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5. Warming up on Learning Theories

This assignment is due before class on the day this topic is to be discussed.



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The following question(s) refer to the material you were to read in preparation to the lesson.

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Pick one of the individuals listed below. Investigate the learning theory of the individual and briefly state the fundamental concept of the theory and how it contributes to the teaching/learning of mathematics at the high school level (you may do this by describing a specific classroom example of how the theory is used in the lesson).

David Ausubel, Albert Bandura, Jerome Bruner, John Dewey, Friedrich Froebel, Robert Gagne, J. P. Guilford, Johann Pestalozzi, Jean Rousseau, B. F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike, Bernard Weiner, John Watson, Gestalt Psychology, or Information-Processing.







Below is a space for your thoughts, including general comments about today's assignment. What was hard or confusing (or cool)? What would you like to spend extra time on in class? Do you see how this subject fits in with the others we have discussed?




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