Validity - ANSWER measures what it is supposed to measure
reliability - ANSWER consistency of test scores
traditional learning styles - ANSWER teacher centered
learning - ANSWER process through a planned experience
epistemology - ANSWER study of what is knowledge
perennialism - ANSWER traditional education, teacher centered
information processing - ANSWER how info is received, stored and processed.
essenitalism - ANSWER stimulus and response, Pavlov's dogs. positive reinforcement.
Faculty driven
Social learning - ANSWER Bandura, feedback is important. Positive expectations are in-
centives
pragmatism - ANSWER ideas can be tested scientifically
progressivism - ANSWER school mimics society, real life curriculum
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, Constructivism - ANSWER Active learning, learning built on previous knowledge, doing is
learning, reflection
Piaget describes cognitive learning - ANSWER accommodation, assimilation, & equilibra-
tion
Knowles adult learning theory - ANSWER Supports constructivism. build on knowledge
Situated learning theory - ANSWER reality based. (Clinical practice)
Experiential learning theory (ELT) - ANSWER concrete experiences, abstract conceptual-
ization or thinking about an experience, reflective observation, active hands on experimen-
tation
Existentialism - ANSWER individual meaning of life, subject matter 2nd to positive self
concept
Reconstructivism/Critical Theory - ANSWER schol alone can prepare learner for life, social
change
Humanism - ANSWER Dignity of human race most important,
narrative pedagogy - ANSWER learners choose what is to be learned, deeper thinking
Emancipatory education - ANSWER Education is microsystem of society. Both educator
and learner learn
Feminism - ANSWER Focuses on empowerment
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reliability - ANSWER consistency of test scores
traditional learning styles - ANSWER teacher centered
learning - ANSWER process through a planned experience
epistemology - ANSWER study of what is knowledge
perennialism - ANSWER traditional education, teacher centered
information processing - ANSWER how info is received, stored and processed.
essenitalism - ANSWER stimulus and response, Pavlov's dogs. positive reinforcement.
Faculty driven
Social learning - ANSWER Bandura, feedback is important. Positive expectations are in-
centives
pragmatism - ANSWER ideas can be tested scientifically
progressivism - ANSWER school mimics society, real life curriculum
1
, Constructivism - ANSWER Active learning, learning built on previous knowledge, doing is
learning, reflection
Piaget describes cognitive learning - ANSWER accommodation, assimilation, & equilibra-
tion
Knowles adult learning theory - ANSWER Supports constructivism. build on knowledge
Situated learning theory - ANSWER reality based. (Clinical practice)
Experiential learning theory (ELT) - ANSWER concrete experiences, abstract conceptual-
ization or thinking about an experience, reflective observation, active hands on experimen-
tation
Existentialism - ANSWER individual meaning of life, subject matter 2nd to positive self
concept
Reconstructivism/Critical Theory - ANSWER schol alone can prepare learner for life, social
change
Humanism - ANSWER Dignity of human race most important,
narrative pedagogy - ANSWER learners choose what is to be learned, deeper thinking
Emancipatory education - ANSWER Education is microsystem of society. Both educator
and learner learn
Feminism - ANSWER Focuses on empowerment
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