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Instructional Proces
Study Praxis
Cognitivism | Relating to or involving conscious mental activities such as thinking, understanding, learning and remembering |
schema | A structured framework or plan |
Information processing | the change (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an observer. |
mapping | a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) |
Social learning theory | a perspective that states that people learn within a social context. It is facilitated through concepts such as modeling and observational learning |
modeling | a description or analogy used to help visualize something that cannot be directly observed |
reciprocal determinism | is the theory set forth by psychologist Albert Bandura that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment |
vicarious learning (observational learning) | is learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others. Albert Bandura, who is best known for the classic Bobo doll experiment, identified this basic form of learning in 1986 |
learning as experience | is the process of learning through experience |
problem based learning (PBL) | is a student-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject through the experience of problem solving |
zone of proximal development (ZPD) | is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can do with help. It is a concept introduced yet not fully developed by Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934) during the last two years of his life. |
scaffolding | refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process |
inquiry/discovery learning | inquiry based, constructivist learning theory that takes place in problem solving situations where the learner draws on his or her own past experience and existing knowledge to discover facts and relationships and new truths to be learned |