Nowadays‚ active learning is used mostly used method in teaching-learning process. Active learning gives some positive affects to the teaching-learning process so that it gives good result in the end of lesson in class. Hannele Niemi (2002) asserted that according to the qualitative data‚ learning as an active learning process has a clear connection with student teachers’ professional development. Learning which demands active reflection and high responsibility gets student teachers to overcome their
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Learning Theories 1 Running head: LEARNING THEORIES AND THE CURRICULUM Learning Theories and the Curriculum Learning Theories 2 Lev Vygotsky‚ born in the U.S.S.R. in 1896‚ is responsible for the social development theory of learning. He proposed that social interaction profoundly influences cognitive development. Vygotsky’s key point is his belief that biological and cultural development do not occur in isolation. Vygotsky approached development differently from Piaget. Piaget
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Running head: TWO FORMS OF DEDUCTIVE REASONING – ABSTRACT AND THEMATIC – AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH WORKING MEMORY 1 Abstract The relationship between two forms of deductive reasoning - abstract and thematic - and working memory capacity were examined. Two forms (abstract and thematic) of the Wason selection task and the Ospan test for general working memory capacity were used. Seventy eight‚ third-year‚ distance psychology students were tested in a counterbalanced experimental design.
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Christian Homburg‚ Nicole Koschate‚ & Wayne D. Hoyer The Role of Cognition and Affect in the Formation of Customer Satisfaction: A Dynamic Perspective Despite the strong recognition that customer satisfaction should be viewed from a dynamic perspective‚ little is known about how the satisfaction judgment develops over time. Therefore‚ this study provides a dynamic analysis of the simultaneous influence of cognition and affect in the satisfaction formation process. The results of an experimental
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Title: Biographies of motivation for lifelong learning Graeme Martin‚ School of Education‚ University of Birmingham‚ UK Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference‚ University of Glamorgan‚ 14-17 September 2005 Abstract: Research in motivation for learning (or achievement motivation) has flourished in the past 30 years. Social-cognitive theories dominate the field and have provided many insights but have been criticised for relying on a traditional methodological
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PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING Learning is a process that depends on experience and leads to long-term changes in behavior potential. Behavior potential designates the possible behavior of an individual‚ not actual behavior. The main assumption behind all learning psychology is that the effects of the environment‚ conditioning‚ reinforcement‚ etc. provide psychologists with the best information from which to understand human behavior. As opposed to short term changes in behavior potential (caused e.g.
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Transfer of learning is the study of the dependency of human conduct‚ learning‚ or performance on prior experience. The notion was originally introduced as transfer of practice by Edward Thorndike and Robert S. Woodworth. They explored how individuals would transfer learning in one context to another context that shared similar characteristics – or more formally how "improvement in one mental function" could influence another related one. Their theory implied that transfer of learning depends on the
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As centuries changes‚ so too does the learning styles of students’ changes. Hence different learning theories such as behaviorism‚ cognitivism‚ and constructivism have been used to improve learning‚ performance and class involvement of student. Each of theories has distinctive features based on their individual perspectives of the learning process. In this essay‚ I will mainly discuss 3 things: 1) the main tenet of behaviorism and constructivism‚ 2) a comparison between cognitive and constructivism
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Learning and Memory Jessica A. Rountree‚ Brenda Bejar‚ Lisa Jackson‚ Derek Delarge PSY340 November 14‚ 2011 Dr. April Colett Learning and Memory On the surface learning and memory are connected easily. When an individual learns to walk‚ they retain the information in the memory. The learning process is something that happens every day. As human beings we are programmed to learn life lessons‚ and retain them in our memory. The memory keeps pictures‚ smells‚ experiences‚ and tastes for us to
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Adult Learning and Learning Styles When one thinks about education thoughts are naturally turned toward adolescents. In today’s society the media is quick to expose flaws in the educational system. One rarely thinks about the educational needs of adults‚ but for many adults there is a large need for continuing their education. One might venture to ask the question what is adult learning? According to Malcolm Knowles adult learning is a process of self-directed inquiry (Urological Nursing‚ 2006)
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