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Name | Theory |
Lev Vygotsky | *Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - The range of skills that are a little bit more difficult than what a student can do independantly. *Scaffolding - Change in the level of support to meet the ability of the child. |
Jean Piaget | *Schema - The things a child already knows. Sudents connect new knowledge to an existing schema. *Constructivism - Students learn by doing, rather than by being told. |
B. F. Skinner | *Behaviorism - Positive reinforcement (praise, rewards, etc. strengthens behavior or increases likelihood that the behavior will be repeated. Negative reinforcement (punishment) pushes child away from a behavior. |
Jerome Bruner | *Spiral Curriculum - Children can tackle challenging topics in age appropriate ways. These topics can be revisited and expanded upon year after year. |
Benjamin Bloom | *Bloom's Taxonomy - A hierarchy of learning objectives starting with knowledge and growing in complexity to evaluation. |
Howard Gardner | *Multiple Intelligences - Humans have several ways of processing information (musical, visual, verbal, logical, etc.) |
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