Running head: Learning Theories Key Learning Theories Deborah Lynne Kittredge Deborah Kittredge Keiser University EDU521 Dr. Leigh Baldwin August 22‚2009 [ ]Abstract This paper views the learner‚ the learning theories and how they relate to the most effective classroom environment. The learners that are discussed are third grade American Indian
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In the study of development‚ nature refers to the inherited (genetic) characteristics and tendencies that influence development. Some inherited characteristics appear in virtually everyone. For instance‚ almost all children have the capacity to learn to walk‚ understand language‚ imitate others‚ use simple tools‚ and draw inferences about how other people view the world. Thus all children have a set of universal human genes that‚ when coupled with a reasonable environment‚ permit them to develop
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H. 2009‚ Social and Emotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development‚ Academic Press‚ America. Kail‚ R. E‚ 2006‚ Children and Their Development (4 ed.)‚ Prentice Hall‚ UK. Muasen‚ Conger & Kagan.( 1984). Child Development and Personality‚ (6th ed) Harper E Row‚ New York. Nature‚ Nurture‚ and Early Brain Development‚ (2000). University of Missouri; Columbia. Patterson‚ C. 2008‚ Child Development‚ McGraw-Hill‚ New York. Sue C. W. 2009‚ Early
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develop physically‚ socially‚ and also cognitively .The changes that occur early in our lives‚ are generally assumed to be for the better and to result in behaviour that is more adaptive‚ more organized‚ more effective and more complex (Mussen‚ Kogner‚ Kagan‚ 1984).I also learnt that development takes place at different rates and that is persons may be more coordinated than others and also be more mature in their thinking. Secondly‚ development takes place orderly as we learn to babble before we talk and
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Department for Children‚ Schools and Families (2008) Mark Making Matters. Nottingham : Crown Copyright . Early Childhood News (2014) Creating a Literacy-Rich Environment [Online] Available at http://www.earlychildhoodneed.com [Accessed 8 May 2014] Kagan‚ S.‚ Moore‚ E.‚ & Bredekamp‚ S. eds. (1995) Reconsidering Children ’s Early Development and Learning. US: DIANE Publishing. Lehr‚ F.‚ & Osborn ‚ J. eds. (2009) Reading‚ Language‚ and Literacy: Instruction for Twenty-first Century. New Jersey : Lawrence
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students end up concentrating on obtaining the reward more than on the content being taught. Using competition in the classroom is also not the right way to get students motivated to learn. Competition produces one winner and many losers (Kagan & Kagan‚ 2009‚ p. 16.1). When students continually lose‚ they become less likely to participate in the activities and they start to lose their self esteem. Kohn states‚ “Competition is to self-esteem as sugar is to teeth” (Brandt‚ 1995). Since
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important time period in the Roman and Carthaginian empires. For Rome‚ the end of the war meant “the defection of most Southern Italy” (Kagan 232‚ 1995) and many economic problems. For Carthage this meant the end of their rise to power‚ and the realization that the idea of Mediterranean control being based in Africa rather than Europe was no longer a possibility (Kagan 233‚ 1995). Both empires had a lot at stake upon entering the war‚ but as will be discussed‚ many historians believe that eventual conflict
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the list below: 1. B.F. Skinner 2. Jean Piaget 3. Sigmund Freud 4. Albert Bandura 5. Leon Festinger 6. Carl Rogers 7. Stanley Schachter 8. Neal Miller 9. Edward Thorndike 10. Abraham Maslow 11. Gordon Allport 12. Erik Erikson 13. Hans J. Eysenck 14. William James 15. David McClelland 16. Raymond Cattell 17. John B. Watson 18. Kurt Lewin 19. Donald O. Hebb 20. George A. Miller 21. Clark L. Hull 22. Jerome Kagan 23. Carl Jung 24. Ivan Pavlov 25. Walter
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Cooperative Learning Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams‚ each with students of different levels of ability‚ use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn‚ thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. Students work through the assignment until all group members successfully understand and complete it. Cooperative
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An Overview of Gardner ’s multiple Intelligences‚ Kagan ’s structures and Tomlinson ’s differentiated instruction and their correlation to Nunley ’s layered curriculum Innovative Teaching Concepts (2002). What are thematic teaching and curriculum? Retrieved July 6‚ 2010 Kagan‚ S. (2002). Kagan structures: research and rationale in a nutshell‚ Kagan Online Magazine-Spencer ’s Thinkpad Kagan‚ S. (2004). Cooperative Learning. San Clemente‚ CA: Kagan Publishing. http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning
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