Team 5 Cognitive Learning Theory PowerPoint Assigment.

1. Cognitive Theory
TEAM 5

2. Key People
• Allan Paivio
Information Visually and Verbally leads to better
recall and recognition.
• Robert Gagne
Identified areas of learning, concentrated on
conditions needed for learning.
• Howard Gardner
Developed the theory of multiple intelligences.
• Benjamin Bloom
Developed Bloom’s Taxonomy (levels in cognitive
domain)

3. Key Points of Cognitive Theory
• Cognitive approach to learning
• Replaced behaviorism
• Focuses on the Mind
– Thinking
– Knowledge
– Memory
– Problem solving

4. Classroom Implications/Teacher
• Cognitivist theory in the classroom
- Hands on, students should be actively
participating in learning.
- Building on previously presented lessons,
the sense of lessons “scaffolding”.
- Touching on multiple learning styles, i.e.;
provide visual aid, kinesthetic aid, etc..
- Challenging in a way that requires students
to think.

5. Teacher and Cognitivist Theory (cont.)
• Technology and the cognitivist theory go hand
in hand,
- Educational computer games
- Information mapping/webbing software
- Internet research tools
- Audio/video presentation software
- Interactive software
- Interactive whiteboards

6. Classroom Implications/Student
-All students have unique ways of learning, though they most
likely do not learn the more advanced terms until later (i.e.
visual, kinesthetic, etc.)
- In certain classroom settings, certain learning styles are rather
difficult ways of learning. For instance, it would be difficult for an
auditory learner to learn in an online classroom, such as FLVS. In
such situations, either the student or the teacher or both must
come up with a way for the subject matter to sink in. In this
example, it may be beneficial for the student to read the
webpages aloud and perhaps record this for later usage.

7. Svinicki’s Learning Principles
• If information is to be learned, it must first be
recognized as important.
• During learning, learners act on information
in ways that make it more meaningful.
• Learners store information in long-term
memory in an organized fashion related to
their existing understanding of the world.

8. Svinicki’s Learning Principles
Cont…
• Learners continually check understanding.
• Transfer of learning to new contexts is not
automatic.
• Learning is facilitated when learners are
aware of their learning strategies and
monitor their use.

9. What you think about the theory for your
own teaching?
• Cognitive Theory is effective!
– Allows students to use critical
thinking skills.
– Allows students to elaborate &
expand on their answers
– Allows the teacher to thoroughly
evaluate students’ comprehension,
knowledge, creativity, innovation,
and vision

10. Resources
*All images used are not authorized by their original creator*
• dailygalaxy.com
• funderstanding.com
• learning-theories.com/cognitivism.html
• Squidoo.com/cognitive-theories-and-their-
functions
• school.discoveryeducation.com
• alliesconsulting.com
• ucat.osu.edu/read/teaching/how_students_learn
/learn_motivationtheories.html