Tag: Theory

Learning Theories: Adaptive Control Of Thought

Terrell HeickFeb 7, 2019

ACT-R is a way of specifying how the brain itself is organized in a way that enables individual processing modules to produce cognition.

What Is The Taxonomy Of Significant Learning?

Terrell HeickJan 24, 2019

The Taxonomy Of Significant Learning is useful for making design considerations for student learning experiences.

How The Activity Learning Theory Works

Students need incremental challenges they can engage with at a social level so the entire community of learners can collaborativelay meaning.

Learning Theories: Three Levels Of Information Processing

Three Levels Of Information Processing by Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor, Plymouth Institute of Education This is number 5 in my blog […]

Learning Theories: Jerome Bruner On The Scaffolding Of Learning

Bruner believed that when children start to learn new concepts, they need help from teachers and other adults in the form of…

Shifting Toward An Architecture of Participation

Learning is changing–becoming more entrepreneurial than directly didactic. That is, more learner-centered and than teacher-controlled.