Principles of Learning and Teaching STUDENTS AS LEARNERS – 35% THEORISTS LEV VYGOTSKY http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/andersmd/VYG/ VYG.HTML JEROME BRUNER http://tip.psychology.org/bruner.ht ml JOHN DEWEY http://www.infed.org/thinkers/e t-dewey.htm Importance of CULTURE humans use of tools and symbols to learn – culture dictates what we learn and how • Higher and Lower mental functions – elementary (or lower) functions gradually transform to HMF through culture • Central ROLE OF LANGUAGE:
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Conditioning and Learning 1 INTRODUCTION "Learning‚ acquiring knowledge or developing the ability to perform new behaviors. It is common to think of learning as something that takes place in school‚ but much of human learning occurs outside the classroom‚ and people continue to learn throughout their lives." (Gregory‚ 1961) Conditioning is the term used to designate the types of human behavioral learning. Since the 1920s‚ conditioning has been the primary focus of behavior research in humans
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Learning Styles and Academic Performance/Grade Achievement A number of studies have been designed in order to assess the relationship between learning styles of students and their academic performance. Different measures have been used in different studies. Some have used specialized tests related to the particular field‚ while some have used Multiple Choice Theory (MCT)‚ Multiple Choice Quantitative‚ Open Ended Theory (OET)‚ and Open Ended Quantitative‚ etc. A study was conducted by Lynch
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Online Learning Becoming the New Way to Learn Online learning is gradually becoming the new way to attend college. Online learning is becoming more popular than traditional classroom settings for students. Online or distance learning has great advantages with its flexibility as individuals can do learning at many times of the day from any location with an internet connection (Tseng 115). These advantages have lead to many educational institutions developing online learning in the past ten years
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Triple Loop Learning From Thorsten’s Wiki Jump to: navigation‚ search The concept of Triple Loop Learning is explained by Chris Argyris. Wierdsma and Swieringa also take this as a fundamental concept to explain what a learning organization does. Hargrove also uses it in his books on Masterfull Coaching Contents[hide] * 1 Model * 2 Single-Loop Learning * 3 Double-Loop Learning * 4 Triple-Loop Learning | ------------------------------------------------- Single-Loop Learning Single-loop
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introduction to procurement UNDERSTANDING LEARNING CURVES ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 1. Given the above data‚ calculate the average labour per unit given the cumulative total labour hours provided. ______________________________ 2 2. Calculate the appropriate learning rate and the overall average improvement rate for this data set _____________________________________________ 3 3. Plot the data on an X-Y chart. Label the X axis “Units Produced” and the Y axis “Average Labour per Unit
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Essay question 3: Collaborative Learning Introduction In the Book Review of Collaborative Learning‚ Stoerger said “ emphasis on collaborative learning is pushing educational community to a new forms” (2008). Collaborative learning involves groups of people to work‚ such as completing a project or producing a product. All team members’ work sequentially to the project and towards to the same goal. It is quite difference with cooperative learning‚ which members work concurrently on the project
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Learning Theories Three Main Categories - Behaviorsit Theories - Cognitive Theories - Constructive Theories BEHAVIORIST THEORY Behaviorism was mostly developed by B.F Skinner For behavirosts‚ control of learning lies in the enviorment. Can you put behaviorism into simpler terms? Discussion Three basic assumptions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COGNITIVISM Robert Mills Gagne -The centerpiece of Gagne’s Contribution is the "Nine Events of Instruction" The Nine Events of Instruction
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Candidate name: Rebecca Aris Candidate number: Centre name: Centre number: Task A Ai) To update my staff handbook‚ so that it reflects the current employment law‚ I can utilise the following sources to enable me to do this: www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/index.htm The Employer’s Handbook 2012-13: An Essential Guide to Employment Law‚ Personnel Employment rights act 1996 Aii) a) These are just a few‚ of many‚ aspects of employment covered by law: Holiday entitlement. Statutory maternity
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Chastity Rivera MSL 0685 CRN 30094 Leading Learning Communities Nova Southeastern University February 24‚ 2013 Concorde Career Institute Orlando has been an educational institution for over 25 years. This organization provides fast-track‚ health-related programs in various fields. As with any educational institution‚ proprietary or not‚ there are many employees-all part of many different departments. Concorde Orlando has developed of a learning community to some extent‚ but the findings
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