Learning Theory Assignment

Learning Theory Assignment

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Applying Learning Theory to Life Assignment

Prior to beginning work on this activity read all of the required  reading, review the content from weeks one through three, visit the  website ,  and review the Instructor Guidance. This week you will be discussing  the multiple perspectives about how we learn, based on your developing  knowledge about learning theory, and how it affects your own ability to  perform at desired levels.

Required elements:

• Explain behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, and humanism as applied to learning. .
• Summarizes at least two sub-theories/ideologies within each framework.
  • Examples include:
  • From behaviorism
    • associative learning, classical conditioning, operant Conditioning, conditioning, extinction, and ratio/interval schedules
  • From cognitivism
    • schema theory, memory development, elaboration theory (i.e. Bloom’s  taxonomy), cognitive load theory, and social learning/cognitive theory.
  • From constructivism (conceptions of knowledge are derived from the  process of constructing individual interpretations of one’s experiences)
    • cognitive constructivism, dialectical (social) constructivism, zone of proximal development, and discovery learning
  • From humanism
    • motivational theories of learning (i.e. self-determination theory,  Maslow’s hierarchy of needs), experiential learning, and Steiner  pedagogy or Waldorf education.
  • List and briefly explain a minimum of two theoretically supported  strategies, that we have learned about during the past weeks, that you  think would most help you to increase your own learning success.
  • List and briefly explain a minimum of two theoretically supported  strategies, that we have learned about during the past weeks, that you  think would most help someone in your personal or professional circle.
    • Apply basic methods of psychological research skills to this content  by synthesizing supporting evidence from at least three scholarly  sources from the Ashford University Library that defend the strategies  you have chosen.