G. Lehmann-EDAT 6115

Description : In addition to behavioral theories of learning, research has been done about how the brain receives and processes information and how this impacts learning and memory. There are a variety of approaches to Instructional design that involve the connection of learning objectives, instructional technology and student motivation. These cognitive learning theories have been shaped by the research of Edward Thorndike, John Dewey, Robert Gagne, B.F. Skinner, and Benjamin Bloom among others (Wiburg). With each decade in the history of American education, a deeper understanding of brain function coupled with changing cultural attitudes about the nature and purpose of education has shifted the thinking on effective teaching. The results of this research and a deeper understanding of how information makes its way into the long-term memory has provided a variety of effective instructional practices for teachers so that they can maximize the effectiveness of their  instruction an...

Description : Understanding the ways that students learn and adopt behaviors will help teachers make choices about how they manage their classrooms that can lead to more successful learning for all students. Chapter 5 of Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice (12th edition) outlines social and behavioral learning theories and how they operate in the classroom (Slavin, 2018). Learning takes place  in a variety of ways, but it is related to the connection between a stimulus and a response. Ivan Pavlov famously studied what takes place when a conditioned stimulus causes an unconditioned response and how that process can be manipulated, or what is now called “classical conditioning” (Slavin, 2018). B. F. Skinner continued this work by exploring “the use of pleasant and unpleasant consequences to change behavior”, referred to as “operant conditioning” (Slavin, 2018, p.99). Albert Bandura explored what children learn through social experiences and modeling and how it changes beha...