Psychology of Learning - Created by Megan Pezley

Psychology of Learning - Created by Megan Pezley

1. Brain Research

   • Concept Formation
     • Vygotsky
   • Decision Making
   • Multitasking
   • Gender Differences
     • Women Have Better Blood Flow to the Brain, Allowing For Easier Recall of Memory
   • Memory
     • Becomes Worse With Age
   • Imagery
     • Shape
     • Color
     • Movement
   • Brain Mapping
     • Whole Brain Teaching

2. Motivation

   • Intrinsic
     • Self-Efficacy
     • Best Motivation For Cognitive Skills
   • Extrinsic
     • Rewards, Work Best for Mechanical Skills
     • Decreases Productivity for Cognitive Tasks
   • Most Important Factor to Achievement
   • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
     • Order of Priority for Human Needs
     • Pygmalion Effect

3. Teacher and Learner

   • Piaget's Stages of Development
     • Sensorimotor 0-2 years
     • Preoperational 2-7 years
     • Concrete Operational 7-11 years
     • Formal Operational >11 years
     • Lone Scientist
   • Integrating Multiple Instructional Strategies into the Classroom.

4. Learning Theories

   • Social Constructivist
     • Vygotsky
       • Cultural Tools Based on Experiences
       • Learning Takes Place Between Two People
       • ZPD
         • Scaffolding
     • Jerome Brunner
       • Scaffolding
     • Learning is Linked to Social Interaction
       • Group Work
       • Reciprocal Teaching
   • Multiple Intelligences
     • Howard Gardner
     • Students Learn and Process Information in Different ways
   • Behaviorism
     • Ivan Pavlov
     • Extrinsic Motivation

5. Thinking

   • Students Learn and Process Information in Different Ways
   • Cognitive Style
     • Innate Ability, or Determined in Early Development
     • The Way in Which in Individual Thinks
     • Students Learn and Process Information in Different Ways
   • Bloom's Taxonomy
     • Classification of Higher Order Thinking Skills
       • The "Pyramid" Must Happen Sequentially in Order to Reach the Top
   • Howard Fisher
     • Questioning, Knowing How, When, and What to Ask.
     • Reasoning, Knowing and How and When to do so.

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