Learning Theories Site Map
Perspective | Division of Learning Theory |
Variables of Concern |
Key Theorists | Main Theories |
Behaviorist | Classical Conditioning | Stimulus Response |
Pavlov 1849-1936 | Classical Conditioning |
Behaviorist | Behaviorism | Stimulus Response Reinforcement |
Watson 1878-1958 Thorndike1874-1949 Guthrie 1886-1959 Skinner1904-1990 Estes 1919 – |
Behaviorism Connectionism Contiguity Theory Operant Conditioning Stimulus Sampling Theory |
Behaviorist | Neobehaviorism | Stimulus-Response Intervening internal variables- Purposive behavior |
Tolman 1886-1959 Hull 1884-1952 Spence 1907-1967 |
Sign-Theory&Latent-Learning Drive Reduction Theory Discrimination Learning |
Cognitive | Gestalt Learning Theory | Perception Decision making Attention Memory Problem solving |
Wertheimer1880-1943 Lewin1890-1947 Kohler1887 – 1967 Koffka1887 – 1941 Festinger 1919-1989 |
Gestalt Learning Theory Field Theoretical Approach Insight Learning Gestalt Theory Cognitive Dissonance |
Cognitive | Information Processing | Information Processing Computer models |
Hebb 1904 – 1985 Miller Newell1927 – 1992 Craik & Lockhart Paivio Rumelhart |
Neurophysiologic Theory Information-Processing-Theory General Problem Solver Levels of Processing Dual Coding Theory Interactive Activation Compet. |
Cognitive | Constructivism | Knowledge construction Learner as active creator |
Ausubel1918 – Bruner1915- Piaget (1896-1990) Lave Argyris Spiro Flavell Schank |
Subsumption Theory Constructivism Genetic Epistemology Situated Cognition Double Loop Learning Cognitive Flexibility Theory Metacognition Script Theory |
Cognitive | Psychoanalytic Learning Theory |
Unconscious processes | Freud1856-1939 | Psychoanalytic Learning |
Humanist | Humanistic Learning | Emotional factors and Affect |
Maslow 1908-1970 Rogers 1902-1987 Mezirow |
Humanistic Theory of Learning Experiential Learning Transformational Learning |
Social | Social Learning | Interactions with other Participants |
Vygotsky Bandura Brown |
Social Constructivism Observational Learning Theory Cognitive Apprenticeship.. |
General Theories of Memory and Intelligence |
Anderson 1947 – Guilford Gardner Sternberg |
ACT* Structure of Intellect Multiple Intelligences Triarchic Theory |
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Instructional Theories- Applications of learning theory for classroom and instructional use |
Pedagogy and theories of Adult Learning |
Bransford Cronbach Cross Gagne 1916-2002 Knowles Landa Mager Merrill Reigeluth |
Anchored Instruction Aptitude Treatment Interaction CAL-Char. of Adult Learners Conditions of Learning Andragogy Algo-Heuristic Criterion-Referenced-Instruction Component Display Theory Elaboration Theory |