WGU - D307 Educational Psychology - Learning Theories, language theories QUESTION AND 100% SOLUTIONS

WGU - D307 Educational Psychology - Learning Theories, language theories QUESTION AND 100% SOLUTIONS Learning Theory - Constructivism - ANSWER Learning theory that equates learning with creating meaning from experience Why use Constructivism? - ANSWER Learning is more meaningful to students when they are able to interact with a problem or concept How does Constructivism teaching strategies work? - ANSWER utilizes interactive teaching strategies to create meaningful contexts that help students construct knowledge based on their own experiences. Learning involves constructing meaning and systems of meaning. When is constructivism used? What skills are used/taught? Examples? - ANSWER reasoning, problem solving, while helping students apply this to new and different situations, e.g., role playing, debating, cooperative learning groups, real world activities (internships). Learning involves sensory input to construct meaning (need to do something in order to learn). Goals for Constructivism learning theory - ANSWER 1- Problem solving; 2- higher-order thinking skills; 3- collaborative work What is Constructivism? Constructivist definition of reality? - ANSWER It is based on the idea that people actively construct or make their own knowledge. Reality is determined by one's experiences as a learner Constructivism theory of knowledge and how we learn? - ANSWER It is the use of previous knowledge as a foundation and builds on it with new things as they learn. Learning is CONTEXTUAL - connected to things we already know and what we believe. Everyone's INDIVIDUAL experiences make their learning unique to them. We engage the mind with the use of hands-on experiences and physical actions. What does Constructivism say about student experiences and learning? What are the two types of Learning? - ANSWER This teaching theory approach to learning is to understand that their students bring their OWN UNIQUE experiences to the classroom every day. Learning is a SOCIAL activity - directly associated with our connection with other people. Peer involvement is one of the keys to learning. Cooperative - teacher-led; focus on the product rather than process; students with mixed abilities are grouped together - structured activity Collaborative - student-led; focus on process rather than product; students of similar abilities are grouped together - work to explore a significant question What is Cognitivism? - ANSWER a learning theory that focuses on "how information is received, organized, stored, and retrieved by the mind." Cogntivism (Pigart) - ANSWER Mental process arise from the mind. We are like a