Improvement after a practice test This experiment compared students who did a simple practice test after learning some material with those who did no practice…
Behavioral learning theory relies on stimuli, things that provoke reactions, and responses, the reaction to stimuli. Behavioral learning theory assumes that if students are given the right stimulus,…
This theory proposes that, as far as instruction is concerned, the instructor should try and encourage students to discover principles by themselves. Put simply, students…
Piaget’s (1936) theory of cognitive development explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. In simple terms, children develop ideas from simple to…
The concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) has been expanded, modified, and changed into new concepts since Vygotsky’s original conception.The concept of scaffolding…
The zone of proximal development (sometimes abbreviated ZPD), is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can…
Here is a great infographic that provides a concise summary of some of the most influential educational theorists of our time. Zone of Proximal Development…