INST 5130 Learning and Instruction Theories

1. INST 5130
LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
THEORIES
SUMMER 2012 - FINAL
PRODUCT
To: Dr.
CRAWFORD
By: Jennifer Nguyen

2. A LEARNING THEORY is an attempt to describe
how people and animals learn, thereby helping us
understand the inherently complex process of
learning.

3. INSTRUCTION is an external agency that
guides the learner toward a goal by means of
some specified procedures

4. Learning and Instruction
Theories
1. Behaviorism
2. Cognition
3. Development
4. Biology
5. Motivation
6. Instruction
7. Constructivis
m
8. Connectivis
m

5. BEHAVIORISM
Behaviorism is a learning theory that is
focused upon the concept of
“stimulus/response”

6. COGNITION
Cognition is the process that the brain recalls and
connects related old memories, knowledge with new
or current information to make a decision or solve a
problem

7. DEVELOPMENT
Cognitive development is a field of study in neuroscience and
psychology focusing on a child's development in terms of information
processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language
learning, and other aspects of brain development and cognitive
psychology

8. BIOLOGY
Repetition is the first law of learning
There is a cellular, a nucleic response, to all learning
events

9. MOTIVATION
MOTIVATION is either an external (extrinsic) or internal
(intrinsic) influence that increases the enthusiasm or
maintains the persistence in order to reach a certain
goal.

10. INSTRUCTION
INSTRUCTION is a methodology that will
enhance learning on the part of the learner,
primarily focused upon meeting learning goals
and learning objectives

11. CONSTRUCTIVISM
Constructivism is a learning theory based on
the belief that learners can generate new
knowledge based on previous knowledge
and/or experience

12. CONNECTIVISM
CONNECTIVISM is a learning theory for the Digital
Age