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Emotional Intelligence (Goleman) 4 Jan 2013 | 03:18 am
Summary: Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is defined as the ability to identify, assess, and control one’s own emotions, the emotions of others, and that of groups. Originators: Many, including Howard Gard...
Self-Determination Theory (Deci and Ryan) 21 Jun 2012 | 05:42 am
Summary: Self-Determination Theory is a theory of motivation and personality that addresses three universal, innate and psychological needs: competence, autonomy, and psychological relatedness. Origi...
Operant Conditioning (Skinner) 7 Mar 2012 | 08:18 pm
Summary: A behaviorist theory based on the fundamental idea that behaviors that are reinforced will tend to continue, while behaviors that are punished will eventually end. Originators and Key Contri...
Cognitive Apprenticeship (Collins et al.) 1 Mar 2012 | 03:08 pm
Summary: Cognitive Apprenticeship is a theory that attempts to bring tacit processes out in the open. It assumes that people learn from one another, through observation, imitation and modeling. Orig...
Cognitive Load Theory of Multimedia Learning (Sweller) 28 Oct 2010 | 10:32 am
Summary: A theory that focuses the load on working memory during instruction. Originators and proponents: John Sweller Keywords: cognitive load theory, working memory, multimedia learning Cognitive...
Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (Mayer) 1 Oct 2009 | 04:13 am
Summary: A cognitive theory of multimedia learning based on three main assumptions: there are two separate channels (auditory and visual) for processing information; there is limited channel capacity;...
Self-Theories (Dweck) 26 Jul 2008 | 04:40 am
Summary: Carol Dweck and others have Identified two implicit theories of intelligence. Those learners who have an “entity” theory view intelligence as being an unchangeable, fixed internal characteri...
Classical Conditioning (Pavlov) 15 Sep 2007 | 01:18 pm
Summary: Classical conditioning is a reflexive or automatic type of learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus. Originators ...
Humanism 12 Sep 2007 | 05:24 pm
Summary: Humanism is a paradigm/philosophy/pedagogical approach that believes learning is viewed as a personal act to fulfil one’s potential. Key proponents: Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Malcolm Know...
Social Development Theory (Vygotsky) 11 Sep 2007 | 07:55 am
Summary: Social Development Theory argues that social interaction precedes development; consciousness and cognition are the end product of socialization and social behavior. Originator: Lev Vygotsky ...
