briggs) featured at this site: __ [|http://www.paladinexec.com/personality_comparison/] __
 * Teaching Students in Accordance with MBTI: h__ [|ttp://www2.gsu.edu/~dschjb/wwwmbti.html] __
 * Multiple Intelligences Assessment __ [|http://www.acceleratedlearning.com/method/test_your_style.html] __ (click through the introductory reading to get to the test).
 * <span style="url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/b8344b/system/app/themes/ember/bl.gif); list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc;">Visual Learning (Myeducationkit): __ [|http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_maloy_myedkit_v1/136/35045/8971739.cw/index.html] __ ||