learningtheories

=Learning Theories=

People arrange and label specific learning theories differently. One site describes 50 "major" theories! I have tried to make this as simple as possible to help get students started learning about some of the theories. [see list at bottom for some to possibly include]

New Bloom's Taxonomy https://tlc.iitm.ac.in/PDF/Blooms%20Tax.pdf

General Information About Several Theories

Also see Learning Basics, Learning Styles,

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SEVERAL THEORIES

Index of Learning Theories http://www.learning-theories.com/

Learning Theories http://www.emtech.net/learning_theories.htm

Funderstanding http://www.funderstanding.com/content/about-learning

Theory Into Practice (TIP) database http://tip.psychology.org/ "TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction."

Learning Theories 101: What they mean http://focalworks.in/articles/learning-theories

[some to possibly include] Behaviorism Cognitivism Constructivism

Multiple Intelligences Theory (Gardner) Distributed Cognition (Hutchins) Case-Based Learning Discovery Learning (Bruner) Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Situated Learning (Lave) Stage Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget) Cognitive Load Theory (Sweller) Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (Mayer) Social Learning Theory (Bandura) Classical Conditioning (Pavlov) Theory of Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner) Anchored Instruction