1. COGNITIVISM
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2. Cognitivism Table of Contents
What is it?
Theorists
Cognitivism for Teachers
Cognitivism for Students
References

4. What is it?
Replaced behaviorism
People’s actions result from their
thoughts
How the brain interprets the world

5. What is it continued…
How people learn
How people think
Explore the mind

6. Theorists
Kurt Lewin – group/social interaction
Gagne – conditions of learning
Bloom – high order thinking
Lawrence Kohlberg – moral development
Jean Piaget – groundbreaker of child psychological development

7. Kohlberg
Influenced by Piaget
Born in 1927; attended Andover Academy
BA in psychology – University of Chicago
Taught at U of C and Harvard
Doctorate in psychology

8. Kohlberg
“Heinz Steals the Drugs”
Preconventional
Conventional
Postconventional
Each stage has two subcategories

9. Cognitivism for Teachers
Understand why students obey/disobey
Predict student’s reactions to directions
With technology teachers can predict if…
• Students will (not) observe copyright rules
• Students will (not) plagiarize
• Students will understand information on websites

10. Cognitivism for Teachers
Teachers should:
• Emphasize main idea
• Build on past lessons
• Check student progress often
• Have students perform several
different examples

11. Cognitivism for Students
Students will:
• Understand how they learn best
• Understand their thought process
• Understand how to study

12. Cognitivism for Students Cont…
Students will learn the best
way to:
• Understand computer programs
• Interpret information on websites
• Use computer hardware

13. References
Learning Theories Knowledgebase (2012, April). Cognitivism at Learning-Theories.com. Retrieved April 6th, 2012 from
http://www.learning-theories.com/cognitivism.html
Atherton J S (2011) Learning and Teaching; Cognitive theories of learning [On-line: UK] retrieved 6 April 2012
from http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/cognitive.htm
Jorda, M. & Campbell, S. (n.d.). Cognitivism and Constructivism. Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved from
http://www.coe.fau.edu/faculty/cafolla/courses/eme6051/cognitivism.htm.
Daniels, V. (n.d.). Kurt Lewin Notes. Victor Daniels’ website in the psychology department at Somona University. Retrieved from
http://www.sonoma.edu/users/d/daniels/lewinnotes.html.
Penn State. (n.d.). Gangé conditions of learning. Retrieved from http://www.personal.psu.edu/wxh139/gagne.htm.
Crain, W.C. (1985). Theories of Development. Prentice-Hall. pp. 118-136. Retrieved from
http://faculty.plts.edu/gpence/html/kohlberg.htm.
Kolk, Melinda. rodinthinker1.jpg. April 2003. Pics4Learning. 6 Apr 2012 http://pics.tech4learning.com
Cuesta College (n.d.). Memory Enhancement. Retrieved from http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/264.htm.
[ajc31366]. (2011, May 22). Cognitivism. Retrieved from www.youtube.com