Rachel Abernathy
EDTC 3123
Behaviorist
Cognitivist
Constructivist
Multiple
Intelligences
Learning
Styles
Theory
Learners acquire
behaviors, skills,
and knowledge in
response to
external stimuli.
Knowledge is an
element that
develops as a
result of the
learning process.
There are more
forms of
intelligence
than what was
being tested in
an IQ test.
The condition
in which each
individual best
learns.
Key Theorists
Ivan Pavlov,
John Watson,
B.F. Skinner
Learning is a
mental operation,
taking place when
information
enters through
the senses, is
mentally
manipulated,
stored, and then
used.
Jerome Bruner,
David Ausubel,
and the early
works of Jean
Piaget
Jean Piaget,
Robert Gagne,
Lev Vygotsky,
Albert Bandura
Howard
Gardner
A
collaboration
of many
Summary of
Theory
This theory
proposes that
students will
learn based off
the
reinforcement
that follows. The
negative, positive,
or lack of
reinforcement
will determine
the likelihood of
that specific
behavior being
repeated.
A child will be
rewarded with
special
permission to
conduct the next
problem on a
Smart Board or
computer.
This theory
proposes that
learning is in
terms of how one
thinks, not by the
outward behavior.
You are able to
track the mental
process by
learning and
problem solving.
This theory
purposes that
knowledge is
unique to the
individual who
constructs it. It
is believed to be
unique to each
individual based
off of the
experiences in
which the
mental
processes
occurred.
There are nine
types of
intelligences that
each person
possesses to
some degree.
These nine are
Linguistic, logicalmathematical,
musical, spatial,
bodilykinesthetic,
interpersonal,
intrapersonal,
naturalist, and
existential.
There are
three main
modalities in
which most
people learn.
Most learners
are auditory
(listening)
learners, visual
(seeing)
learners, or
kinesthetic
(moving
around)
learners.
The Smart Board
is a way in which
students are able
to learn
information and
then conduct
problems on the
board. You are
able to save and
print their work
for future needs.
Use videos, music,
or computer
programs in order
to help
accommodate the
differentiation in a
learner’s
background,
enabling them to
learn through a
method that best
suits the learner.
Using
computers and
the internet,
students are
able to be
tested in these
nine areas of
intelligence in
order for their
teacher to have
a better
understanding
of their learning
needs.
Presenting a
Power Point is
one way for
auditory and
visual learners
to both hear and
see the
information.
Overhead
projectors give
kinesthetic
learners a
chance to
participate in
the lesson.
What role
might
technology
play when
implementing
this theory in
the
classroom?
Source Used:
Lever-Duffy, Judy and Jean B. McDonald. Teaching and Learning with Technology, Third Edition.
Pearson, 2008.
Rachel Abernathy
EDTC 3123
Source Used:
Lever-Duffy, Judy and Jean B. McDonald. Teaching and Learning with Technology, Third Edition.
Pearson, 2008.