Theories and models of learning

Classical Conditioning is an approach within which learning theory?

• Constructivism

• Behaviourism

• Cognitivism

• Humanism

Operant Conditioning stated that participants were:

• passive with regard to their surroundings

• unaware of their suroundings

• active in their surroundings

• having an operation

In Skinner's theory of Operant Conditioning, which was considered to be better:

• negative reinforcement

• positive reinforcement

A typical activity within a behaviourist approach would be:

• A case study

• Project work

• Frequent repetition of a task

• Problem solving

An atypical assessment method within behaviourism would be:

• mutiple choice quetions

• a gap fill excercise

• responding to and interpreting a case study

• matching words and pictures

Who of the following is not a Cognitivist?

• Watson

• Ausubel

• Bloom

• Sweller

Cognitivism suggests that learning is a change in:

• understanding as a result of making connections between existing knowledge and new information

• personality as a result of an accident

• reflex reactions as a result of a bad previous experience

• mood as the result of a piece of music

Which two concepts are linked to the idea of schema?

• accumulation

• assimmilation

• acceleration

• accommodation

Which one is not an example of Ausubel's idea of the Advanced Organiser?

• a scheme of learning or course overview shared with the learners

• a lesson plan with presentations and activities broken broken down into a bite sized and logical order

• A problem solving activity

• Sharing the outcomes of a lesson with the leqrners and how they relate to the course aims and to each other

Perceptual Memory and Working Memory are key parts of which theory/model?

• Vygotsky's Social Interaction model

• Sweller's Cognitive Load Model

• Bruner's Spiral Model

• Bloom's Taxonomy