Revision of Theories of Learning

"Students learn through reinforcement and consequences", this phrase belongs to which school of thought?

• Cognitivism

• Behaviorism

• Constructivism

• Connectivism

The scientist who experimented on dogs and taught them to associate the sound of a bell with food is named

• B. F. Skinner

• Jerome Bruner

• John Dewey

• Ivan Pavlov

According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, this stage ranges between ages 7-11 and children in this stage are aware of logic and conversation, but are limited to what they can physically manipulate.

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

"Learning is considered an active process of constructing rather than receiving knowledge." describes which school of thought?

• Constructivism

• Cognitivism

• Connectivism

• Behaviourism

John Watson believed that behaviour is shaped by ...

• stimuli

• social interaction

• environment

• events

Scaffolding in education is...

• thoughts that students build upon

• providing support to students until they are knowledgeable

• connections between schema

• changing old thoughts to new thoughts

Which scientist believed in hands-on, student-centered learning?

• David Merrill

• Lev Vygotsky

• Jean Piaget

• John Dewey

In Bruner's theory of Modes of Representation, the "Symbolic mode" is when memory is linked to...

• physical actions

• sensory images

• language

• social interactions

According to Merrill, learning should be task-based and should contain the following principles of instruction. Which is the first principle/ step?

• Application

• Activation

• Demonstration

• Integration

Creative thinking and problem solving activities are implications of which school of thought?

• Cognitivism

• Constructivism

• Connectivism

• Behaviourism